Dr Chris Cooney
School of Biosciences
NERC Independent Research Fellow
+44 114 222 0079
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School of Biosciences
B82
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
91直播
S10 2TN
- Profile
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- NERC Independent Research Fellow, University of 91直播 (2021-present)
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of 91直播 (2019-2020)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of 91直播 (2014-2019)
- DPhil Zoology, University of Oxford (2010-2014)
- BSc Biology, University of York (2007-2010)
- Research interests
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Our research seeks to understand the processes structuring large-scale patterns of biodiversity. As a lab we specialise in the use and development of phylogenetic comparative methods and large datasets to address fundamental questions about the forces shaping Earth鈥檚 biodiversity and the factors responsible for maintaining it.
We work on a broad range of macro-scale ecological and evolutionary questions, often using birds as a model system. In particular, we are interested in understanding the interaction between sexual selection and ecology in driving evolutionary dynamics within birds and across the Tree of Life.
Our key research themes include:
鈥 The evolution of sexual signalling traits
鈥 Sexual dimorphism, sexual selection and speciation
鈥 The drivers of speciation rate variation
鈥 Geographic and taxonomic diversity gradients
鈥 The causes and consequences of species co-existence
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Global Ecology and Biogeography.
- . Science Advances, 9(43).
- . PLOS Computational Biology, 19(2).
- . Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
- . Nat Ecol Evol.
- . Ecology Letters, 25(3), 598-610.
- . Ecology Letters, 25(3), 581-597.
- . Evolution.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1938), 20201585-20201585.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1938).
- . Nature Ecology & Evolution.
- . Nature Communications, 11.
- . Genome Research, 30(4), 553-565.
- . Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(2), 270-278.
- . Evolution, 73(6), 1226-1240.
- . Molecular Ecology.
- . Nature Communications, 10.
- . Proceedings. Biological sciences, 285(1889).
- . Ecology Letters, 21(10), 1505-1514.
- . Genome research.
- . Evolution Letters, 2(2), 52-61.
- . Ecology Letters.
- . Nature, 542, 344-347.
- . Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(4), 869-878.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 6(6), 1637-1645.
- . Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, kzae001.
- . Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, a041427-a041427.
- . Behavioral Ecology.
- Deep learning image segmentation reveals patterns of UV reflectance evolution in passerine birds. Nature Communications.
- . Nature Ecology & Evolution.
- Detecting signatures of selection on gene expression. Nature Ecology and Evolution.
- . Evolution Letters.
Preprints
- Research group
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- Jasmine Hardie (PhD Student)
- Robert MacDonald (PhD Student)
- Shriya Uday (PhD Student)
- Joey Baxter (PhD Student, co-supervisor)
- Cole Reynolds (Visiting Researcher)
- Max Bullock (MRes Student)
- Professional activities and memberships
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鈥 Associate Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
鈥 Steering Committee Co-Chair, ESEB Special Topic Network 'Integration of Speciation Research'
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