Michael Reichert
@reichertfroglab.bsky.social
Behavioral ecology, animal communication, frogs and insects, bioacoustics, cognition, evolution. Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University. Not really into social media but can't deny it's occasional usefulness.
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
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I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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chickadeecognition.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am looking for a postdoc to work in our long-term system of food-caching mountain chickadees in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The expected start is April 2026. Please see details here: chickadeecognition.com/positions
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
If interested and qualified, please contact me directly (email on the website).
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What an honorable title! @okstate.edu is hiring a Temple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied Animal Behavior & Well-Being. 75% research 25% teaching.
#job #phd #animalwelfare #agriculture #farmanimalwelfare
jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/temple-...
#job #phd #animalwelfare #agriculture #farmanimalwelfare
jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/temple-...
Temple Grandin Endowed Professor (Assistant/Associate) in Applied Animal Behavior and Well-Being - Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Temple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied AnimalBehavior and Well-Being Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesOklahoma State University – Stillwater, Oklahoma
The Department of Anim...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What an honorable title! @okstate.edu is hiring a Temple Grandin Endowed Professor in Applied Animal Behavior & Well-Being. 75% research 25% teaching.
#job #phd #animalwelfare #agriculture #farmanimalwelfare
jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/temple-...
#job #phd #animalwelfare #agriculture #farmanimalwelfare
jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/temple-...
Oklahoma State Department of Biology is hiring an assistant professor in comparative biology (very broadly defined)! We have a great department, come join us. And please spread the word. jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Biology - Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Campus
OSU-Stillwater
Contact Name & Email
Dr. Michael Reichert, [email protected]
Work Schedule
TBD
Appointment Length
Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice
Hiring Range
$85,000 - $8...
jobs.okstate.edu
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Oklahoma State Department of Biology is hiring an assistant professor in comparative biology (very broadly defined)! We have a great department, come join us. And please spread the word. jobs.okstate.edu/jobs/assista...
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📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch
September 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch
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Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!
ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "
ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "
media.tenor.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!
Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk ([email protected]) by Oct 31!
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**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
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Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc
I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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September 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Accepting applications for Graduate Students! PhD & MSc
I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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I am seeking highly motivated individuals to join my research team.
Application details here: https://bit.ly/4mlBd6x
Deadline 01 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
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"...it checks all the boxes — authentic science, student-led inquiry, & ready-to-go NGSS-aligned materials..." 😊
Check out this guest post from @brewerbiology.bsky.social after teaching our free unit about @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's research 🐸🔊🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/what-ca...
Check out this guest post from @brewerbiology.bsky.social after teaching our free unit about @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's research 🐸🔊🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/what-ca...
What Can Singing Frogs Teach Us About Evolutionary Tradeoffs? — Galactic Polymath
Will female frogs be attracted to males who produce many short calls or to males with fewer, longer calls? This evolutionary tradeoff was the question my high school biology students investigated in t...
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September 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"...it checks all the boxes — authentic science, student-led inquiry, & ready-to-go NGSS-aligned materials..." 😊
Check out this guest post from @brewerbiology.bsky.social after teaching our free unit about @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's research 🐸🔊🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/what-ca...
Check out this guest post from @brewerbiology.bsky.social after teaching our free unit about @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's research 🐸🔊🧪 www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/what-ca...
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New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
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Genetic and environmental sources of behavioral individuality: a test of the standard model
Behavioral variation is typically assumed to arise from the combination and interaction of genetic and environmental variation. However, recent work with genetically identical individuals has found th...
www.biorxiv.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
New preprint out from the lab, including @rroyaute.bsky.social:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In this we test what we refer to as the "standard model" of behavioral variation.
This was inspired by recent work identifying intra-genotypic variation as a major contributor to "individuality".
1/
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Postdoc advertisement!
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
September 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Postdoc advertisement!
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉
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🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
Moncrieff Lab | Bird Evolution
The Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and...
www.moncriefflab.org
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
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New publication! 🚨
If you're looking for a paper on what great tits eat then this is for you! 🦋🐛🐞🪲🐦
We looked at variation in diet using DNA metabarcoding and found lots of differences between adult and young birds and between habitat types.
@ucc.ie
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
If you're looking for a paper on what great tits eat then this is for you! 🦋🐛🐞🪲🐦
We looked at variation in diet using DNA metabarcoding and found lots of differences between adult and young birds and between habitat types.
@ucc.ie
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
July 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New publication! 🚨
If you're looking for a paper on what great tits eat then this is for you! 🦋🐛🐞🪲🐦
We looked at variation in diet using DNA metabarcoding and found lots of differences between adult and young birds and between habitat types.
@ucc.ie
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
If you're looking for a paper on what great tits eat then this is for you! 🦋🐛🐞🪲🐦
We looked at variation in diet using DNA metabarcoding and found lots of differences between adult and young birds and between habitat types.
@ucc.ie
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Many thanks to my co-authors John Quinn, Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social and Jordan Cuff @jordancuff.bsky.social . Also remembering Bill Symondson who I really enjoyed working with and who would have been pleased to see this work out there.
July 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Many thanks to my co-authors John Quinn, Gabrielle Davidson @drgdavidson.bsky.social Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social and Jordan Cuff @jordancuff.bsky.social . Also remembering Bill Symondson who I really enjoyed working with and who would have been pleased to see this work out there.
I was proud to take part in this event! (Even if very annoyed that a terminated NSF grant got me there) Every effort to communicate the importance of scientific research matters
July 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I was proud to take part in this event! (Even if very annoyed that a terminated NSF grant got me there) Every effort to communicate the importance of scientific research matters
This is an excellent tool, I'm really happy to have contributed to its development! I think it will be especially useful for teaching #bioacoustics
Good news! After almost a year of development, we're so pleased to share SoundLab: An #openaccess tool for *seeing* & analyzing sounds. Intended as a teaching tool for middle school to college—introduce students to #bioacoustics & the science of sound 🧪🔊🐋🪶🎶🐦⬛
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/dive-in...
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/dive-in...
Dive into Sound with SoundLab: A Free Tool for Acoustic Exploration — Galactic Polymath
Ever wondered what a bird song looks like, or how to visually understand the different frequencies in your favorite music? That's where SoundLab comes in! SoundLab is a free, web-based app designed to...
www.galacticpolymath.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is an excellent tool, I'm really happy to have contributed to its development! I think it will be especially useful for teaching #bioacoustics
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I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
May 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
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We love it! 🤩🐸
Great to see students diving into data in our Balancing Act unit based on @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's NSF funded research! #SaveNSF 🧪
Great to see students diving into data in our Balancing Act unit based on @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's NSF funded research! #SaveNSF 🧪
Fun day having students listen and view 🐸 call spectrograms then calculate the call durations and frequencies to determine who will attract the most frog ladies! Students learned about tradeoffs, either long calls or frequent calls, you can’t have both! Great lessons by @galacticpolymath.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We love it! 🤩🐸
Great to see students diving into data in our Balancing Act unit based on @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's NSF funded research! #SaveNSF 🧪
Great to see students diving into data in our Balancing Act unit based on @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's NSF funded research! #SaveNSF 🧪
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Students listened to 🐸 calls and analyzed their spectrograms to learn about tradeoffs in nature: frogs can have long calls or frequent calls, not both! Then tried to figure out which call attracts more ladies.
Great lesson set called Balancing Act by Galactic Polymath! www.galacticpolymath.com
Great lesson set called Balancing Act by Galactic Polymath! www.galacticpolymath.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Students listened to 🐸 calls and analyzed their spectrograms to learn about tradeoffs in nature: frogs can have long calls or frequent calls, not both! Then tried to figure out which call attracts more ladies.
Great lesson set called Balancing Act by Galactic Polymath! www.galacticpolymath.com
Great lesson set called Balancing Act by Galactic Polymath! www.galacticpolymath.com
This is a really exciting app for #bioacoustics, especially for teaching. Please support if you can.
Two days left to support SoundLab: an #openaccess web app for visualizing & analyzing sounds. This will be a useful & fun tool for all, especially if you're a #bioacoustics researcher, a birdsong or music fan, or teach about sound waves! 🐸🐦⬛🐋
Small donations help!
👉 www.indiegogo.com/projects/sou...
Small donations help!
👉 www.indiegogo.com/projects/sou...
April 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is a really exciting app for #bioacoustics, especially for teaching. Please support if you can.
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🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r
Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership
This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r
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Humans are visual creatures. We're missing out on so much because it's currently expensive & technical to visualize sounds.
Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this!
👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky
Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this!
👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky
April 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Humans are visual creatures. We're missing out on so much because it's currently expensive & technical to visualize sounds.
Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this!
👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky
Please help @galacticpolymath.com finish a web app to change this!
👇 $10 gets you access to the beta app. (Public release will be free, if we can reach our goal!) 🧪🔊 #edusky
Great writeup on our educational outreach work with @galacticpolymath.com @okstate.edu news.okstate.edu/articles/com...
OSU biology professor partners with education studio to develop free lessons for high schools nationwide - Oklahoma State University
The calls of gray treefrogs are making their way from Oklahoma wetlands to high school biology classrooms nationwide, thanks to Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Michael Reichert.
news.okstate.edu
March 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Great writeup on our educational outreach work with @galacticpolymath.com @okstate.edu news.okstate.edu/articles/com...
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🔦Exciting fundamental biological research sponsored by NSF 🧪 🔉
🐸⚖️ Our free high school unit "Balancing Act" connects students to @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's big Qs & real data! Research & free lessons only possible through NSF Broader Impacts funds!
▶️🔥 New Trailer youtube.com/shorts/qqrVt...
🐸⚖️ Our free high school unit "Balancing Act" connects students to @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's big Qs & real data! Research & free lessons only possible through NSF Broader Impacts funds!
▶️🔥 New Trailer youtube.com/shorts/qqrVt...
“Balancing Act” Unit Trailer: Free lessons about tradeoffs in life #bioacoustics
YouTube video by Galactic Polymath
youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🔦Exciting fundamental biological research sponsored by NSF 🧪 🔉
🐸⚖️ Our free high school unit "Balancing Act" connects students to @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's big Qs & real data! Research & free lessons only possible through NSF Broader Impacts funds!
▶️🔥 New Trailer youtube.com/shorts/qqrVt...
🐸⚖️ Our free high school unit "Balancing Act" connects students to @reichertfroglab.bsky.social's big Qs & real data! Research & free lessons only possible through NSF Broader Impacts funds!
▶️🔥 New Trailer youtube.com/shorts/qqrVt...
This is a great write up on a really cool study and I was happy to be able to chime in with some thoughts. It's really a shame that the great science in the article is overshadowed by the attacks on federal science funding in the US. We risk losing so many people and so much knowledge.
NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:
‘A Quiet Place’ Is the Lived Reality for These Hawaiian Insects | Atmos
Parasites forced Hawaii’s crickets to evolve hushed mating songs. A new study shows the parasites might be evolving their hearing in turn.
atmos.earth
February 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is a great write up on a really cool study and I was happy to be able to chime in with some thoughts. It's really a shame that the great science in the article is overshadowed by the attacks on federal science funding in the US. We risk losing so many people and so much knowledge.