ANIMAL COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY & ICHTHYOLOGY

 

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Gil Rosenthal (webpage)
(Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin, 2000), principal investigator.
Research interests: Evolution of display traits and mating preferences; behavioral ecology of visual communication.

Postdoctoral Fellows  

Seth Coleman (webpage)
(Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2005), Postdoctoral Fellow.
Research interests: Ecological factors and evolutionary mechanisms affecting mate choice.

Heidi Fisher (webpage)
(Ph.D, Boston University, 2006), Postdoctoral Fellow
Research interests: Hybridization and mate choice in swordtails; effects of environmental disturbance on communication.

Michael Tobler (webpage)
Coadvised by Kirk Winemiller
Currently Ph.D. candidate at The University of Zürich and the University of Oklahoma.
Research interests: Evolutionary ecology of poeciliids living under extreme environmental conditions.

Machteld Verzijden (webpage)
(Ph.D., Leiden University)
Research interests: The evolution of female mating preferences and the co-evolution of female preferences and male traits.

Graduate Students  

Zach Cress (webpage)
(B. A. Biology, Texas A&M University, 2005), M. S. Student
Research interests: Female mate choice in hybrid zones

Zach Culumber
(B. S. Integrative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007), Ph. D. Student
Research interests: Chemical signaling in mate choice and the genetics of sexual selection and mate choice.

Zach Cumbress (webpage)
(B. A. Irish Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Faber College, 1993, M. S. Computer Science, Faber College, 1996), Ph. D. Student, Level 34 Night Elf Druid
Research interests: Learning in Xiphophorus: Can swordtails learn traditional Irish folkdance?



James B. Johnson
(M. S. Stephen F. Austin University, 2004), Ph. D. Student
Research interests: Factors (ecological, mate choice, etc.) which influence morphological variation in hybrid swordtails.

Nick Ratterman (webpage)
(B. S. Zoology, Colorado State University, 2004), Ph.D. Student (co-advised with A. Jones)
Research interests: Evolution of sex-role-reversed mating systems.

Chi-Cheng Wat (webpage)
(B. S. Life Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, 2005), Ph.D. Student

Undergraduates

Ashley Ratley
Undergraduate Research Assistant and Fish Care Technician
Research interests: Companion animal rescue

Alumni

Jessica Buckingham
(M.A., Boston University, 2004).
Current position: Ph. D. student, University of Kentucky at Louisville

Amee Mehta
(M.A., Boston University, 2004).
Current position: Research associate, LessonLab Research Institute

Bob Wong
(Sir Keith Murdoch Fellow, 2004).
Current position: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Carley Schacter
(M. A. Boston University, 2005)
Current position: Researcher, Woods Hole, MA

Liz Neeley
(M.A. Boston University, 2005)
Current position: Assistant Director of Science Outreach at COMPASS.

Collaborators

TAMU

Adam Jones, Biology (behavior and evolutionary genetics)

Arne Lekven , Biology (developmental evolution of fin elongation gene)

Don House and Trisha Butkowski, Visualization Sciences (3D animation)

Daniel Romo, Chemistry (chemical structure of pheromone cues)

Paul Samollow, Genetics (evolutionary genetics of swordtails)

Brian Applegate, Biomedical Engineering (imaging photoreceptor sensitivities)

Kirk Winemiller and Allison Pease, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences (community ecology of Huastecan fishes)



United States

New England Aquarium: Caroly Shumway (cognitive ecology of Lake Tanganyikan cichlids)

Stanford University: Russ Fernald (mechanisms of social behavior)

University of Texas at Austin: Mike Ryan (mate choice and visual ecology)

University of New Hampshire: Karen Carleton (gene expression in reef-fish retinas)



México

CIBNOR, La Paz: Francisco García de León (evolutionary genetics of hybrid zones)

CICIMAR-IPN, La Paz: José Luis Ortiz Galindo (comparative biology of Sea of Cortez reef fishes)

UNAM, Mexico City: Guillermina Alcaráz and Karla Kruesi Cortés (mate choice and physiological ecology of swordtails)



Israel

Interuniversity Institute: Nadav Shashar (species recognition in damselfish)