Integrative Animal behavior is a dynamic discipline nourished by fields as varied as evolutionary biology, ecology, neurobiology, endocrinology, physiology, and molecular biology. We fuse mechanistic and evolutionary approaches to understand aggression, social dominance, sexual plasticity, social eavesdropping and mating behavior in a variety of freshwater, brackish, and marine fishes. We also strive to achieve a balance between field and laboratory work in attempts to understand more fully the selection pressures that might guide behavioral variation both within and among species, and the environmental conditions under which behavioral plasticity might thrive. Sites of field work include the mangrove ecosystems of Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America and the volcanic crater lakes of Nicaragua!
On the flip side, we explore behavioral variation, and its mechanistic underpinnings, under controlled conditions in the laboratory. Our laboratory is a truly collaborative enterprise - undergraduates, graduate students, and Dr. Earley work together and with other laboratories in the USA and internationally towards the end of linking pieces of the behavioral jigsaw puzzle.
On the flip side, we explore behavioral variation, and its mechanistic underpinnings, under controlled conditions in the laboratory. Our laboratory is a truly collaborative enterprise - undergraduates, graduate students, and Dr. Earley work together and with other laboratories in the USA and internationally towards the end of linking pieces of the behavioral jigsaw puzzle.
Check out The Little Fish with a Lot to Offer blog created by Ana Naumescu and her grad student mentor, Grace Scarsella!
Welcome to the Earley Lab!
Video artistry credit to John Hanninen (video on left, 2016) and Megan Galaviz (video on right, 2012)
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Department of Biological Sciences University of Alabama Box 870344 300 Hackberry Lane Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Fax: 205-348-1786 |
About Dr. Ryan L. Earley
Professional Experience
2008 – present
· Associate Professor (2014-), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama
· Assistant Professor (2008-2014), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama
· Affiliated Faculty, Evolutionary Studies Minor and Educational Neuroscience Program, University of Alabama
· Adjunct Faculty: Department of Biology, California State University Fresno
· Graduate Faculty: Valdosta State University, Texas State University, Bowling Green State University, University of Massachusetts, University of California Davis
2006 –2008
· Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, California State University Fresno
· Interim Program Director, NIH MBRS-RISE, Cal State Fresno (September 2007-July 2008)
2002 - 2006
· NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (June 2004-August 2006; sponsor: Dr. Matthew Grober)
· Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Morehouse College – Atlanta, GA (September 2005-August 2006)
· NSF Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellow, Atlanta, GA (June 2002-June 2004; sponsor: Dr. Matthew Grober).
Education
· Ph.D. in Biology, University of Louisville, GPA 4.0 of 4.0 (August 1997-May 2002; advisor: Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin).
· Masters in Biology, University of Louisville, GPA 4.0 of 4.0 (degree awarded May 2001; advisor: Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin).
· Bachelor of Science in Biology with Honors (cum laude), Syracuse University, Department of Biology. GPA 3.6 of 4.0 (August 1993-May 1997; advisors: Dr. Larry Wolf & Dr. Yuying Hsu).
· School for International Training, Wildlife Conservation and Ecology Program, Program Location: Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa, GPA 3.6 of 4.0 (January 1996- May 1996; advisor: Saba Douglas-Hamilton).
Peer-Reviewed Publications, Books & Book Chapters
Research Interests
Service Activities
2008 – present
· Associate Professor (2014-), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama
· Assistant Professor (2008-2014), Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama
· Affiliated Faculty, Evolutionary Studies Minor and Educational Neuroscience Program, University of Alabama
· Adjunct Faculty: Department of Biology, California State University Fresno
· Graduate Faculty: Valdosta State University, Texas State University, Bowling Green State University, University of Massachusetts, University of California Davis
2006 –2008
· Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, California State University Fresno
· Interim Program Director, NIH MBRS-RISE, Cal State Fresno (September 2007-July 2008)
2002 - 2006
· NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (June 2004-August 2006; sponsor: Dr. Matthew Grober)
· Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Morehouse College – Atlanta, GA (September 2005-August 2006)
· NSF Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellow, Atlanta, GA (June 2002-June 2004; sponsor: Dr. Matthew Grober).
Education
· Ph.D. in Biology, University of Louisville, GPA 4.0 of 4.0 (August 1997-May 2002; advisor: Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin).
· Masters in Biology, University of Louisville, GPA 4.0 of 4.0 (degree awarded May 2001; advisor: Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin).
· Bachelor of Science in Biology with Honors (cum laude), Syracuse University, Department of Biology. GPA 3.6 of 4.0 (August 1993-May 1997; advisors: Dr. Larry Wolf & Dr. Yuying Hsu).
· School for International Training, Wildlife Conservation and Ecology Program, Program Location: Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa, GPA 3.6 of 4.0 (January 1996- May 1996; advisor: Saba Douglas-Hamilton).
Peer-Reviewed Publications, Books & Book Chapters
Research Interests
Service Activities
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