Zach Emberts
@emberts.bsky.social
Assistant Professor - Behavioral Ecologist - Evolutionary Biologist - 🏳️🌈
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Funded PhD studentship available on the way that mating system affects coevolutionary processes with natural enemies. #ecoevo #sexualselection looking for a great candidate spread the word! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
Mating systems, coevolution and resistance evolution. at University of Hull on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mating systems, coevolution and resistance evolution. at University of Hull, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Funded PhD studentship available on the way that mating system affects coevolutionary processes with natural enemies. #ecoevo #sexualselection looking for a great candidate spread the word! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 🧪
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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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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
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Does #SexualSelection fuel #Speciation?
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Sexual selection and speciation: a meta-analysis of comparative studies
Abstract. Understanding the drivers of biodiversity is a central goal in evolutionary biology. In particular, sexual selection has long been proposed as a
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Does #SexualSelection fuel #Speciation?
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
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Join us at the University of Central Florida! 🍊🚀🌴
We’re seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology! We’ve got growth chambers, hoop houses, greenhouse space, an arboretum, and students chomping at the bit for more plant courses!
#PlantPeopleFTW #IAmABotanist
jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...
We’re seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology! We’ve got growth chambers, hoop houses, greenhouse space, an arboretum, and students chomping at the bit for more plant courses!
#PlantPeopleFTW #IAmABotanist
jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology - Orlando, Florida, United States
The OpportunityThe Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for the position of tenure track Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology (9-month appointment), a...
jobs.ucf.edu
October 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Join us at the University of Central Florida! 🍊🚀🌴
We’re seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology! We’ve got growth chambers, hoop houses, greenhouse space, an arboretum, and students chomping at the bit for more plant courses!
#PlantPeopleFTW #IAmABotanist
jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...
We’re seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology! We’ve got growth chambers, hoop houses, greenhouse space, an arboretum, and students chomping at the bit for more plant courses!
#PlantPeopleFTW #IAmABotanist
jobs.ucf.edu/jobs/assista...
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my lab has moved to @iubiology.bsky.social! We're getting the #newlab set up here and excited to interact with @iu-cisab.bsky.social, @bdsc.bsky.social, and more! I'd love to hear from prospective lab members, especially prospective PhD students, postdocs, and technicians. more info: saltzlab.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
my lab has moved to @iubiology.bsky.social! We're getting the #newlab set up here and excited to interact with @iu-cisab.bsky.social, @bdsc.bsky.social, and more! I'd love to hear from prospective lab members, especially prospective PhD students, postdocs, and technicians. more info: saltzlab.com
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Come work with us! My lab is looking for PhD student(s) to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies in Colorado. Reviewing applications now - apply by Nov 1 at the latest
You could spend your summers here!
You could spend your summers here!
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Come work with us! My lab is looking for PhD student(s) to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies in Colorado. Reviewing applications now - apply by Nov 1 at the latest
You could spend your summers here!
You could spend your summers here!
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📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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@a-weberling.bsky.social & I characterize oogenesis from initiation in the germinal bed to ovulatory follicles for the first time in the brown anole, a powerful reptile model for evo-devo & functional genetics!
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
@a-weberling.bsky.social & I characterize oogenesis from initiation in the germinal bed to ovulatory follicles for the first time in the brown anole, a powerful reptile model for evo-devo & functional genetics!
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full preprint here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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our paper on how light pollution affects bird vocal behavior is out today in Science!!
w/ @brentpease.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
w/ @brentpease.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
August 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
our paper on how light pollution affects bird vocal behavior is out today in Science!!
w/ @brentpease.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
w/ @brentpease.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🚀🍊 Blast off! 🍊🚀
Excited to share that next month Zach and I will be joining the Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida!
Because of our love for midcentury modern design, we will only acknowledge the Citronaut as the official mascot. 😉
@emberts.bsky.social @ucf.bsky.social
Excited to share that next month Zach and I will be joining the Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida!
Because of our love for midcentury modern design, we will only acknowledge the Citronaut as the official mascot. 😉
@emberts.bsky.social @ucf.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🚀🍊 Blast off! 🍊🚀
Excited to share that next month Zach and I will be joining the Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida!
Because of our love for midcentury modern design, we will only acknowledge the Citronaut as the official mascot. 😉
@emberts.bsky.social @ucf.bsky.social
Excited to share that next month Zach and I will be joining the Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida!
Because of our love for midcentury modern design, we will only acknowledge the Citronaut as the official mascot. 😉
@emberts.bsky.social @ucf.bsky.social
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The Bulb Agenda is alive and well! #Geophytes
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Bulb Agenda is alive and well! #Geophytes
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Deadline tomorrow, April 4th at 5:00pm! Apply & share!
April 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Deadline tomorrow, April 4th at 5:00pm! Apply & share!
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Januario et al. found no correlation between sexual selection intensity & speciation rates or proxy traits. Because sexual selection intensity has high intraspecific variation and low phylogenetic signal, its macroevolutionary impacts are weak. Read now!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
March 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Januario et al. found no correlation between sexual selection intensity & speciation rates or proxy traits. Because sexual selection intensity has high intraspecific variation and low phylogenetic signal, its macroevolutionary impacts are weak. Read now!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 410): Yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons) catching and eating a leaf-footed bug (Coreidae) on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana)! #predation #biodiversity 📸: C. Denning
March 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 410): Yellow-throated vireo (Vireo flavifrons) catching and eating a leaf-footed bug (Coreidae) on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana)! #predation #biodiversity 📸: C. Denning
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We've spent a while trying to understand the forces shaping morphological trait variation, and this is our best shot so far: Ecophysical trade-offs provide a set of relatively simple rules explaining the triangular structure and macroevolution of global bird diversity www.cell.com/current-biol...
March 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We've spent a while trying to understand the forces shaping morphological trait variation, and this is our best shot so far: Ecophysical trade-offs provide a set of relatively simple rules explaining the triangular structure and macroevolution of global bird diversity www.cell.com/current-biol...
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The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
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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 4:09 PM
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:
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At #SICB2025, and excited to be sharing my lab's work about aerobic constraints on mate competition in high-elevation dragonflies! 🧪🌍🐙 #evolution
Sunday Jan 5 at 2:30 in Ecophysiology: thermal effects session (International Salon 4)
Sunday Jan 5 at 2:30 in Ecophysiology: thermal effects session (International Salon 4)
January 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
At #SICB2025, and excited to be sharing my lab's work about aerobic constraints on mate competition in high-elevation dragonflies! 🧪🌍🐙 #evolution
Sunday Jan 5 at 2:30 in Ecophysiology: thermal effects session (International Salon 4)
Sunday Jan 5 at 2:30 in Ecophysiology: thermal effects session (International Salon 4)
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#SICB2025 Do you like frogs? Wanna see some cool SEM images of sperm? Come to my talk today at 2:30 in Salon 2-3! Title:
Evolution of diverse reproductive strategies and sperm morophology in tropical frogs.
The other talks in my session (Evolution and diversification) look rad too! See you there!
Evolution of diverse reproductive strategies and sperm morophology in tropical frogs.
The other talks in my session (Evolution and diversification) look rad too! See you there!
January 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#SICB2025 Do you like frogs? Wanna see some cool SEM images of sperm? Come to my talk today at 2:30 in Salon 2-3! Title:
Evolution of diverse reproductive strategies and sperm morophology in tropical frogs.
The other talks in my session (Evolution and diversification) look rad too! See you there!
Evolution of diverse reproductive strategies and sperm morophology in tropical frogs.
The other talks in my session (Evolution and diversification) look rad too! See you there!
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On Sunday, be sure to stop by and chat with Oklahoma State University undergraduate James Davis about bulbs and their gym gains! #SICB2025 🌾🧅
January 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
On Sunday, be sure to stop by and chat with Oklahoma State University undergraduate James Davis about bulbs and their gym gains! #SICB2025 🌾🧅
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We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!
November 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM
We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!
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📜 Did you ever wonder why females and males are of different size in many species? We tested if sexual selection could drive the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) synthesizing the results of 77 comparative studies. #OpenAccess in Ecology Letters:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pre‐Copulatory Sexual Selection Predicts Sexual Size Dimorphism: A Meta‐Analysis of Comparative Studies
In a meta-analysis using 127 effect sizes from 77 comparative studies, we provide evidence for a significant relationship between sexual selection and sexual size dimorphism across the animal tree of....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:09 AM
📜 Did you ever wonder why females and males are of different size in many species? We tested if sexual selection could drive the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) synthesizing the results of 77 comparative studies. #OpenAccess in Ecology Letters:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our big collaboration on anglerfish diversity is out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social. THREAD PART 1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reduced evolutionary constraint accompanies ongoing radiation in deep-sea anglerfishes - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Based on phylogenomic and geometric morphometric analyses of 132 anglerfish species, the authors infer a Cretaceous origin of the clade and show that bathypelagic anglerfish are undergoing rapid pheno...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Our big collaboration on anglerfish diversity is out today in @natureecoevo.bsky.social. THREAD PART 1
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...