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Hoy, Ronald Raymond
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I have an active research career in the area of comparative bioacoustics, auditory neuroscience, and model systems for the study of seizure disorders in the nervous system. I have an active teaching career in the field of neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and animal communication.
Research Areas
- bioacoustics
- biomedical sciences
- biophysics (CALS)
- cell biology
- cognitive studies
- communication
- computational biology
- education
- entomology
- evolution
- genetics
- genomics
- insects
- mathematics
- nanobiotechnology
- neuroscience
- psychology
- science and technology studies
- science education
- teacher education
- zoology
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Research
research overview
- I work on micro- and nanoscale auditory systems of insects to explore the physical and biological limits of the auditory senses. This work is of relevance to my engineering collaborator, Ron Miles of Binghamton University, who biomimicks the "design features" of microscale insect ears into silicon based hearing aid microphones. I am involved in research aimed at developing Drosophila melanogaster and its mutants into models for the study of seizure/epilepsy. I also collaborate with Laura Harrington to study the auditory behavior of malaria mosquitoes.
research activities
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- ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOR - NEURAL AND COMPARATIVE BASES awarded by NATL INST OF DEAFNESS & OTHER COMM DISORDER, NIH 2010 - 2015
keywords
- Communication biology of insects
- Genetic control of seizure behavior in drosophila
- Reproductive biology of flies
- Sensory biology of flies
- drosophila
- mosquitoes
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Publications
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- Adaptive auditory risk assessment in the dogbane tiger moth when pursued by bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 278:364-370. 2011
- Neural responses to one- and two-tone stimuli in the hearing organ of the dengue vector mosquito. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213:1376-1385. 2010
- Sizing up a mate: variation in production of and response to acoustic signals in Anopheles gambiae. Behavioral Ecology. . Behavioral Ecology. 10. 2010
- Harmonic convergence in the love songs of the dengue vector mosquito. Science. 323:1077-9. 2009
- Harmonic convergence in the love songs of the dengue vector mosquito. Science. 323:1077-1079. 2009
- Tiger moths and the threat of bats: Decision-making based on the activity of a single sensory neuron. Biology Letters. 5:368-371. 2009
- g-PRIME: A Free, Windows based data acquisition and event analysis software package for physiology in classrooms and research labs. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 8. 2009
- A polyimide pressure-contact multi-electrode array for implantation along a sub-millimeter process in small animals. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 55:1728-1732. 2008
- An inexpensive sub-millisecond system for walking measurements of small animals based on optical computer mouse technology. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 161:55-61. 2007
- Flexible multielecrodes can resolve multiple muscles in an insect appendage. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 159:116-124. 2007
- Female preference for complex/novel signals in a spider. Behavioral Ecology. 17:765-771. 2006
- Measuring and quantifying dynamic visual signals in jumping spiders. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 192:799-800. 2006
- Teaching insect retinal physiology with newly designed, inexpensive micromanipulators. Adv Physiol Educ. 30:254-261. 2006
- The ability of the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea to distinguish sounds in the vertical plane. Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 120:1546-1549. 2006
- The development of A biologically-inspired directional microphone for hearing aids. Audiol Neurootol. 11:86-94. 2006
- Animal Awareness: The (un)binding of multisensory cues in decision making by animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102:2267-2268. 2005
- Demonstrating the Temperature Sensitivity of Synaptic Transmission in a Drosophila Mutant. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 4. 2005
- Seismic signals are crucial for male mating success in a visual specialist jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae). Animal Behaviour. 69:931-938. 2005
- The development of a long, coiled, optic nerve in the stalk-eyed fly Cyrtodiopsis. Cell Tissue Research. 321:491-504. 2005
- Tools for physiology labs: an inexpensive means for temperature control. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 4. 2005
- Identified auditory neurons in the cricket Gryllus rubens: temporal processing in calling song sensitive units. Hearing Research. 193:121-133. 2004
- New math for biology is the old new math. Cell Biology Education. 3:90-92. 2004
- The effect of substrate type on the efficacy of seismic courtship signal transmission in the jumping spider Habronattus dossenus (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 207:4105-4110. 2004
- Tools for physiology labs: Inexpensive equipment for physiological stimulation. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 3. 2004
- Action potentials in a giant algal cell: A comparative approach to mechanisms and evolution of excitability. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 1. 2002
- Comparison of brain volumes between single and multiple foundresses in the paper wasp Polistes dominulus. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 57:161-168. 2001
- The role of neurohormonal octopamine during ‘fight or flight’ behaviour in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 198:1691-1700. 1995
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conference paper
- Maggot neurobiology: Housefly larvae as a model system for motor pattern generation. Soc. Neurosci. 2006
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- The Role of Flight Tone Characteristics on Mate Selection of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti. 79. 2007
- Kinematics of larval locomotion in mutant Drosophila 2005
- Responses to temporal pattern vs. sound energy in a parasitoid fly specialized for sound localization 2005
- A hands-on approach to learning about hearing and sound 2004
- Hemolymph levels of octopamine increase during aggressive behavior in field crickets. 581. 1994
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intellectual contribution
- Spring 2011, Introduction to Neuroscience 2011
featured in archived article
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences names four faculty members as fellows
- Instructors pair up with librarians to ramp up student research skills
- Mosquitoes create harmonic love song before mating, a Cornell study finds
- New art in Corson-Mudd combines realism, abstraction -- and biology
- Society for the Humanities announces recipients of 2008-09 Mellon grants
Teaching
teaching overview
- Each year I teach "Introduction to Brain, Mind, and Behavior" to 100+ freshmen and sophomores from all CU colleges (I give 22 lectures), and "Introduction to Neurobiology" for about 250 students (I give 6 lectures). At the university level, I am chair of a committee charged with revising the undergraduate major in Biology. At the National level, I serve on 4 advisory boards that develop curriculum materials for undergraduate biology students. I am as heavily involved with biology teaching as I am with research.
- For years I have taught in the Brain, Behavior, and Mind course, for about 100 students (freshmen & sopphomore) for any Cornell student. I also teach in the Introduction to Neurobiology and Behavior course. My interest includes writing and producing curriculum materials for undergraduate teaching in biology and especially, neuroscience, which has received 5 grants from the NSF.
- I am a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, a national group (total 40) that develops guidelines and best practices for teaching undergraduates in the biological sciences.
- I am a consultant to a publisher, Sinauer Associates, to oversee development of modular teaching materials for undergraduate laboratory exercises in the field of neurobiology
- I am a consultant to the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience for developing curriculum materials for undergraduate neurobiology labs and presentations to the annual meeting for the Society of Neuroscience.
- I am chair of a CALS/CAS committee charged with revising the undergraduate major in Biological Sciences.
teaching activities
Service
outreach overview
- I am heavily involved at the local/Cornell and national levels in the use of multimedia resources for teaching of undergraduate science, particularly biology and neuroscience. I participate in national workshops on the use of multimedia technologies in teaching. I serve on several national advisory boards for organizations related to science education (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Grass Foundation). I participated in "Light in Winter," a weekend festival celebrating the union of performing arts and sciences, held in Ithaca, January 2007.
service to the profession
- NIH NIDCD: Advisory Committee on Intramural Research Programs Committee Member 2006 -
- N.I.H. NINDCD Director’s Advisory Council Committee Member 1999 -
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Faculty Fellow 1990 -
- Board of Trustees of the Grass Foundation Board Member 1990 -
- Society for Neuroscience Member 1975 -
- Cambridge Entomological Society
- The Corporation, Marine Biological Laboratory
- Planning Committee: Gordon Conference on Neuroethology Committee Member 2000 - 2003
- N.I.H. Government Performance Review Administration Member 2000
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Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Stanford University 1968
- Washington State University 1962
awards and honors
- Lifetime Acheivement Award in Neuroscience Teaching, 2006
- Miller Faculty Fellow, 2005
- Educator of the Year Award, 2004
- Distinguished Lecturer: Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2003
- The Charles Michener Lecturer, 2001
- Graduate Student “Super Speaker” Series, 2000
- King Solomon Lecture in Neuroethology (declined), 2000
- Scholar-in-Residence: Neural Systems Course, 1999
- Scholar-in-Residence: Neural Systems Course, 1994
- Kenneth Roeder Memorial Lecture, 1993
- DuPont Lecturer in Biology, 1992
- University Scholar in Residence, 1991
- Robert H. Woodworth University Lecturer, 1990
- Class of 1960 Lecturer, 1990
- Presidential Lecturer, 1986
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college
- CALS
research keyword
- Communication biology of insects
- Genetic control of seizure behavior in drosophila
- Reproductive biology of flies
- Sensory biology of flies
- drosophila
- mosquitoes
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- Dr.