Assistant Professor Kuo, Chi-Yun
Tel：+886-7-3121101 ext 2693
Email：chiyunkuo@kmu.edu.tw
Expertise：Ecological modeling, Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology
Personal Webpage：https://thekuolab.github.io/
Education&Experience
Education：
Ph.D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.S., Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University
B.A., Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University
Experience：
Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University
Postdoctoral Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research Technician, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
Specialty & Research Interests
Specialty：
Ecological modeling, Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology
Research Interests：
1. the interactions between ecology and behavior, using voluntary shedding of the tail in lizards and
mimicry in butterflies.
2. the impact of warming on species abundance by integrating ecological modeling and big data from
databases.
Publications
Publications：
22.Kuo C-Y*, Melo-Flóres L, Aragón A, Oberweiser MM, McMillan WO, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Merrill RM*. 2024. Divergent warning patterns influence male and female mating behaviors in a tropical butterfly. Journal of Evolutionary Biology: voae010
21.Kuo C-Y*, Chin H-E, Wu Y-Z.2023.Intricate covariation between exploration and avoidance learning in a generalist predator. Behavioral Ecology 34: 708-717
20.Hausmann AE, Freire M, Alfthan SA,Kuo C-Y, Linares M, McMillan O, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Merrill RM.2023.Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36: 563-568
19.Sutton GP, St Pierre R,Kuo C-Y, Summers A, Bergbreiter S, Cox S, Patek SN. 2022.Dual spring force couples yield ultrafast, precision rotation in tiny mechanical systems. Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb244077
18.Kuo C-Y*, Ko C-Y, Lai Y-Z.2022. Assessing warming impacts on marine fishes by integrating physiology-guided distribution projections, life-history changes, and food web dynamics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13: 1343-1357
17.Yu C-N,Kuo C-Y, Lin H-C, Su Y-C.2022. Foraging payoffs change with group size in kin and non-kin groups of an Argyrodinae kleptoparasitic spider,Argyrodes miniaceus.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 813777
16.Tu Z-W, Lai Y-Z, Chen X-Q,Kuo C-Y, Lee P-F, Ko C-Y. 2022.Trends in geographic sensitivity of marine fishes over decades in the North Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 748278
15. Hausmann AE,Kuo C-Y, Freire M, Rueda-M N, Linares M, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Merrill RM. 2021. Light environment influences mating behaviours during the early stages of divergence in tropical butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20210157
14. Kuo C-Y, Muñoz MM, Irschick DJ. 2019. Lizard foraging: a perspective integrating sensory ecology and life histories. In Behavior of Lizards: Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives (Eds: Vincent Bels and Anthony Russell). Taylor and Francis.
13. Farley G, Wise M, Harrison J, Sutton G, Kuo C-Y, Patek SN. 2019. Adhesive latching and legless leaping in small, worm-like insect larvae. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb201129.
12. Imburgia MJ, Kuo C-Y, Briggs DR, Irschick DJ, Crosby AJ. 2019. Effects of digit orientation on gecko adhesive force capacity: synthetic and behavioral studies. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59: 182-192.
11. Ilton M, Bhamla S, Ma X, Cox S, Fitchett, LL, Kim Y, Koh J-S, Krishnamurthy D, Kuo C-Y, Temel FZ, Crosby A, Prakash M, Sutton G, Wood R, Azizi E, Bergbreiter S, Patek S. 2018. The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems. Science 360: eaao 1082.
10. Irschick DJ, Fu AL, Lauder GV, Wilga CD, Kuo C-Y, Hammerschlag N. 2017. A comparative morphological analysis of body and fin shape for eight shark species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122: 589-604.
9. Labonte D, Clemente CJ, Dittrich A, Kuo C-Y, Crosby AJ, Irschick DJ and Federle W. 2016. Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113: 1297-1302.
8. Fu AL, Hammerschlag N, Lauder GV, Wilga CD, Kuo C-Y and Irschick DJ. 2016. Ontogeny of head and caudal fin shape of an apex marine predator: the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Journal of Morphology 277: 556-564.
7. Kuo C-Y and Irschick DJ. 2016. Ecology drives natural variation in an extreme antipredator trait: a cost-benefit analysis integrating modelling and field data. Functional Ecology 30: 953-963.
6. Kuo C-Y, Irschick DJ and Lailvaux SP. 2015. Trait compensation between boldness and the propensity for tail autotomy under different food availabilities in similarly aged brown anole lizards. Functional Ecology 29: 385-392.
5. Gillis GB, Kuo C-Y, Irschick DJ. 2013. The impact of tail loss on stability during jumping in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86: 680 – 689.
4. Kuo C-Y, Gillis GB, Irschick DJ. 2012. Take this broken tail and learn to jump: the ability to recover from reduced in-air stability in tailless green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis [Squamata:Dactyloidea]). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107: 583 – 592.
3. Kuo C-Y, Gillis GB, Irschick DJ. 2011. Loading effect on jump performance in green anole lizards Anolis carolinensis. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 2073 – 2079.
2. Kuo C-Y, Y-T Lin, Y-S Lin. 2009. Sexual size and shape dimorphism in an agamid lizard, Japalura swinhonis (Squamata: Iguania: Agamidae). Zoological Studies 48: 351 – 361.
1. Kuo C-Y, Y-T Lin, YK Lin. 2007. Resource use and morphology of two sympatric Japalura lizards (Iguania: Agamidae). Journal of Herpetology 41: 713 – 723.
Invited Speeches：
7. Kuo C-Y. 2020. The multifaceted role of ecology in shaping behavioral diversity. Kaohsiung Medical University. Invited seminar. Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
6. Kuo C-Y, Hausmann AE, McMillan WO, Merrill RM. 2018. Using computer vision for quantifying mate preference: a case study with Heliconius butterflies. Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Poster presentation. Montpellier, France.
5. Kuo C-Y. 2019. Lizard tails and butterfly wing: the interplay between ecology and behavior. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Tupper seminar. Panama City, Panama.
4. Kuo C-Y and Patek SN. 2017. Extreme energy transfer in trap-jaw ants’ fast mandible strikes. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Oral presentation. New Orleans LA.
3. Kuo C-Y and Irschick DJ. 2015. Ecological mechanism behind a costly antipredator trait: tail autotomy in lizards. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Oral presentation. West Palm Beach FL.
2. Kuo C-Y, Showalter I, Russell AP, Crosby AJ and Irschick DJ. 2014. Morphology and material properties of the lateral digital tendons in geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota): a pioneer study. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Poster presentation. Austin TX.
1. Kuo C-Y and Irschick DJ. 2013. A costly antipredator behavior in a gradient of predation pressure: tail autotomy in the side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Poster presentation. San Francisco CA.
