CURRICULUM VITAE

SCOTT K. SAKALUK

Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University,
Normal, IL 61790-4120, USA

Biographical Information

Date and place of birth: 25 February 1956, Marathon, Canada
Citizenship: dual Canadian /American
e-mail sksakal (at) ilstu.edu
Telephone: Office 309-438-2161 Fax 309-438-3722

Education

Ph.D. Zoology, University of Toronto, 1986
M.Sc. Biology, Brock University, 1981
B.Sc. (Honors) Biology, Brock University, 1978

Post-Doctoral Research Position

University of Arizona, Department of Entomology, 1986-1987

Faculty Positions

Illinois State University, Department of Biological Sciences,
Distinguished Professor, 2006-present

Professor, 1997-2006
Associate Professor, 1993-1997
Assistant Professor, 1987-1993

Universität Freiburg, Zoologisches Institut, Freiburg, Germany
Humboldt Research Fellow, 2001-2002; 1993-1995

Professional Memberships

Animal Behavior Society
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Society for the Study of Evolution
Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society

Research Interests

Behavioral Ecology, Sexual Selection, Evolutionary Biology, Communication,

Professional Service

Animal Behavior Society, i) Research Grants Committee 1999-2002, ii) judge, Developing Nations Award, 1999

National Science Foundation, Animal Behavior Panel, 1997-99, 2003, 2006, 2007

Current Grants and Awards

National Science Foundation, 2007-2009, IOS-0718140. Self-referencing as a universal mechanism promoting polyandry in insects (co-PI C.G. Hamaker) ($282,694)

National Science Foundation, 2006-2008, IOB-0543254. The scent of familiarity: chemosensory self-referencing as a proximate mediating mate recognition in insects (co-PI C.G. Hamaker) ($87,901)

National Science Foundation, 2004-2006, IBN 0316580. Collaborative research: Extra-pair mating in birds – trading up genetically to enhance offspring health (co-PI with C.F. Thompson & L.A. Vogel) ($403,502)

National Science Foundation, 2002-2005, IBN 0126820. Cryptic sexual selection in gift-giving insects: chasing the chase-away ($264,000)

Edited Journals

Ethology

     2001-2008.

Publications

Leman, J.C., Weddle, C.B., Gershman, S.N., Kerr, A.M., Ower, G.D., St. John, J.M., Vogel, L.A. and S.K. Sakaluk. in press. Lovesick: immunological costs of mating to male sagebrush crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Mautz, B.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2008. Heritable variation in the timing of spermatophore removal, a mechanism of post-copulatory female choice in crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1366-1370. e-mail me for a PDF reprint

Forsman, A.M., Vogel, L.A., Sakaluk, S.K., Johnson, B.G., , Masters, B.S., Johnson, L.S., and C. F. Thompson. 2008. Female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) increase the size, but not immunocompetence, of their offspring through extra-pair mating. Molecular Ecology 17: 3697-3706.  e-mail me for a PDF reprint

Mautz, B.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2008. The effects of age and previous mating experience on pre- and post-copulatory mate choice in female house crickets (Acheta domesticus L.). Journal of Insect Behavior 21: 203-212.  e-mail me for a PDF reprint

Forsman, A.M., Vogel, L.A., Sakaluk, S.K., Grindstaff, J.L. and C. F. Thompson. 2008. Immune-challenged house wren broods differ in the relative strengths of their responses among different axes of the immune system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 873-878.  e-mail me for a PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. and J.K. Müller. 2008. Risk of sperm competition mediates copulation duration, but not paternity, of male burying beetles. Journal of Insect Behavior.  e-mail me for a PDF reprint

Ivy, T.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2007. Sequential mate choice in decorated crickets: females use a fixed internal threshold in pre- and postcopulatory choice. Animal Behaviour 74: 1065-1072.  PDF reprint

Kindle,T.K., Johnson, K.M., Ivy, T.M., Weddle, C.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2006. Female mating frequency increases with temperature in two cricket species, Gryllodes sigillatus and Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 1345-1350.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. 2006. Book review of Sexual Conflict by G. Arnqvist and L. Rowe. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 989-990.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Avery, R.L. and C.B. Weddle. 2006. Cryptic sexual conflict in gift-giving insects: chasing the chase-away. American Naturalist 167: 94-104.  PDF reprint

Ivy, T.M. , Weddle, C.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2005. Female use self-referent cues to avoid mating with previous mates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272: 2475-2478.  PDF reprint

Ivy, T.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2005. Polyandry promotes enhanced offspring survival in decorated crickets. Evolution 59: 152-159.  PDF reprint

Fleischman, R.R. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2004. Sexual conflict over remating in house crickets: no evidence of an anti-aphrodisiac in males' ejaculates. Behaviour 141: 633-646. PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Campbell, M.T.H., Clark, A.P., Johnson, J.C. and P.A. Keorpes. 2004. Hemolymph loss during nuptial feeding constrains male mating success in sagebrush crickets. Behavioral Ecology 15: 845-849.  PDF reprint

Fleischman, R.R. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2004. No direct or indirect benefits to cryptic female choice in house crickets (Acheta domesticus). Behavioral Ecology 15: 793-798.  PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K., Reinhardt, K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2003. Linear models for assessing mechanisms of sperm competition: the trouble with transformations. Evolution 57: 173-176.  PDF reprint

Weddle, C.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2003. Ingestion of male hemolymph and mating propensity of female sagebrush crickets: no evidence of a male-derived anti-aphrodisiac. Animal Behaviour 65: 83-88.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Schaus, J.M., Eggert, A.-K., Snedden, W.A. and P.L. Brady. 2002. Polyandry and fitness of offspring reared under varying nutritional stress in decorated crickets. Evolution 56: 1999-2007.  PDF reprint

Ritz, M.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2002. The role of the male’s cerci in copulation and mate guarding in decorated crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus). Journal of Zoology 257: 519-523. PDF reprint

Schaus, J.M and S.K. Sakaluk. 2002. Repeatability of sperm number across multiple matings in three cricket species, Gryllodes sigillatus, Gryllus veletis, and Gryllus texensis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 582-585. PDF reprint

Schaus, J.M and S.K. Sakaluk. 2001. Ejaculate expenditures of male crickets in response to varying risk and intensity of sperm competition: not all species play games. Behavioral Ecology 12: 740-745. PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2000. Benefits of communal breeding in burying beetles: a field experiment. Ecological Entomology 25: 262-266. PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. 2000. Sensory exploitation as an evolutionary origin to nuptial food gifts in insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 267: 339-343. PDF reprint

Jia, Z., Jiang, Z. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2000. Nutritional condition influences investment by male katydids in nuptial food gifts. Ecological Entomology 25: 115-118. PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. and T.M. Ivy. 1999. Virgin-male mating advantage in sagebrush crickets: differential male competitiveness or non-independent mate choice? Behaviour 136: 1335-1346. PDF reprint

Ivy, T.M., Johnson, J.C., and S.K. Sakaluk. 1999. Hydration benefits to courtship feeding in crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 266: 1523-1528. PDF reprint

Johnson, J.C., Ivy, T.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1999. Female remating propensity contingent on sexual cannibalism in sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans: a mechanism of cryptic female choice. Behavioral Ecology 10: 227-233. PDF reprint

Calos, J.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1998. Paternity of offspring in multiply-mated female crickets: the effect of nuptial food gifts and the advantage of mating first. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 265, 2191-2195. PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Eggert, A.-K. and J.K. Müller. 1998. The 'widow effect' and its consequences for reproduction in burying beetles, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Siphidae). Ethology 104: 553-564.

Müller, J.K., Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1998. Carcass maintenance and biparental brood care in burying beetles: are males redundant? Ecological Entomology 23: 195-200.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1997. Cryptic female choice predicated on wing dimorphism in decorated crickets. Behavioral Ecology 8: 326-331.

Sakaluk, S.K. and A.-K. Eggert. 1996. Female control of sperm transfer and intraspecific variation in sperm precedence: antecedents to the evolution of a courtship food gift. Evolution 50: 694-703.   PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1995. Female-coerced monogamy in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37: 147-153.

Sakaluk, S.K., Snedden, W.A., Jacobson, K.A., and A.-K. Eggert. 1995. Sexual competition in sagebrush crickets: must males hear calling rivals? Behavioral Ecology 6: 250-257.

Sakaluk, S.K., Bangert, P.J., Eggert, A.-K., Gack, C. and L.V. Swanson. 1995. The gin trap as a device facilitating coercive mating in sagebrush crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 261: 65-71.

Frankino, W.A. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Post-copulatory mate guarding delays promiscuous mating by female decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour 48: 1479-1481.  PDF reprint

Will, M.W. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Courtship feeding in decorated crickets: is the spermatophylax a sham? Animal Behaviour 48: 1309-1315.  PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Fluctuating asymmetry and variation in the size of courtship food gifts in decorated crickets. American Naturalist 144: 708-716.   PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Sexual cannibalism and its relation to male mating success in sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Animal Behaviour 47: 1171-1177.  PDF reprint

Burpee, D.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1993. The effect of pair formation on diel calling patterns in two cricket species, Gryllus veletis and Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 6: 431-440.

Burpee, D.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1993. Repeated matings offset costs of reproduction in female crickets. Evolutionary Ecology 7: 240-250.

Sakaluk, S.K., Burpee, D.L. and R.L. Smith. 1992. Phenotypic and genetic variation in the stridulatory organs of male decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 453-457.

Snedden, W.A. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1992. Acoustical signalling and its relation to male mating success in sagebrush crickets. Animal Behaviour 44: 633-639.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1991. Post-copulatory mate guarding in decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour 41: 207-216.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1991. Sex for a song (dinner included). Natural History 100: 66-73.

Sakaluk, S.K. and W.A. Snedden. 1990. Nightly calling durations of male sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans: size, mating and seasonal effects. Oikos 57: 153-160.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1990. Sexual selection and predation: balancing reproductive and survival needs. In D.L. Evans and J.O. Schmidt, eds. Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators. SUNY Press, Albany, NY. pp. 63-90.

Kidder III, G.W. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1989. A simple and inexpensive electronic device for automatic recording and analysis of insect acoustical activity. Florida Entomologist 72: 642-649.

Sakaluk, S.K., Mason, A. and M.C. Sakaluk. 1989. North-easterly orientation and defense of nest entrances in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex owyheei. Journal of Insect Behavior 2: 261-266.

Morris, G.K., Gwynne, D.T., Klimas, D.E. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1989. Virgin male mating advantage in a primitive acoustic insect (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 2: 173-185.

Sakaluk, S.K. and R.L. Smith. 1988. Inheritance of male parental investment in an insect. American Naturalist 132: 594-601.   PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Morris, G.K. and W.A. Snedden. 1987. Mating and its effect on acoustic signalling behavior in a primitive orthopteran, Cyphoderris strepitans (Haglidae): the cost of feeding females. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 21: 173-178.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1987. Reproductive behaviour of the decorated cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Orthoptera: Gryllidae): calling schedules, spatial distribution, and mating. Behaviour 100: 202-225.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1986. Is courtship feeding by male insects parental investment? Ethology 73: 161-166.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1986. Sperm competition and the evolution of nuptial feeding behavior in the cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Walker). Evolution 40: 584-593.    PDF reprint

Quinn, J.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1986. Prezygotic male reproductive effort in insects: why do males provide more than sperm? Florida Entomologist 69: 84-94.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1985. Spermatophore size and its role in the reproductive behaviour of the cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 63: 1652-1656.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. 1984. Male crickets feed females to ensure complete sperm transfer. Science (Washington, D.C.) 223: 609-610.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. and J.J. Belwood. 1984. Gecko phonotaxis to cricket calling song: a case of satellite predation. Animal Behaviour 32: 659-662.

Sakaluk, S.K. and D.H. O'Day. 1984. Hoechst staining and quantification of sperm in the spermatophore and spermatheca of the decorated cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Entomologist 116: 1585-1589.

Sakaluk, S.K. and W.H. Cade. 1983. The adaptive significance of female multiple matings in house and field crickets. In D.T. Gwynne and G.K. Morris, eds. Orthopteran Mating Systems: Sexual Competition in a Diverse Group of Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. pp. 319-336.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1982. Onset of phonotaxis and age at first mating in female house crickets, Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 90: 136-141.

Sakaluk, S.K. and W.H. Cade. 1980. Female mating frequency and progeny production in singly and doubly mated house and field crickets. Canadian Journal of Zoology 58: 404-411.

Invited Departmental Seminars (last 5 years)

2008. Department of Integrated Natural Sciences, Arizona State University West, Phoenix, AZ.
2007. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
2007. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Canada.
2007. Department of Biological Sciences, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL.
2005. Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
2004. National Science Foundation, Animal Behavior Program, Arlington, VA.
2004. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2004. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
2003. Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
2003. Department of Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2003. Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
2002. Department of Psychobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2002. Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
2002. Zoologisches Museum, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
2002. Department of Ethology, University of Bonn, Germany.

Papers Presented at Conferences (last 5 years)

2008. 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Lovesick: reproductive and immunological tradeoffs in male sagebrush crickets.
2004. International Congress of Zoology, Beijing, China. Chase-away sexual selection in decorated crickets.
2002. International Symposium on Sexual Selection and Sperm Competition, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. Cryptic sexual conflict in gift-giving insects: chasing the “chase-away” (invited presentation).

CURRENT TEACHING

Illinois State University: Animal Behavior; Senior Seminar in Biology; Evolution ; Ethology (graduate); Graduate Seminar in Ecology

Graduate Students

1. Carie Weddle, Ph.D. (in progress), M.S. (2001). 2. Adam Pettinger, M.S. (in progress, co-advised with Dr. Anne Eggert). 3. Jennifer Sutherland, M.S. (in progress, co-advised with Dr. Charles Thompson). 4. Megan Demory, M.S. (in progress, co-advised with Dr. Charles Thompson). 5. Geoff Ower, M.S. (in progress). 6. Angela Kerr, M.S. (in progress). 7. Kelly Ryan, M.S. (in progress). 8. Joseph Leman, M.S. (2008). 9. Brian Mautz, M.S. (2007). 10. Tracie Ivy, Ph.D. (2005), M.S. (1998). 11. Rebecca Fleischman, M.S. (2003). 12. Rachel Avery, M.S. (2001). 13. Jennifer Schaus, M.S. (1999). 142. J. Chadwick Johnson. M.S. (1998). 15. Jonathan B. Calos. M.S. (1998). 16. Michael W. Will, M.S. (1993). 17. Kristen A. Jacobson. M.S. (1992). 18. Dianne M. Burpee. M.S. (1992).

Post-doctoral Fellows

1. Dr. Klaus Reinhardt (2001). 2. Dr. Anne-Katrin Eggert (1991-1992). 3. Dr. Susan Gershman (2007-present). 4. Dr. Craig Barnett (2008-present).