J. Albert C. Uy . Assistant Professor Behavioral Ecology; Sexual Selection; Animal Communication and Signal Evolution; Evolution of Premating Isolation jauy@syr.edu Office: 248 Life Sciences Complex (LSC) Phone: 315-443-7091; lab 443-7075 / fax: 315-443-2012 Education: • Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park, 2000 • Postdoc, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2000-2002 Courses: • Bio 100: Evolution in Action (co-taught with Scott Pitnick) • Bio 345: Population Biology • Bio 454: Evolution

RESEARCH

Uy Lab at Syracuse University: http://jauy.syr.edu/

Funding: National Science Foundation, "CAREER: Factors that Shape the Evolution of Multimodal Signals in the Chestnut-Bellied Flycatcher Monarcha castaneiventris

The primary focus of research in the Uy Lab is understanding the causes and consequences of adaptive mate choice and signal evolution. Selection within species has driven the spectacular diversification of display traits and female preferences among animals, and, as a result, given rise to new species.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Stein, A.C. and J.A.C. Uy. 2006. Unidirectional introgression of a sexually-selected trait across an avian hybrid zone: A role for female choice? Evolution 60: 1476-1485.

Stein, A.C. and J.A.C. Uy. 2006. Plumage brightness predicts male mating success in the lekking golden-collared manakin. Behavioral Ecology 17: 41-47.

Uy, J.A.C. and J.A. Endler. 2004. Modification of the visual background increases the conspicuousness of golden-collared manakin displays. Behavioral Ecology, 15:1003-1015.

Uy, J.A.C., G.L. Patricelli and G. Borgia. 2001. Loss of attractive mates forces female satin bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchus violaceus to increase mate searching. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B., 268: 633-638.

Uy, J.A.C., G.L. Patricelli and G. Borgia. 2001. Complex mate searching in the satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus. American Naturalist, 158: 530-542.

Uy, J.A.C. and G. Borgia. 2000. Sexual selection drives rapid divergence in bowerbird display traits. Evolution, 54: 273-278.