George A. Lozano

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EMPLOYMENT

Research Fellow	Department of Zoology, Tartu University	2008 -->
Visiting Associate Professor	School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Matthew's University	2006 - 2007
Visiting Scientist	Department of Zoology, Tartu University	winter 2006
Sessional Lecturer	University of British Columbia - Okanagan	2005-2006
Research Assistant	College Vet Med., U. of Georgia, Athens	summer 2005
Term Lecturer	University of Northern British Columbia	winter 2005
Instructor	Ewha Academy, Gumi, South Korea	fall 2004
Professor (part-time)	Dept. of Biology, University of Ottawa	12/03 - 07/04
Post-Doctoral Researcher	Patuxent Wildlife Research Center	2001-2002
Visiting Assistant Professor	Department of Biology, University of Memphis	2000-2001
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow	Dept. Biol. Sci., Simon Fraser University	1998-2000
FCAR Post-Doctoral Fellow	Dept. of Biol., U. of California, Riverside	1997
President	McGill Post-Graduate Students' Society	1994-1995
Teaching Assistant	Dept. of Biology, McGill University	1991-1995
Teaching Assistant	Dept. of Zoology, U. of Western Ontario	1988-1991
Research Assistant	Dept. of Botany, University of Guelph	summer 1988
Technician (deer research)	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources	summer 1987

EDUCATION

Ph.D.- McGill University - "Parental care and female mate choice in yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia)." Advisor: R. E. Lemon (Retired c. 1999)

M.Sc.- University of Western Ontario - "Intrasexual competition and delayed plumage maturation in female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)." Supervisor: P. T. Handford

B.Sc.- University of Guelph, 1988 - Wildlife Biology and Ecology

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (taken to Simon Fraser U.)	1998-1999
FCAR Post-Doctoral Fellowship (taken to UC, Riverside)	1996-1997
FCAR Doctoral Scholarship (at McGill)	1993-1994
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (taken to McGill)	1991-1993
John K. Cooper Foundation Research Award (at McGill)	1993
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Award (at UWO)	1990
Canadian Wildlife Service University Research Support Fund (at UWO)	1990

TEACHING

Lecturer
Tartu University: Public Speaking in Science LOOM 04.068, 15 students (graduate course).

St. Matthews University: Veterinary Physiology II VM321, twice, 2006-2007.
St. Matthew's University: Behaviour and Welfare VM 381, thrice, 2006-2007.
University of British Columbia: Animal Behaviour BIOL 359, fall 2005, 40 students.
U. of Northern British Columbia: Evolution BIO 323, winter 2005, 80 students.
UNBC: Parasite Ecology BIO 315, Winter 2005, 40 students.
University of Ottawa, Vertebrate Zoology BIO3108, Winter 2004. 76 students.
University of Memphis: Intro Biology II (for non-majors) - BIO1081, winter 2001, 45 students.
University of Memphis: Intro Biology I (for non-majors) - BIO1071 fall 2000, 240 students.
Simon Fraser University: Wildlife Biology, BIS419, winter 2000, 20 students.
Teaching Assistant
University of British Columbia.- Anatomy and Physiology (nursing)
McGill University.- Statistics, Ornithology, Behavioural Ecology and Introductory Biology
University of Western Ontario.- Animal Behaviour and Introductory biology
SERVICE
Journal Reviewer (# of papers)
Acta Zoologica Fennica (1); American Journal of Primatology (1) American Naturalist (3); Animal Behaviour (7); Auk (3); Behavioral Ecology (6); Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1); Behaviour (1); Biology Letters (4); Ecology Letters (2); Ecoscience (1); Ethology (2); Evolutionary Ecology (1); Folia Primatologica (1); Functional Ecology (1); Ibis (1); Integrative and Comparative Biology (1); International Journal for Parasitology (1); Journal of Avian Biology (7); Journal of Field Ornithology (3); Journal of Fish Biology (1); Naturwissenschaften (2); Oikos (3); Oecologia (2); Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2); Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B (6); Solutions (1); Wilson Bulletin (4).
External Reviewer*
Cornell University, Dept. of Natural Resources, Tenure and Promotion reviewer.
National Science Foundation, Research Grant proposal – Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology. (2004, 2006).

Encyclopedia of Earth - Topic Editor-Animal Behaviour (link)
Simon Fraser University
Co-organiser of the SFU-UBC-UVic Ecology Retreat, Nov. 6-8, 1998 .
McGill University
Member of Senate, Graduate Students' representative, 1995-1996.
Member of the Senate Nominating Committee, 1995-1996.
Member of Council, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR), 1994-1996.
Member of the Executive Committee, FGSR, 1994-1996.
President, Post-Graduate Students' Society (PGSS), 1994-1995 (all posts connected to this one).
Member of the Committee on the Co-ordination of Student Services, 1994-1995.
Dept. of Biology representative at PGSS Council, 1995-96.
Member of the Research Policy Committee, FGSR, 1994-1995.
Dept. of Biology General Assembly Graduate Students' representative, 1994-1995.

INVITED SEMINARS (excluding in-house)
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, October 2004.
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ont., July 2003.
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C., June 2003.
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont., June 2003.
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, April 2002.
State University of New York, Fredonia, February 2002.
Mississippi State University, University, MS, February 2001.
University College of Cariboo, Kamloops, B.C. April 2000.

PUBLICATIONS (ris file, ciw file , all papers)
Lozano, G. A. (in press). Evolutionary explanations in medicine: how do they differ and how to benefit from them. Med Hypotheses (pdf file). doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.11.003
Lozano, G. A. 2009. The other side of the coin: intersexual selection and the expression of emotions to signal youth or maturity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32(5): 398-399 [Commentary] (pdf file).
Lozano, G. A. 2009. Multiple cues in mate selection: the sexual interference hypothesis. BioScience Hypotheses 2: 37-42 (pfd file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. 2008. Obesity and sexually selected anorexia nervosa. Medical Hypotheses 71: 933-940 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Lank, D. B. 2004. Immunocompetence and testosterone-dependent condition traits in male ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) Animal Biology 54: 315-329. (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Lank, D. B. 2003. Seasonal and gender-dependent changes in cell-mediated immunosenescence in ruffs (Philomachus pugnax). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 270(1520): 1203-1208 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Ydenberg, R. C. 2002. Transgenerational effects of maternal immune challenge in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 918-925 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. 2001. Carotenoids, immunity and sexual selection: comparing apples and oranges? American Naturalist 158: 200-203 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. 2000. Affirmative action won't solve sex discrimination. Nature 403(6770): 825 ( Letter to the editor - editors’ misleading and sensationalist title, not mine) (pdf file).
Lozano, G. A and Lemon, R. E. 1999. Effects of prior residency and age on breeding performance in yellow warblers. Wilson Bulletin 111: 381-388 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. 1998. Parasitic stress and self-medication in wild animals. In . Møller, A. P., Milinski, M., and Slater, P. J. B. (Eds.). Advances in the Study of Behavior Volume 27, Stress and Behavior. Chapter 6, pp. 291-317 Academic Press, (now "Elsevier Science"), London (Book chapter-invited contribution - see popular media coverage below: “Expert Instinct” and “Kills all known germs”) (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1998. Adoption of yellow warbler nestlings by song sparrows. Wilson Bulletin 110: 131-133 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1998. Parental care responses by yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) to simultaneous manipulations of food abundance and brood size. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 916-924 (pdf file, citations).
Zuk, M. and Lozano, G. 1998. A review of "Host-parasite evolution: general principles and avian models". D. H. Clayton and J. Moore (eds.) Auk 115: 546-547 (full text).
Zuk, M. and Lozano, G. 1998. A review of "Host-parasite evolution: general principles and avian models". D. H. Clayton and J. Moore (eds.) Quarterly Review of Biology 73: 87 (full text).
LaFleur, D. L., Lozano, G. A. and Sclafani, M. 1997. Female mate choice copying in guppies, Poecilia reticulata: a re-evaluation. Animal Behaviour 54: 579-586 (pdf file, citations).
Lemon, R. E., Perreault S. and Lozano, G. A. 1996. Breeding dispersions and site fidelity of American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 2238-2247 (abstract, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1996. Male plumage, paternal care and reproductive success in yellow warblers, Dendroica petechia. Animal Behaviour 51: 265-272 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A., Perreault S. and Lemon, R. E. 1996. Age, arrival date, and reproductive success of male American redstarts, Setophaga ruticilla. Journal of Avian Biology 27: 164-170 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Handford, P. T. 1995. A test of an assumption of delayed plumage maturation hypotheses using female tree swallows. Wilson Bulletin 107: 153-164 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1995. Food abundance and parental care in yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37: 45-50 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. 1994. Carotenoids, parasites, and sexual selection. Oikos 70: 309-311 (pdf file, citations, see popular media coverage below: Pennisi, Pickrell, Walker).
Lozano, G. A. 1994. Size, condition, and territoriality in male tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 330-333 (pdf file, citations).
Lozano, G. A. 1991. Optimal foraging theory: a possible role for parasites. Oikos 60: 391-395 (pdf file, citations).

PRESENTATIONS

Lozano, G. A. 2008. Obesity and sexually selected anorexia nervosa. Twelfth International Behavioral Ecology Congress, 9-15 August, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Lank, D. B. and Lozano. G. A. 1999. Does immunosenescence occur as predicted by life history theory? an interspecific test of T-cell mediated responses among three genders of ruffs, Philomachus pugnax. 113th Stated Meeting, American Ornithologists' Union, 10-14 August, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. U.S.A.

Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1996. Parental care responses by yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) to simultaneous manipulations of food abundance and brood size. 21st Annual meeting, Société Québécoise pour l'Étude Biologique du Comportement, 18-20 October, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Lozano, G. A., Perreault S. and Lemon, R. E. 1995. Age, arrival date, and reproductive success of male American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla). 20th Annual Meeting, Société Québécoise pour l'Étude Biologique du Comportement, 3-5 November, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1995. Food abundance and paternal care in yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia). 20th Annual Meeting, Société Québécoise pour l'Étude Biologique du Comportement, 3-5 November, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

LaFleur, D., Lozano, G. A. and Sclafani, M. 1995. Mate choice copying in female guppies, Poecilia reticulata, NOT!! 20th Annual Meeting, Société Québécoise pour l'Étude Biologique du Comportement, 3-5 November, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1995. Food abundance and paternal care in yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia). 113th Stated Meeting, American Ornithologists' Union, 15-19 August, The Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

Lozano, G. A. and Lemon, R. E. 1994. Paternal care and female mate choice in yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia). 31st Annual Meeting, Animal Behavior Society, 23-28 July, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Lozano, G. A. 1992. A test of an assumption of delayed plumage maturation hypotheses using tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Fourth International Behavioral Ecology Congress, 17-22 August, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Lozano, G. A. 1991. Age-related differences in foraging ability and condition in female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). 109th Stated Meeting, American Ornithologists' Union, 14-17 August, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Lozano, G. A. 1991. Age-related differences in competitiveness in female tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor. Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquium, 12-14 May, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

IN THE POPULAR MEDIA . . .

Withers, M. 2008. Modern persuasions and foreign liaisons. The Baltic Times, December 3 (link).

Lozano, G. A. 2003. Letter to the editor. Sexual differences in human risk-taking behaviour. Ottawa Citizen January 5. (jpg file).

Pennisi, E. 2003. Colorful males flaunt their health. Science 300: 29-30 (pdf file).

Pickrell, J. 2003. Bright beaks signal health to female birds, study says. National Geographic News - On line. April 3 (link).

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2003. Brightest beak signals a healthy male. July 3 (link)

Expert Instinct. 2000. Pharmucopia. Presenter: Jolyon Jenkins. Producer: Paul Arnold. British Broadcasting Corporation - Radio 4. Aired April 24, 2000 (wma file - 6.5 MB).

Walker, M. 2000. She’s gottta have it. New Scientist 165(2223): 22-26 (January 29).

Furlow, B. 2000. Kills all known germs. New Scientist 165(2222): 36-39 (January 22).

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