Education
Ph.D. 2005 Ecology & Evolution, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
B.A. 1999 Biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Research Appointments
2007-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, Dartmouth College
Natural selection, sexual selection, and sexual conflict in lizards
Advisor: Ryan Calsbeek
2005-2007 Postdoctoral Researcher, Ohio State University
Physiological ecology of water balance in birds
Advisor: Joseph Williams
1999-2005 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Rutgers University
Evolution and endocrinology of sexual size dimorphism in lizards
Advisor: Henry John-Alder
1998-1999 Undergraduate Senior Research, College of the Holy Cross
Mating behavior and sex-ratio bias in newts
Advisor: William Healy
Teaching Appointments
2010 Guest Lecturer, Vertebrate Zoology (BIO 24), Dartmouth College
2008-2009 Guest Lecturer, Animal Behavior (BIO 27), Dartmouth College
2006 Lecturer, Evolution (EEOB 400), Ohio State University
2000-2002 Head Teaching Assistant, General Biology (BIO 102), Rutgers University
1999-2000 Head Teaching Assistant, General Biology (BIO 101-2), Rutgers University
1998-1999 Undergraduate Lab Assistant, General Biology, College of the Holy Cross
Grants and Awards
2011 George A. Bartholomew Award
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
For distinguished contributions to comparative physiology and integrative biology
2008 Co-writer of National Science Foundation grant awarded to PI Ryan Calsbeek
Adaptive mate choice driven by sexual conflict in the brown anole
2005 Best Student Paper Award, Division of Ecology and Evolution
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
A test of the reproductive cost hypothesis for sexual size dimorphism
2005 Harold & Anne Aines Endowed Fellowship in Animal Science
Rutgers University
2003 Southwestern Research Station Student Support Grant
American Museum of Natural History
2003 Grant-In-Aid of Research, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2003 Dissertation Travel Award, Graduate School-New Brunswick
Rutgers University
2001 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant
American Museum of Natural History
Selected Publications
Cox, R.M., and R. Calsbeek. 2010. Cryptic sex-ratio bias provides indirect genetic benefits despite sexual conflict. Science 328: 92-94.
Calsbeek, R., and R.M. Cox. 2010. Experimentally assessing the relative importance of predation and competition as agents of selection. Nature 465: 613-616.
Cox, R.M., and R. Calsbeek. 2010. Severe costs of reproduction persist in Anolis lizards despite the evolution of a single-egg clutch. Evolution 64: 1321-1330.
Cox, R.M., and R. Calsbeek. 2009. Sexually antagonistic selection, sexual dimorphism, and the resolution of intralocus sexual conflict. American Naturalist 173: 176-187.
Cox, R.M., D.S. Stenquist*, and R. Calsbeek. 2009. Testosterone, growth, and the evolution of sexual size dimorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22 1586-1598. Cover photo
Cox, R.M. and H.B. John-Alder. 2007. Increased mite parasitism as a cost of testosterone in male striped plateau lizards, Sceloporus virgatus. Functional Ecology 21: 327-334.
Cox, R.M. 2006. A test of the reproductive cost hypothesis for sexual size dimorphism in Yarrow's spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1361-1369.
Cox, R.M., S.L. Skelly, and H.B. John-Alder. 2003. A comparative test of adaptive hypotheses for sexual size dimorphism in lizards. Evolution 57: 1653-1669.
Professional Societies
SSE Society for the Study of Evolution
SICB Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
SSAR Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
ASIH American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Robert M. Cox, Ph.D.
Last updated
21 October, 2010
