Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Clark Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology, 1997 Guggenheim Fellow, 2008 Joseph Grinnell Medal, 2010 E.O. Wilson Naturalist Award, 2011 ING Professor of Excellence, 2011 Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 1982-84 Miller Fellow
Scientific career
Fields
evolutionary biology, sexual selection, animal communication, animal behavior
Michael Joseph Ryan is an American biologist, author, Clark Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, and Senior Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.[1][2] He is considered to be a prominent expert in the fields of sexual selection and animal communication.[3] Ryan has authored over 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles and publications on the evolution and mechanisms of animal behavior.[1] His book The Túngara Frog: A Study of Sexual Selection and Communication is regarded as a classic in his field.[4][3] He lives in Austin, Texas.
Bibliography
Ryan, Michael (2018). A taste for the beautiful : the evolution of attraction. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
ISBN9780691167268.
Ryan, Michael (2011). An introduction to animal behavior : an integrative approach. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
ISBN978-0-879698-58-4.