Tina W Wey : Curriculum Vitae

Education & Training

Research professional (2017-present) - Université de Sherbrooke

Postdoctoral researcher (2015-2017) - Université du Québec à Montréal

Postdoctoral researcher (2013-2015) – New Mexico State University

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology (2011-13) – University of California at Davis

Ph.D. Biology (2011) – University of California at Los Angeles

B.A. Biological Sciences, Highest Honors (2004) – Rutgers University

Publications

Wey, T. W., & Kelly, C. D. (n.d.). Refuge size variation and potential for sperm competition in Wellington tree weta. Current Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy050
Dansereau, G., Wey, T. W., Legault, V., Brunet, M. A., Kemnitz, J. W., Ferrucci, L., & Cohen, A. A. (2019). Conservation of physiological dysregulation signatures of aging across primates. Aging Cell, 18(2), e12925. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.12925
Wey, T. W., Réale, D., & Kelly, C. D. (2019). Developmental and genetic effects on behavioral and life-history traits in a field cricket. Ecology and Evolution, 9(6), 3434–3445. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4975
Chock, R. Y., Wey, T. W., Ebensperger, L. A., & Hayes, L. D. (2017). Evidence for a behavioural syndrome and negative social assortment by exploratory personality in the communally nesting rodent, Octodon degus. Behaviour, 154(5), 541–562. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003433
Montiglio, P.-O., Wey, T. W., Chang, A. T., Fogarty, S., & Sih, A. (2017). Correlational selection on personality and social plasticity: morphology and social context determine behavioural effects on mating success. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86(2), 213–226. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12610
Montiglio, P.-O., Wey, T. W., & Sih, A. (2017). Effects of the group’s mix of sizes and personalities on the emergence of alternative mating systems in water striders. Behavioral Ecology, 28(4), 1068–1074. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx070
Sih, A., Montiglio, P.-O., Wey, T. W., & Fogarty, S. (2017). Altered physical and social conditions produce rapidly reversible mating systems in water striders. Behavioral Ecology, 28(3), 632–639. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx021
Wey, T. W., Vrana, P. B., & Mabry, K. E. (2017). Mating system as a possible driver of behavioral diversity in Peromyscus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71(11), 163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2392-3
Chmura, H. E., Wey, T. W., & Blumstein, D. T. (2016). Assessing the sensitivity of foraging and vigilance to internal state and environmental variables in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris<>). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70(11), 1901–1910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2195-y
Croft, D. P., Darden, S. K., & Wey, T. W. (2016). Current directions in animal social networks. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 12, 52–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.09.001
Frumkin, N. B., Wey, T. W., Exnicios, M., Benham, C., Hinton, M. G., Lantz, S., Atherton, C., Forde, D., & Karubian, J. (2016). Inter-annual patterns of aggression and pair bonding in captive American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber). Zoo Biology, 35(2), 111–119. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21274
Leu, S. T., Farine, D. R., Wey, T. W., Sih, A., & Bull, C. M. (2016). Environment modulates population social structure: experimental evidence from replicated social networks of wild lizards. Animal Behaviour, 111, 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.10.001
Montiglio, P.-O., Wey, T. W., Chang, A. T., Fogarty, S., & Sih, A. (2016). Multiple mating reveals complex patterns of assortative mating by personality and body size. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(1), 125–135. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12436
Wey, T. W. (2015). Staying connected in a new decade of animal social networks research. BioScience, 65(9), 941–942. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biv097
Wey, T. W., Chang, A. T., Fogarty, S., & Sih, A. (2015). Personalities and presence of hyperaggressive males influence male mating exclusivity and effective mating in stream water striders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(1), 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1814-8
Wey, T. W., Chang, A. T., Montiglio, P.-O., Fogarty, S., & Sih, A. (2015). Linking short-term behavior and personalities to feeding and mating rates in female water striders. Behavioral Ecology, arv065. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv065
Wey, T. W., Lin, L., Patton, M. L., & Blumstein, D. T. (2015). Stress hormone metabolites predict overwinter survival in yellow-bellied marmots. Acta Ethologica, 18(2), 181–185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-014-0204-6
Wey, T. W., & Mabry, K. E. (2015). Editorial: Integrating the effects of individual variation and dynamic environments in dispersal ecology. Current Zoology, 61(3), i–ii.
Wey, T. W., Spiegel, O., Montiglio, P.-O., & Mabry, K. E. (2015). Natal dispersal in a social landscape: Considering individual behavioral phenotypes and social environment in dispersal ecology. Current Zoology, 61(3), 543–556.
Sih, A., Chang, A. T., & Wey, T. W. (2014). Effects of behavioural type, social skill and the social environment on male mating success in water striders. Animal Behaviour, 94, 9–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.05.010
Sih, A., & Wey, T. W. (2014). Dynamic feedbacks on dynamic networks: on the importance of considering real-time rewiring—comment on Pinter-Wollman et al. Behavioral Ecology, 25(2), 258–259. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art081
Blumstein, D. T., Petelle, M. B., & Wey, T. W. (2013). Defensive and social aggression: repeatable but independent. Behavioral Ecology, 24(2), 457–461. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars183
Hinton, M. G., Bendelow, A., Lantz, S., Wey, T. W., Schoen, L., Brockett, R., & Karubian, J. (2013). Patterns of aggression among captive American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber). Zoo Biology, 32(4), 445–453. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21078
Lopez, J., Wey, T. W., & Blumstein, D. T. (2013). Patterns of parasite prevalence and individual infection in yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Zoology, 291(4), 296–303. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12076
Wey, T. W., Burger, J. R., Ebensperger, L. A., & Hayes, L. D. (2013). Reproductive correlates of social network variation in plurally breeding degus (Octodon degus). Animal Behaviour, 85(6), 1407–1414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.035
Blonder, B., Wey, T. W., Dornhaus, A., James, R., & Sih, A. (2012). Temporal dynamics and network analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3(6), 958–972. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00236.x
Wey, T. W., & Blumstein, D. T. (2012). Social attributes and associated performance measures in marmots: bigger male bullies and weakly affiliating females have higher annual reproductive success. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66(7), 1075–1085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-012-1358-8
Huang, B., Wey, T. W., & Blumstein, D. T. (2011). Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent. Ethology, 117(7), 573–585. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01909.x
Blumstein, D. T., Ebensperger, L. A., Hayes, L. D., Vásquez, R. A., Ahern, T. H., Burger, J. R., Dolezal, A. G., Dosmann, A., Mariscal, G. G., Harris, B. N., Herrera, E. A., Lacey, E. A., Mateo, J., McGraw, L., Olazábal, D., Ramenofsky, M., Rubenstein, D. R., Sakhai, S. A., Saltzman, W., … Young, L. J. (2010). Toward an integrative understanding of social behavior: new models and new opportunities. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4, 34. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00034
Lea, A. J., Blumstein, D. T., Wey, T. W., & Martin, J. G. A. (2010). Heritable victimization and the benefits of agonistic relationships. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(50), 21587–21592. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009882107
Wey, T. W., & Blumstein, D. T. (2010). Social cohesion in yellow-bellied marmots is established through age and kin structuring. Animal Behaviour, 79(6), 1343–1352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.008
Blumstein, D. T., Wey, T. W., & Tang, K. (2009). A test of the social cohesion hypothesis: interactive female marmots remain at home. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, rspb20090703. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.0703
Wey, T., Blumstein, D. T., Shen, W., & Jordán, F. (2008). Social network analysis of animal behaviour: a promising tool for the study of sociality. Animal Behaviour, 75(2), 333–344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.020
Thomas, P. R., Powell, D. M., Fergason, G., Kramer, B., Nugent, K., Vitale, C., Stehn, A. M., & Wey, T. (2006). Birth and simultaneous rearing of two litters in a pack of captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Zoo Biology, 25(6), 461–477. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20111

Presentations

Wey, T. W. (2017). Ecological variation, mate sharing, and the potential for sperm competition in Wellington tree weta [Talk]. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE), Victoria, BC.
Wey, T. W. (2016). Mating success in water striders: integrating individual behavioral type and social context into sexual selection studies [Talk]. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE), St. John’s, NL.
Wey, T. W. (2016). Monogamous Peromyscus species show higher attraction to social and novel stimuli [Talk]. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), Portland, OR.
Wey, T. W. (2015, February 15). Use of networks to gain insights into the functioning of mammal societies [Talk]. AAAS Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2015, June 12). Linking female habitat use and activity to feeding and mating probabilities under sexual conflict [Talk]. Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, Anchorage, AK. http://figshare.com/articles/Linking_short_term_behavior_and_personalities_to_feeding_and_mating_rates_in_female_water_striders/1451380
Wey, T. W. (2015, June 15). Social networks and marmot ecology: linking social structure to reproduction and dispersal [Talk]. Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, Anchorage, AK.
Wey, T. W. (2014). Male personality traits, partner behaviors, and social conditions influence mating exclusivity and effective mating in male stream water striders [Poster]. International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress, New York, NY.
Wey, T. W., & Jordán, F. (2014). Structural balance in marmot groups [Invited talk]. National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis workshop: Animal Social Networks, Knoxville, TN.
Wey, T. W. (2013). Reproductive costs of within-group social variation in female degus (Octodon degus) [Poster]. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO.
Wey, T. W. (2013). Structure and function of female social connections in two plural breeding rodents [Invited talk]. International Ethological Conference, Newcastle, England.
Wey, T. W. (2012). Mating exclusivity and assortment under varying sex ratio and mobility in stream water striders (Aquarius remigis) [Poster]. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=12002
Wey, T. W. (2011). Causes and consequences of marmot social variation in a network context [Invited talk]. UC Davis Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar, Davis, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2011). Quantifying social attributes and their consequences in yellow-bellied marmots [Talk]. Behavior 2011: Joint Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and International Ethological Conference, Bloomington, IN.
Wey, T. W. (2011). Stability and reproductive consequences of social associations in female degus (Octodon degus) [Talk]. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Portland, OR.
Wey, T. W. (2010). Causes and consequences of social variation in yellow-bellied marmots [Invited talk]. UCLA EEB EcoLunch Series, Los Angeles, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2010). Modeling dynamic networks of an animal social system [Invited talk]. The Microsoft Research-University of Trento Centre for Computational and System Biology, Trento, Italy.
Lin, L. (2009). Fecal glucocorticoids as a predictor of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in yellow-bellied marmots [Poster]. UCLA EEB Annual Biology Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2009). Development and age-related patterns of social attributes in yellow-bellied marmots [Talk]. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Pirenopólis, Brazil.
Wey, T. W. (2009). Ontogeny of social relations in yellow-bellied marmots [Poster]. INSNA Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, San Diego, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2009). Understanding social variation in a network context [Invited talk]. US – South America Workshop: Intraspecific variation and social systems: explaining variation based on neuroendocrine and genetic mechanism, Santiago, Chile.
Ha, I. C. (2008). The effect of aggressive interactions on fitness correlates in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) [Poster]. UCLA EEB Annual Biology Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.
Lin, L. (2008). Patterns of immune stress and trypanosome infection in young yellow-bellied marmots [Poster]. UCLA EEB Annual Biology Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.
Tang, K. (2008). Well-connected females remain at home [Poster]. UCLA EEB Annual Biology Research Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2008). Age-related patterns of sociality: female social profiles stabilize with age [Talk]. International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Ithaca, NY.
Wey, T. W. (2008). Climate change and yellow-bellied marmot social networks [Invited talk]. UCLA Responds: Climate Change and Its Impact on Biodiversity, presented by Women and Philanthropy at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2008). Insights into social structure and stability from social network analysis of yellow-bellied marmots [Talk]. Southern California Animal Behavior Symposium, Long Beach, CA.
Srinath, S. (2007). Is yellow-bellied marmot reproduction costly? [Poster]. UCLA Science Poster Day, Los Angeles, CA.
Wey, T. W. (2007). Social network analysis for the study of animal behavior [Talk]. Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Burlington, VT.
Wey, T. W. (2007). Social network analysis in animal behavior [Talk]. Southern California Animal Behavior Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

UCLA EEB129: Animal Behavior (2009)

UCLA EEB111: Biology of the Vertebrates (2008)

UCLA LS1: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity (2008)

UCLA EEB100: Introduction to Ecology and Behavior (2006)

Guest Lecturer

Fundamentals of Animal Behavior, UC Davis: Introduction to animal social network analysis (2012-2014)

Experimental Animal Behavior, Tulane University: Introduction to animal social network analysis in UCINET (seminar and workshop) (2012, 2014)

Behavioral Ecology, UCLA: Introduction to animal social network analysis (2010)

Animal Behavior, UCLA: Social structure: characteristics and consequences (2009)

K-12 Education

UCLA NSF GK-12 Program, Los Angeles, CA (2009-10): public education, high school science classes and labs

Rutgers University Douglass Project CASE Program: Outreach in Biology, New Brunswick, NJ (2001): public education, 7th grade Biology

Undergraduate Project Mentoring

Huang B. 2010. Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent. UCLA EEB Honors project.

Lin LA. 2010. Can fecal glucocorticoid metabolites be used as a non-invasive measure of stress in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)? UCLA EEB Honors project.

Tang K. 2008. Well-connected females remain at home. UCLA EEB Honors project.

Shrinath S. 2006. Is yellow-bellied marmot reproduction costly? UCLA EEB Honors project.

Funding & Awards

Major Funding Awards

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (2011-2013)

NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellowship (2009-2010)

US Department of Education GAANN Fellowship (2006-08)

UCLA Chancellor’s Prize (2005)

Additional Graduate Awards

External: Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research (2010), Animal Behavior Society–NSF Travel Award (2009), RMBL Snyder Graduate Research Fellowship (2008)

Internal: UCLA EEB Lasiewski Award (2011), UCLA EEB Holmes O. Miller Fellowship (2010), UCLA Institute for Social Research GSR (2009), UCLA EEB Bartholomew Research Grant (2007)

Undergraduate Awards

External: Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, Golden Key International Honour Society, John A. Van Der Poel Scholarship, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Phi Beta, Kappa, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship

Internal: Rutgers College Award for Scholastic Excellence, Rutgers Merit Scholarship, Rutgers Outstanding Scholar Award, Rutgers University Alumni Scholarship, Rutgers University Dean’s List

Other Skills & Experience

Reviewer

Journals: Advances in the Study of Behaviour, American Journal of Primatology, The American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, Animals, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Biological Letters, Biology Letters, Current Zoology, EcoHealth, Ecological Modelling, Ethology, Evolution, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Journal of Mammalogy, New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Physiology and Behavior, PLOS One, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, SpringerPlus, Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Funding agencies: National Science Foundation, M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, Animal Behavior Society

Societies & Service

Member of: Animal Behavior Society, American Society of Mammalogists, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, International Network for Social Network Analysis, Sigma Xi, Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Departmental: Graduate Admissions and Support, graduate student representative, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2008 – 2009)

Volunteer judge: Sigma Xi student research showcase (2013), UC Davis Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Symposium (2013)