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Stoked to share the first publication from my PhD! About assessment and winner effects in snapping shrimp. Read on if you are interested in animal contests, or if like me, you just think snapping shrimp are some of the raddest animals out there! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"Towards an ecology of protective coloration" by Tim Caro & Manisha Koneru. New #colsci review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br…

This is a great opportunity for anyone thinking about graduate school but looking for more research experience before applying! Find the application and read more about our lab here: pateklab.biology.duke.edu/news/patek-lab… SICB SICB DCB-DVM Animal Behavior Society

I am BEYOND EXCITED that my first chapter, "A multifunction trade-off has contrasting effects on the evolution of form and function" is in early view Society of Systematic Biologists ! Suction feeders evolve kinematics 13x faster than biters, but their morph evolves slower! doi.org/10.1093/sysbio… 1/

I'm really excited to share this article, now published in PNASNews. (pnas.org/content/118/1/…) The fates of mothers and offspring are more tightly linked than you probably think. We show strong mother-infant fitness links across multiple wild primates. Detailed explainer⬇️

#SICB2021 Color segmentation is a major bottleneck in color/pattern analysis, so I built a tool to make it fast, deterministic, and compatible with popular packages (pavo, patternize, etc). And gang: it can handle shiny. Talk: tinyurl.com/ybw243qm GH: github.com/hiweller/recol…

For #sicb2021, Alexander L Davis, @osbornLab, Katie Thomas 🦑, Freya Goetz, Bruce Robison, and I will be discussing how deep-sea fishes absorb more light than almost anything else on the planet, and why it matters. #colsci sicbannualmeeting.pathable.co/meetings/virtu…

Seeking papers on FDTD simulations in biology! For a review by Alexander L Davis and me, we'd welcome (i) links to papers (sea creatures, birds, #colsci, etc) and (ii) images we could reproduce of your species, optical structures (e.g. in SEMs), and simulation screenshots.

We have a new short review out on development and evolution of fish pigmentation. authors.elsevier.com/a/1clRP,LqAZQ9…

As if one needed more reasons to avoid Excel

Postdoc available in my #sensorybiology and #animalnavigation lab at Duke Blue Devils. Up to four years funding starting as early as October 1. Link to ad below, but please write for questions. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18790 #scitwitter, #AcademicTwitter

Interested in animal vision, optics, biophotonics, signaling, camouflage, bioluminescence, deep-sea, or navigation? Consider doing a PhD in our lab starting Fall 2022! Write me at [email protected] if interested. opticsoflife.org #scitwitter

Congrats to Alexander L Davis, who led a paper on ultrablack coloration in deep-sea fish coauthored by me, K. Osborn Lab, Katie Thomas 🦑, @freyaGoetz, and Bruce Robison. Just selected as the best paper in 2020 by the deep sea biology society (Deep-Sea Biology Society)! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #16DSBS

New methods paper out, on finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) optical simulations for biologists!! Colorful signals, evolution, bioinspired technology, and more! With Anna Shneidman, Alexander L Davis , & Joanna Aizenberg in Micron (@ElsevierPhysics). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Colour signals and high-contrast backgrounds: a new #ProcB article investigates the influence of visual background on discrimination of signal-relevant colours in zebra finches ow.ly/9fHC50Jsm8N Alexander L Davis Matthew Zipple 🇺🇦 Danae Diaz 🇨🇺 🐶 @SteveNowickiDU Sonke Johnsen

my first story with Discover Magazine is live! new research from National Oceanography Centre shows that deep-sea oil and gas pipelines are biodiverse trash collectors. discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/d…

🤯THIS JUST IN🤯 When asleep, glass frogs HIDE THEIR RED BLOOD CELLS INSIDE THEIR LIVERS, which are covered in GUANINE-CRYSTAL DISCO MIRRORS that scatter light & make the frogs 2-3 TIMES MORE SEE-THROUGH. 🪩🪩🩸🩸🩸🐸🩸🩸🩸🪩🪩 Study in Science Magazine dx.doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Amazing work by amazing people! One of the coolest papers I’ve ever read

Come work with the best advisor anyone could ever hope for!

Are we only studying half of color signals? Come to my #SICB2024 talk on Thursday at 10:45 am in Arch Building 607, to look at how backgrounds affect the perception of color signals.