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10440
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ronald R. Hoy is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and related subfields. Their work spans genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, biomaterials, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Spider taxonomy and behavior studies
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Animal vocal communication and behavior
  • Amphibian and reptile biology
  • Noise effects and management

Some of their recent publications are:

  • "Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Ogre-Faced, Net-Casting Spiders Use Auditory Cues to Detect Airborne Prey" (2020), Current Biology
  • "Attention and distraction in the modular visual system of a jumping spider" (2021), Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Quantitative skills in undergraduate neuroscience education in the age of big data" (2021), Neuroscience Letters
  • "Visual attention and processing in jumping spiders" (2023), Trends in Neurosciences

Frequent co-authors working alongside Ronald R. Hoy include Gil Menda, Jay A. Stafstrom, Jian Zhou, Ronald N. Miles, and Junpeng Lai.

The main publication venues where their work appears frequently are:

  • Current Biology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Neuroscience Letters
  • Trends in Neurosciences

Ronald R. Hoy has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1986

Best Publications

  • Mechanically coupled ears for directional hearing in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea

    R. N. Miles;D. Robert;R. R. Hoy

  • Harmonic convergence in the love songs of the dengue vector mosquito

    Lauren J. Cator;Ben J. Arthur;Laura C. Harrington;Ronald R. Hoy

  • The role of neurohormonal octopamine during 'fight or flight' behaviour in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.

    S A Adamo;C E Linn;R R Hoy

  • Steering responses of flying crickets to sound and ultrasound: Mate attraction and predator avoidance.

    Andrew Moiseff;Gerald S. Pollack;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Initiation of behavior by single neurons: the role of behavioral context

    TG Nolen;RR Hoy

  • Genetic control of the neuronal network generating cricket (Teleogryllus Gryllus) song patterns.

    David R. Bentley;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Hyperacute directional hearing in a microscale auditory system

    Andrew C. Mason;Andrew C. Mason;Michael L. Oshinsky;Michael L. Oshinsky;Ron R. Hoy

  • Categorical Perception of Sound Frequency by Crickets

    Robert A. Wyttenbach;Michael L. May;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Tympanal hearing in insects.

    R R Hoy;D Robert

  • Regeneration in Crustacean Motoneurons: Evidence for Axonal Fusion

    Ronald R. Hoy;George D. Bittner;Donald Kennedy

  • Comparative hearing : Insects

    Ronald R. Hoy;Arthur N. Popper;Richard R. Fay

  • The evolutionary convergence of hearing in a parasitoid fly and its cricket host

    Daniel Robert;John Amoroso;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Hybrid cricket auditory behavior: evidence for genetic coupling in animal communication.

    Ronald R. Hoy;Janet Hahn;Robert C. Paul

  • Agonistic behaviour in male and female field crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus, and how behavioural context influences its expression

    Shelley A. Adamo;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Genetic control of song specificity in crickets.

    Ronald R. Hoy;Robert C. Paul

  • Postembryonic development of adult motor patterns in crickets: a neural analysis.

    David R. Bentley;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Phonotaxis in flying crickets. I. Attraction to the calling song and avoidance of bat-like ultrasound are discrete behaviors

    Thomas G. Nolen;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Directional hearing by mechanical coupling in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea.

    Robert D;Miles Rn;Hoy Rr

  • The neurobiology of cricket song.

    David Bentley;Ronald R. Hoy

  • Seismic signals in a courting male jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae)

    Damian O. Elias;Andrew C. Mason;Wayne P. Maddison;Ronald R. Hoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura C. Harrington
Laura C. Harrington Cornell University
Eileen A. Hebets
Eileen A. Hebets University of Nebraska–Lincoln
James H. Fullard
James H. Fullard University of Toronto
Wayne P. Maddison
Wayne P. Maddison University of British Columbia
Arthur N. Popper
Arthur N. Popper University of Maryland, College Park
Jasper Rine
Jasper Rine University of California, Berkeley
Graham F. Hatfull
Graham F. Hatfull University of Pittsburgh
Richard M. Amasino
Richard M. Amasino University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University

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