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Ryan Earley, University of Alabama, presents "Multivariate behavioral phenotypes: development, genetics and other tinkerers".
I received my undergraduate degree in Biology from Syracuse University at some point in the geological past, working with two of the most supportive mentors on the planet, Dr. Larry Wolf and Dr. Yuying Hsu. I then went on to get my Master’s and PhD at the University of Louisville with Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin (behavioral ecologist and prominent science writer) where I investigated whether fish eavesdrop on aggressive interactions in the social group… and use the information to their advantage. They did! I started to wonder how the animals were capable of such cognitive feats, so I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work as a postdoc at the Center of Behavioral Neuroscience and in Dr. Matthew Grober’s laboratory at Georgia State University. There, I explored neural and endocrine mechanisms underlying aggression and sexual plasticity in cichlids and gobies. This is also when I fell in love with field work, particularly SCUBA diving and slogging around in swamps. I got my first faculty position at Fresno State University and moved pretty soon after to the University of Alabama. At UA, my research program is driven by PhD, Master’s, and undergraduate students – thus, we’ve got a diverse set of questions that we’re trying to tackle, mostly in one of the coolest fish on the planet (mangrove rivulus)! If you’d like to learn more about our group, please visit our website at: https://rlearley.people.ua.edu/
Host: Andrew Whitehead (awhitehead@ucdavis.edu)
Enrollment — Graduates: ANB 290–001 (CRN: 20866)
Undergraduates: NPB 190C–008 (CRN: 40263)
Questions? Contact Stacey Combes (sacombes@ucdavis.edu) or Kate Laskowski (klaskowski@ucdavis.edu)