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Dr Fernando Montealegre-Z
Senior Lecturer
School of Life Sciences
Faculty of Science
About Fernando Montealegre-Z
I am an entomologist with a solid research background in biomechanics, acoustics, sensory and comparative biology. I study ultrasound-sensitive ears and ultrasound generators in insects, and their evolution. I use a combination of innovative methods such as laser interferometry, micro-CT x-ray tomography, 3D computer-generated images, and computer modelling.
Department Responsibilities
Module Leader of Invertebrate Zoology
Teaching in the course of
Animal Anatomy and Physiology - 1213 BGY1004M-1213
Student supervision
Subject Specialism
I am a Senior Lecturer with the School of Life Sciences. My fields of interest are Sensory biology, biomechanics of sound production and hearing in insects
Qualifications
- PhD — University of Toronto, 2005
- BM-Sc — Universidad del Valle, 1997
Awards
- The Royal Society Research Grant Award — 2013
- National Geographic-Research and Exploration Grant — 2013
- Darwin Initiative; Scoping grant. — 2009
- HFSP Research Fellowship — 2008
- National Geographic-Research and Exploration Grant — 2006
- The Journal of Experimental Biology, Travel. UK. — 2005
- W. Jack Christie Graduate Award in Ecology (2002-2003) — 2002
- Frederick P. Ide Graduate Award (2000-2005) — 2000
Professional Affiliations
- The Orthopterists’ Society — Full member
- The Society for Experimental Biology — Full member
External Activities and Consultancy
I have served as a referee for the following academic journals:
Biophysical Journal; Journal of Experimental Biology; Naturwissenschaften; Journal of Comparative Physiology; BMC Evolutionary Biology; Bioacoustics; Biological Journal of the Linnean Society; Journal of Insect Physiology; Systematic Entomology; Behavioural Ecology; Journal of Insect Science; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Journal of Orthoptera Research; Journal of Tropical Ecology; Turkish Journal of Zoology; Zoological Studies; Entomologica Fennica; Entomological News. Caldasia; Revista Colombiana de Entomología; Cespedecia.
Research Interests
Research Projects
- Hearing the Highest Pitched Calling Songs on Earth: Mechanisms of Extreme Ultrasonic Signal Detection in Rainforest Bushcrickets — The Royal Society in 2013
- Mechanisms of Extreme Ultrasonic Signal Detection in Rainforest Katydids — National Geographic in 2013
Research in the Lincoln Repository
- Robillard, T. and Montealegre-Z, F. and Desutter-Grandcolas, L. and Grandcolas, P. and Robert, D. (2013) Mechanisms of high-frequency song generation in brachypterous crickets and the role of ghost frequencies. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (11). pp. 2001-2011. ISSN: 0022-0949
- Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Jonsson, Thorin and Robson-Brown, Kate A. and Postles, Matthew and Robert, Daniel (2012) Convergent evolution between insect and mammalian audition. Science, 338 (6109). pp. 968-971. ISSN: 0036-8075
- Mhatre, Natasha and Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Balakrishnan, Rohini and Robert, Daniel (2012) Changing resonator geometry to boost sound power decouples size and song frequency in a small insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (22). pp. E1444. ISSN: 1091-6490
- Gu, Jun-Jie and Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Robert, Daniel and Engel, Michael S. and Qiao, Ge-Xia and Ren, Dong (2012) Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (10). pp. 3868-3873. ISSN: 0027-8424
- Montealegre-Z, Fernando (2012) Reverse stridulatory wing motion produces highly resonant calls in a neotropical katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 58 (1). pp. 116. ISSN: 0022-1910
- Hofstede, Hannah M. and Goerlitz, Holger R. and Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Robert, Daniel and Holderied, Marc W. (2011) Tympanal mechanics and neural responses in the ears of a noctuid moth. Naturwissenschaften, 98 (12). pp. 1057-1061. ISSN: 0028-1042
- Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Jonsson, Thorin and Robert, Daniel (2011) Sound radiation and wing mechanics in stridulating field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (12). pp. 2105-2117. ISSN: 0022-0949
- Lomas, Kathryn and Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Parsons, Stuart and Field, Larry H. and Robert, Daniel (2011) Mechanical filtering for narrow-band hearing in the weta. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (5). pp. 778-785. ISSN: 0022-0949
- Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Morris, Glenn K. and Sarria-S, Fabio A. and Mason, Andrew C. (2011) Quality calls: phylogeny and biogeography of a new genus of neotropical katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with ultra pure-tone ultrasonics. Systematics and Biodiversity, 9 (1). pp. 77. ISSN: 1477-2000
- Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Postles, Matthew (2010) Resonant sound production in Copiphora gorgonensis (Tettigoniidae: Copiphorini), an endemic species from Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Colombia. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19 (2). pp. 347-355. ISSN: 1082-6467
- Bostwick, Kimberly S. and Elias, Damian O. and Mason, Andrew and Montealegre-Z, Fernando (2010) Resonating feathers produce courtship song. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277 (1683). pp. 835-841. ISSN: 0962-8452
- Mhatre, Natasha and Montealegre-Z, Fernando and Balakrishnan, Rohini and Robert, Daniel (2009) Mechanical response of the tympanal membranes of the tree cricket Oecanthus henryi. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 195 (5). pp. 453-462. ISSN: 0340-7594
- Montealegre-z, F. (2009) Scale effects and constraints for sound production in katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): correlated evolution between morphology and signal parameters. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22 (2). pp. 355-366. ISSN: 1010-061X
- Montealegre-Z , F. and Windmill, J. F. C. and Morris, G. K. and Robert, D. (2009) Mechanical phase shifters for coherent acoustic radiation in the stridulating wings of crickets: the plectrum mechanism. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (2). pp. 257-269. ISSN: 0022-0949
