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Robert M. Cox, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dartmouth College
Department of Biological Sciences
401 Gilman Hall
Hanover, NH 03755 (USA) Education
1999-2005
Ph.D. - Ecology & Evolution
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ (USA)
1995-1999
B.A. - Biology
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA (USA)
Research Appointments
2007-present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dartmouth College
Advisor: Dr. Ryan Calsbeek
Research: Natural and sexual selection and sexual conflict in anoles
2005-2006
Postdoctoral Researcher
The Ohio State University
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Williams
Research: Physiological ecology of water balance in birds and reptiles
1999-2005
Graduate Student and Research Assistant
Rutgers University
Advisor: Dr. Henry John-Alder
Thesis: Proximate and ultimate causes of sexual dimorphism in lizards
1998-1999
Undergraduate Senior Research
College of the Holy Cross
Advisor: Dr. William Healey
Research: Sex ratio bias and behavior in northern red-spotted newts
Teaching Appointments
Lecturer
The Ohio State University
Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
Fall 2006
EEOB 400 - Evolution
General evolution for mid/upper-level undergraduates (125 students)
Links to syllabus, lecture slides, and other course material
Head Teaching Assistant
Rutgers University
Supervisor: Dr. Diana Martin
2000-2002
BIO 102 - General Biology
Introductory zoology, evolution, ecology, development, anatomy
Development of course curriculum and supervision of 30 graduate TAs
Teaching Assistant
Rutgers University
Supervisor: Dr. Diana Martin
1999-2000
BIO 101 & 102 - General Biology
Introductory biology laboratory
Instruction of laboratory sections (20 students)
Teaching Assistant
College of the Holy Cross
Supervisor: Mr. Paul Lyons
1999-2000
General Biology
Introductory biology laboratory for non-majors
Assistance with instruction and preparation of laboratory sections
Grants & Awards
Best Student Presentation Award
2005
Division of Ecology & Evolution
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting
Aines Endowed Fellowship
2005
Harold and Ann Aines Endowed Fellowship in Animal Sciences
Rutgers University
SWRS Student Support Grant
$800
2003
Southwestern Research Station Student Support Fund
American Museum of Natural History
Grant-In-Aid of Research
$1,000
2003
Division of Comparative Endocrinology
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
Pre-dissertation Travel Award
$2,500
2003
Graduate School-New Brunswick
Rutgers University
Theodore Roosevelt Grant
$760
2002 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund
American Museum of Natural History
Publications
Link to Publications page Reviewer
Australian Journal of Zoology Functional Ecology Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Hormones & Behavior Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Journal of Herpetology Biology Letters Physiological & Biochemical Zoology Canadian Journal of Zoology Physiology & Behavior Copeia Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Evolution Western North American Naturalist Society Memberships
Society for the Study of Evolution American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
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