Evolution and mechanisms of animal behavior, especially sexual selection and communication

2008 Cummings ME, Bernal XE, Reynaga R, Rand AS, Ryan MJ., Visual sensitivity to a conspicuous male cue varies by reproductive state in Physalaemus pustulosus females., J Exp Biol. 211: 1203-10

2008 Baugh AT, Akre KL, Ryan MJ., Categorical perception of a natural, multivariate signal: mating call recognition in túngara frogs., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 8985-8

2007 Ryan MJ, Bernal XE, Rand AS., Patterns of mating call preferences in túngara frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus., J Evol Biol. 20: 2235-2247

2007 Ryan MJ, Akre KL, Kirkpatrick M., Mate choice., Curr Biol. 17: R313-6

2007 Pfennig KS, Ryan MJ., Character displacement and the evolution of mate choice: an artificial neural network approach., Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 362: 411-419

2007 Hoke KL, Ryan MJ, Wilczynski W., Integration of sensory and motor processing underlying social behaviour in túngara frogs., Proc Biol Sci. 274: 641-649

2007 Bernal XE, Page RA, Rand AS, Ryan MJ., Cues for Eavesdroppers: Do Frog Calls Indicate Prey Density and Quality?, Am Nat. 169:

2007 Boul KE, Funk WC, Darst CR, Cannatella DC, Ryan MJ., Sexual selection drives speciation in an Amazonian frog., Proc Biol Sci. 274: 399-406

• 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 2011 Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Studies), Berlin
• 2011 College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas
• 2011 ING Professor of Excellence, University of Texas
• 2010 E.O. Wilson Naturalist Award, American Society of Naturalists
• 2008 Joseph Grinnell Medal, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Univ. Calif., Berkeley
• 2007 Exemplar Award, Center for Integrative Studies in Animal Behavior, Indiana U.
• 2007 Presidential sequence, Animal Behavior Society
• 2007 Selected as one of 25 "Leaders in Animal Behavior" (Cambridge Univ. Press. 2010)
• 2006 Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society
• 2001 Outstanding Academic Title (Choice Magazine) Anuran Communication (ed.M.J. Ryan)
• 2001 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1997 Guggenheim Fellow
• 1997 Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
• 1997 Distinguished Visiting Professor, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
• 1996 Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Torino, Italy
• 1995 Distinguished Herpetologist, Herpetologists’ League
• 1994 Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandM.J. Ryan – Vitae
• 1994 Distinguished Visiting Animal Behaviorist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• 1993-date Clark Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology, University of Texas, Austin
• 1993 Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Miami, Miami
• 1989 Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University
• 1985-1987, 1990-1991, Reeder Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution, University of Texas, Austin
• 1985 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Naturalists
• 1982-1984 Miller Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
• 1981 Herpetologists' League Award, “Best Student Paper” - Evolution Category, Memphis, Tennessee
• 1980 Stoye Award, American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists, "Best Student Paper"
• (Ecology, Ethology, Evolution), Fort Worth, Texas
• 1978 Herpetologists' League Award, "Best Student Paper",Tempe, Arizona
• 1975 Outstanding Biology Student Medallion, Glassboro State College