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Dakota McCoy

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentEcology and Evolution
AddressChicago IL 60637
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-8383-8084 Additional info
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    Yale University, New Haven, CTBS06/2013Biology
    University of Oxford, Oxford, UKMPhil07/2015Environmental Policy
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MAPhD06/2021Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
    Stanford University, Stanford, CApostdoc07/2024Materials Science and Engineering
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    2013 - 2015Rhodes Scholarship, University of Oxford
    2015 - 2021Department of Defense NDSEG Fellowship, Harvard University
    2015 - 2021Ashford Fellowship, Harvard University
    2021 - 2024Stanford Science Fellowship, Stanford University
    2021 - 2023NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, Stanford University

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    1. McCoy DE, Haig D, Kotler J. Egg donation and gestational surrogacy: Pregnancy is riskier with an unrelated embryo. Early Hum Dev. 2024 Sep; 196:106072. PMID: 39106717.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. McCoy DE, Shultz AJ, Dall JE, Dionne JA, Johnsen S. The carotenoid redshift: Physical basis and implications for visual signaling. Ecol Evol. 2023 Sep; 13(9):e10408. PMID: 37693937; PMCID: PMC10485323.
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    3. John YJ, Caldwell L, McCoy DE, Braganza O. Dead rats, dopamine, performance metrics, and peacock tails: Proxy failure is an inherent risk in goal-oriented systems. Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Jun 26; 47:e67. PMID: 37357710.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. McCoy DE, Goulet-Scott B, Meng W, Atahan BF, Kiros H, Nishino M, Kartesz J. Species clustering, climate effects, and introduced species in 5 million city trees across 63 US cities. Elife. 2022 Sep 27; 11. PMID: 36165436; PMCID: PMC9578703.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    5. Frye BM, McCoy DE, Kotler J, Embury A, Burkart JM, Burns M, Eyre S, Galbusera P, Hooper J, Idoe A, Goya AL, Mickelberg J, Quesada MP, Stevenson M, Sullivan S, Warneke M, Wojciechowski S, Wormell D, Haig D, Tardif SD. After short interbirth intervals, captive callitrichine monkeys have higher infant mortality. iScience. 2022 Jan 21; 25(1):103724. PMID: 35072012; PMCID: PMC8762461.
      Citations: 3     
    6. Ågren JA, Haig D, McCoy DE. Meiosis solved the problem of gerrymandering. J Genet. 2022; 101. PMID: 36156509.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    7. McCoy DE, Shneidman AV, Davis AL, Aizenberg J. Finite-difference Time-domain (FDTD) Optical Simulations: A Primer for the Life Sciences and Bio-Inspired Engineering. Micron. 2021 12; 151:103160. PMID: 34678583.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    8. McCoy DE, Shultz AJ, Vidoudez C, van der Heide E, Dall JE, Trauger SA, Haig D. Microstructures amplify carotenoid plumage signals in tanagers. Sci Rep. 2021 04 21; 11(1):8582. PMID: 33883641; PMCID: PMC8060279.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    9. McCoy DE, Haig D. Embryo Selection and Mate Choice: Can 'Honest Signals' Be Trusted? Trends Ecol Evol. 2020 04; 35(4):308-318. PMID: 32000998.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Miller R, Frohnwieser A, Schiestl M, McCoy DE, Gray RD, Taylor AH, Clayton NS. Delayed gratification in New Caledonian crows and young children: influence of reward type and visibility. Anim Cogn. 2020 Jan; 23(1):71-85. PMID: 31630344; PMCID: PMC6981108.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    11. McCoy DE, Prum RO. Convergent evolution of super black plumage near bright color in 15 bird families. J Exp Biol. 2019 09 26; 222(Pt 18). PMID: 31558610.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    12. McCoy DE, Frye BM, Kotler J, Burkart JM, Burns M, Embury A, Eyre S, Galbusera P, Hooper J, Idoe A, Goya AL, Mickelberg J, Quesada MP, Stevenson M, Sullivan S, Warneke M, Wojciechowski S, Wormell D, Haig D, Tardif SD. A comparative study of litter size and sex composition in a large dataset of callitrichine monkeys. Am J Primatol. 2019 09; 81(9):e23038. PMID: 31389057; PMCID: PMC6949018.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    13. McCoy DE, Schiestl M, Neilands P, Hassall R, Gray RD, Taylor AH. New Caledonian Crows Behave Optimistically after Using Tools. Curr Biol. 2019 08 19; 29(16):2737-2742.e3. PMID: 31378612.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    14. McCoy DE, McCoy VE, Mandsberg NK, Shneidman AV, Aizenberg J, Prum RO, Haig D. Structurally assisted super black in colourful peacock spiders. Proc Biol Sci. 2019 05 15; 286(1902):20190589. PMID: 31088270; PMCID: PMC6532503.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    15. McCoy DE, Feo T, Harvey TA, Prum RO. Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers. Nat Commun. 2018 01 09; 9(1):1. PMID: 29317637; PMCID: PMC5760687.
      Citations: 50     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    16. Hollingsworth LR, Veeraraghavan P, Wu KJ, McCoy DE, Van Dervort A, Gunther KE. Speak out against tuition waiver taxes. Science. 2017 12 15; 358(6369):1395. PMID: 29242337.
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