Dr. Kathleen S. Lynch University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 [email protected] (512) 574-7477

EDUCATION Ph.D. Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin (UT) 2000- 2005 Advisor: Dr. Walter Wilczynski Neural and hormonal correlates of female mate choice in the túngara frog M.S. Organismal Biology, Idaho State University 1996-1999 Advisor: Dr. Charles Trost B.A. Zoology, University of Montana 1989-1993

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Visiting Assistant Professor Angelo State University (ASU) 2012 - present Research Scientist UT at Austin, Integrative Biology 2009 - 2012 Advisor: Dr. Molly Cummings Behavioral genetics of mate preference in poeciliid fish Postdoctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins University, Psych. & Brain Sciences 2005 -2008 Advisor: Dr. Gregory Ball Neural mechanisms of song perception in female songbirds

TEACHING AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT Position Dates Course Visiting Assistant Professor 2012-2013 Advanced General Physiology (Graduate Level); Fall semester 2012 Comparative Physiology; Spring 2013 Lecturer, UT at Austin / JHU 2008-2011 Animal Behavior Lecturer, JHU 2008 - 2009 Ecuador & Galápagos Islands Behavioral Endocrinology Brain, Communication & Evolution (developed this course) Writer, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 2007- 2008 Science Text Book for Middle School Teacher, Stratton Mountain School 1999- 2000 Biology (Grades 9 and 10) Lab Instructor, Idaho State University 1996-1999 Biology/Zoology for non-majors

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND GRANTS Professional Development Award, University of Texas 2001 - 2002 Research Grant; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2002 Research Grant from Sigma Xi 2003 NIH NRSA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 2003 - 2005 Best Student Presentation Award at SICB 2003 Travel Award for Animal Behavior Society Conference in Brazil 2009 Travel Award for International Ethological Conference in France 2009 Young Investigator Award at Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology 2010

JOURNAL ARTICLES  K.S. Lynch, A.S. Rand, M.J. Ryan and W. Wilczynski. 2005. Plasticity in female mate choice associated with changing reproductive states. Animal Behaviour 69: 689-699.  K.S. Lynch and W. Wilczynski. 2005. Reproductive endocrinology of a tropically breeding female anuran. General and Comparative Endocrinology 143: 51 –56.  W. Wilczynski, K.S. Lynch and E.L. O’Bryant. 2006. Current research in amphibians: Studies integrating endocrinology, behavior and neurobiology. Hormones and Behavior 48, 440 – 450.  K.S. Lynch, D. Crews, M.J. Ryan, and W. Wilczynski. 2006. Hormonal state influences aspects of female mate choice in the túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus). Hormones and Behavior 49, 450 – 457.  K.S. Lynch and W. Wilczynski. 2006. Social regulation of plasma estrogen concentration in a female Anuran. Hormones and Behavior 50, 101-106.  K.S. Lynch and W. Wilczynski. 2008. Reception of species-typical communication signals is modified by heightened hormonal state. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 71: 143 – 150.  K.S. Lynch, B. Diekamp and G.F. Ball. 2008. The role of catecholaminergic cell groups in the induction of species-typical vocal behavior. Physiology and Behavior 93: 870 – 876.  K.S. Lynch and G. F. Ball. 2008. Noradrenergic inputs modify the processing of species- typical signals in female songbirds. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 72:207-214.  T.J. Stevenson, K.S. Lynch, P. Lamda, G.F. Ball, and D.J. Bernard. 2009. Cloning of gonadotropin-releasing hormone I complementary DNAs in songbirds facilitates dissection of mechanisms mediating seasonal changes in reproduction. Endocrinology 150: 1826-33.  W. Wilczynski and K.S. Lynch. 2011. Female Sexual Arousal in Amphibians. Hormones and Behavior 59: 630-636.  K.S. Lynch, M. Ramsey and M.E. Cummings. 2012. Understanding the mate choice brain: a comparative gene profiling approach between female choice and male coercive poecillids. Genes, Brain & Behavior, 11(2):222-229.  K.S. Lynch, Diekamp, B. and G.F. Ball. 2012. Co-localization of immediate early genes in catecholamine cells after song exposure in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Brain, Behavior & Evolution, In press ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW or IN PREPERATION  K.S. Lynch, H. Kleitz and G.F. Ball. HVC lesions modify immediate early gene expression in auditory forebrain regions of female songbirds. Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Developmental Neurobiology  K. S. Lynch, V. A. Vaidya and M.E. Cummings. Sexual experience matters: Plasticity in mate preference, social behavior, and the brain. Submitted to Biology Letters  K.S. Lynch and G.F. Ball. Tracking Arc mRNA migration through auditory neurons to identify brain areas mediating species recognition and song discrimination in songbirds In prep.

SELECTED POSTER PRESENTATIONS  K.S. Lynch, M.J. Ryan and W. Wilczynski. 2002. The role of reproductive stage in producing within-individual variation in female mate choice. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Amherst, Massachusetts  K.S. Lynch and W. Wilczynski. 2004. Social modulation of estrogen levels in female anurans. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, California  K.S. Lynch and W. Wilczynski. 2005. Plasticity in female choice in associated with natural fluctuations in gonadal steroid levels. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. San Diego, California  K.S. Lynch, M.J. Ryan and W. Wilczynski. 2005. Steroid hormones and fickle female mate choice. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Austin, Texas.  K.S. Lynch and W. Wilczynski. 2005. Hormonal modification of immediate early gene expression in anuran auditory midbrain. Society for Neuroscience. Washington, D.C.  K.S. Lynch and W. Wilczynski. 2006. Steroid hormone effects on sensory processing in a female anuran. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  K.S. Lynch and B. Diekamp, A. Wallace and G.F. Ball. 2006. Expression of the immediate early gene ZENK in catecholaminergic cell groups that project to the song control system. Society for Neuroscience. Atlanta, Georgia.  K.S. Lynch and G.F. Ball. 2007. Noradrenergic inputs modify the processing of species- typical signals in female canaries. Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, Ca.  K.S. Lynch and G.F. Ball 2008. Cellular compartmental analysis of song-induced ARC mRNA expression in female zebra finches. Society for Neuroscience. Washington D.C.  K.S. Lynch and G.F. Ball 2009. Comparison of song-dependent Arc mRNA expression within caudomedial mesopallium and nidopallium using cellular compartmental analysis of temporal activity in female zebra finches. Society for Neuroscience. Chicago, Illinois.  K.S. Lynch and G.F. Ball 2010. Reconstructing the history of activity of auditory neurons using cellular compartmental analysis of temporal Arc mRNA (catFISH) in female songbirds. International Neuroethology Congress. Salamanca, Spain.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS  K.S. Lynch, M.J. Ryan and W. Wilczynski. 2004. Gonadal steroids, time constraints and mate choice plasticity. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. New Orleans, Louisiana. Best student presentation award  K.S. Lynch. 2005. Intrinsic basis for flexible female mate choice. Jerry B. Johnston Club. Washington, DC  K.S. Lynch 2007. Catecholamine cell groups and vocal communication in songbirds. Workshop on Birdsong. Rockefeller University Research Station. Millbrook, N.Y.  K.S. Lynch 2008. Noradrenaline: A proximate mechanism for receiver error. Animal Behavior Society. Snowbird, Utah.  K.S. Lynch 2009. Noradrenaline, receiver error and the ‘cocktail party effect’. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Boston, Massachusetts.  K.S. Lynch 2009. A Novel Approach to Understanding Sensory-based Biases in Animal Communication. Animal Behavior Society. Pirenopolis, Brazil.  K.S. Lynch 2010. Understanding reproductive decision-making: Assessing hormone and catecholamine - induced plasticity in sensory-based biases. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Young Investigator Award. Toronto, Canada.  K.S. Lynch 2011. Song perception in female songbirds: How do they avoid errors in song discrimination? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Salt Lake City, Utah.  K.S. Lynch 2012. The mate choice brain in poeciliid fish. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Charleston, South Carolina.

INVITED CONFERENCES  K.S. Lynch 2004. Social cues, reproductive hormones and plasticity in mate choice. Animal Behavior Society. Oaxaca, Mexico  K.S. Lynch 2007. Flexibility in mate choice: ultimate and proximate mechanisms. Winter Animal Behavior Conference in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  K.S. Lynch 2008. Noradrenergic cells, attention and female mate choice in songbirds. Winter Animal Behavior Conference in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  K.S Lynch 2009. Featured scientist at Science Café hosted by WGBH National Public Radio in Boston  K.S. Lynch 2011. Mechanistic perspectives on female mate choice. Winter Animal Behavior Conference in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.  K.S. Lynch 2012. Song recognition in female songbirds: What’s HVC got to do with it? Winter Animal Behavior Conference in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

INVITED SEMINARS  K.S. Lynch. 2005. Hormonal mechanisms for variation in female mate choice. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Biological Sciences.  K.S. Lynch 2006. Hormones, time constraints and flexibility in female mate choice. Bowdoin College, Department of Biological Sciences.  K.S. Lynch 2008. Intrinsic mechanisms for receiver error in animal communication. Salisbury University, Department of Biological Sciences.  K.S. Lynch 2008. Intrinsic mechanisms for receiver error in animal communication. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Department of Ecotoxicology.  K.S. Lynch 2009. Intrinsic mechanisms for receiver error in animal communication. Coastal Carolina University, Department of Biological Sciences.  K.S. Lynch 2009. Mechanisms for receiver error in female songbirds. University of Texas at Austin, Department of Integrative Biology.  K.S. Lynch 2010. Hormonal regulation of homeostasis. Carroll College, Biology Department.  K.S. Lynch 2011 and 2012. Flexibility in Mate Choice: Inside the Brain of Fickle Females. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Biology Department) Franklin and Marshall College (Biology Department) Western Kentucky University (Biology Department) Washington and Lee University (Biology Department) Texas State University, San Marcos (Biology Department) Swarthmore College (Biology Department)  K.S. Lynch 2012. Female mate choice and the role of plasticity in receiver biases. West Virginia University (Biology Department).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  Reviewer for: Hormones and Behavior, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Brain, Behavior and Evolution, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, and Copeia.  Judge for Allee Competition at Animal Behavior Society and reviewer for Animal Behaviour Student Research Grants Competition  Member of: Society for Neuroscience, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Animal Behavior Society, Society of Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, and International Neuroethology Congress.

REFERENCES  Dr. Walter Wilczynski - Georgia State University, Psychology (404) 463-4808 [email protected]  Dr. Gregory Ball- Johns Hopkins University, Psychological and Brain Sciences (410) 516-8215 [email protected]  Dr. Molly Cummings- UT at Austin, Integrative Biology (512) 461 4882 [email protected]  Dr. Michael Ryan- UT at Austin, Integrative Biology (512) 471-5078 [email protected]  Dr. Hans Hofmann - UT at Austin, Integrative Biology (512) 475-6754 [email protected]