James H.

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Davis, CA • (484) 995-4287 • jhgallagher@ucdavis.edu • jameshgallagher.weebly.com

EDUCATION

PhD in Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, University of Denver 2018 – 2023
Advisor: Robin Tinghitella.
Committee Members: Erica Larson, Anna Sher, Jonathan Velotta

Certificate in Algorithmic Electronic Music, University of California - Santa Cruz 2013

Combed evolutionary algorithms and musical composition.

BA in Biology, Middlebury College 2012

Minored in Anthropology and Music.
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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, College of Biological Sciences, 2023 –

University of California - Davis, Advisor: Kate Laskowski.
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PUBLICATIONS
Total peer-reviewed publications = 8; first author = 4

8. Gallagher JH, Wikle AW, Broder ED, Durso C, O’Toole H**, Tinghitella RM. 2024. Surviving the
serenade: how conflicting selection pressures shape the early stages of sexual signal
diversification. Evolution. [Featured cover article]

7. Gallagher JH, Zonana DM, Broder ED, Syammach A**, Tinghitella RM. 2023. A novel cricket
morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 36:1609-1617.

6. ​Wikle AW*, Broder ED*, Gallagher JH, Tinghitella RM. 2023. A rapidly evolving cricket produces
percussive vibrations: how, who, when, and why. Behavioral Ecology. 34:631-641.

5. Broder ED, Gallagher JH*, Wikle AW*, Welsh G*, Zonana DM, Tinghitella RM. 2023. A
well-studied parasitoid uses multiple alternative hosts in its introduced range.
Evolutionary Ecology. 34:477-492.

4. Gallagher JH*, Zonana DM*, Broder ED, Herner BK**, Tinghitella RM. 2022. Decoupling of
sexual signals and their underlying morphology facilitates rapid phenotypic diversification.
Evolution Letters. 6:474-489.

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3. Gallagher JH*, Broder ED*, Wikle AW*, Venable CP, Zonana DM, Ingley SJ, Smith TC,
Tinghitella RM. 2022. Behavioral responses of a parasitoid fly to rapidly evolving host
signals. Ecology and Evolution. 12:e9193.

2. Broder ED*, Wikle AW*, Gallagher JH, Tinghitella RM. 2021. Substrate-borne vibration in
Teleogryllus oceanicus courtship displays. Journal of Orthoptera Research.
30(1):43–50.

1. Tinghitella RM*, Broder ED*, Gallagher JH, Wikle AW, Zonana DM. 2021. Responses of
intended and unintended receivers to a novel sexual signal suggest clandestine communication.
Nature Communications. 12:797.

*denotes equal authorship

**denotes undergraduate mentee co-author
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EDITORIAL FEATURES OF MY RESEARCH

Defector: “In Hawaii, Crickets Are Learning New Songs Of Sex And Death.” 2024
By: Sabrina Imbler.
https://defector.com/in-hawaii-crickets-are-learning-new-songs-of-sex-and-death
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AWARDS

W. D. Hamilton Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation, Evolution Meeting. 2023

American Society of Naturalists Best Graduate Student Poster Award, Evolution Meeting. 2022

Best Graduate Student Talk, 2nd Place, CSU Front Range Ecology Symposium. 2020
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GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

International Society for Behavioral Ecology Travel Award ($1100). 2022

Orthopterists’ Society Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund ($1500). 2020

The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Grants-in-Aid of Research ($1000). 2020

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research ($1000). 2019

Moras and Erne Shubert Graduate Fellowship Fund ($500). 2019

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Crowd-funded Kickstarter Campaign ($2000). 2018

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PRESENTATIONS

Invited Symposia

Evolution Meeting. Hamilton Award Symposium. Albuquerque, NM. 2023

***1st place W. D. Hamilton Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation

Entomology. Symposium: Small Orders, Big Ideas (Polyneoptera). Denver, CO. 2021

Invited Seminars

University of California: Davis, Center for Population Biology. Davis, CA. 2023

University of California: Davis, Animal Behavior Graduate Group. Davis, CA. 2023

Contributed Presentations

International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress. Stockholm, Sweden. 2022

Oral Presentation.

Guild of Rocky Mountain Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists Meeting. Nederland, CO. 2022
Oral Presentation.

Evolution Meeting. Cleveland, OH. Poster. 2022

***1st place American Society of Naturalists Best Graduate Student Poster Award

Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Virtual conference. Oral Presentation. 2021

Evolution Meeting. Virtual conference. Oral Presentation. 2021

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Virtual conference. 2021
Oral Presentation.

Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Virtual conference. Oral Presentation. 2020

Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society. Virtual conference. 2020

Oral Presentation (co-presenter).

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Front Range Student Ecology Symposium. Fort Collins, CO. Oral Presentation. 2020
***2nd place talk award
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Lectures and Workshops Led

Polishing Your Figures. University of Denver Ecologists & Evolutionary Biologists. Spring 2021.
University of Denver (Denver, CO).

Making Vector Graphics in Inkscape. Science Communication. Winter 2021. University of Denver
(Denver, CO).

Song Analysis and Bioacoustics Methods. Advanced Evolution. Winter 2020. St. Ambrose University
(Davenport, IA).

Designing Graphics and Figures in Inkscape. Science Communication. Winter 2020. University of
Denver (Denver, CO).

Communicating Your Results: Statistics and Presentation. General Ecology. Fall 2019. University of
Denver (Denver, CO).

Assistantships, University of Denver (Denver, CO)

BIOL 1020 Physiological Systems. Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.

BIOL 1021 Evolution, Heredity, and Biodiversity. Winter 2019, Winter 2021.

BIOL 1221 Molecules to Humankind. Winter 2020.

BIOL 2010 General Ecology. Fall 2019.

BIOL 1260 Sustaining Life. Fall 2018.

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UNDERGRADUATE MENTORSHIP

Co-authorship and Research Experience

Vanessa Leon-Gamez: Participated in data collection (microscopy and 2022 – 2024

phenotyping), wrote an honors thesis, and will be a co-author on the submitted
manuscript.

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Emma Chirila: Participated in data collection (machine learning, behavioral trials, 2023 – 2024
cryosectioning) and will be a co-author on the submitted manuscripts.

Hannah O’Toole: Participated in data collection (field research and microscopy) 2021 – 2023
and is a co-author on the corresponding manuscript.
Briana Herner & Aziz Syammach: Participated in wing morphometrics analysis 2020 – 2022
and are co-authors on the corresponding manuscripts.

Mentee Grants Awarded

Sophia Bloss: Phonotactic preferences for long-distance calling songs 2019

in female Teleogryllus oceanicus ($3500 Summer Research Grant awarded).

Aziz Syammach: Characterizing a novel auditory mating signal in 2019

Teleogryllus oceanicus ($3500 Summer Research Grant awarded).

Sophia Anner: Female preference for a novel male courtship signal. 2019
($3500 Summer Research Grant awarded).

Mentee Poster Awards

Aaron Wikle: Substrate-borne vibration in a newly discovered cricket morph. 2019

(Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society Undergraduate Poster Award).
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LEADERSHIP ROLES AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Founder and organizer, New Research in Evolution Group 2023 – 2024

University of California: Davis (Davis, CA)

Biology representative, Graduate Students of the Four Faculties 2019 – 2022

University of Denver (Denver, CO)

Review panelist, Moras and Erne Shubert Graduate Fellowship Fund 2020, 2021
University of Denver (Denver, CO)

Lab manager, Tinghitella lab at the University of Denver (Denver, CO) 2019, 2021, 2022

Team leader and trainer, field research trips (HI) 2019 – 2022

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH

EvoSim 2020 – 2024

Ongoing solo developer of software that simulates evolution of sexual
organisms in real time. Developed for use in classrooms (middle school,
high school, and college level) to teach concepts relating to ecology, animal
behavior behavior, and evolutionary biology.

Prehistoric Journey Exhibit Volunteer 2018

Denver Museum of Nature and Science (Denver, CO)

Kittatinny Conservation Mapping Project 2015

National Audubon Society (Philadelphia, PA)
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PEER REVIEW

Animal Behaviour Evolution

American Naturalist Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ecological Entomology Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (x2)
Ethology

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OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA) 2009 – 2010

Major responsibilities included dissecting, culturing, staining,
and cell photography of turtle embryos.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Conferences Attended

Evolution Meeting 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

International Society of Behavioral Ecology Congress 2022

Guild of Rocky Mountain Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists Meeting 2018, 2022

Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society 2020, 2021

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Front Range Student Ecology Symposium 2020, 2021

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2021

Entomology Annual Meeting 2021

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SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Naturalists Orthopterists’ Society

Animal Behavior Society Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology

International Society for Behavioral Ecology Society for the Study of Evolution

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PREVIOUS WORK IN SOUND AND MUSIC

Founder and Producer, Arpeggio Music (Philadelphia, NYC, Denver) 2012 – 2017
Worked as a professional audio engineer, composer, and music producer
for recording artists and licensing companies in the U.S. and abroad.

Music Awards and Honors

• Finalist, Indie International Songwriting Contest. 2016

• Original music performed on CNN, TV8, TRT Müzik (Turkey). 2015 – 2017
• Selected, #1 Electronic artist in Philadelphia by ReverbNation. 2015
• Selected, official Triple Scoop Music artist. 2013
• Winner, DSA International Song Contest. 2013
• Finalist, UK Songwriting Contest. 2013
• Finalist, Mid-Atlantic Song Contest. 2013
• Selected, #1 song on Broadjam’s Electronic (Global) Chart. 2012
• Semifinalist, International Songwriting Competition. 2012
• Winner, Middlebury College Chamber Music Competition. 2012
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