Curriculum VitaeMichelle L. Tomaszycki
CURRICULUM VITAE
Michelle Lynn Tomaszycki, Ph.D.
Department of PsychologyPhone: (313) 577-0341
Wayne State UniversityAlt. phone: (734) 612-4322
5057 Woodward AveFax: (313) 577-7636
7th FloorEmail:
Detroit, MI 48202
EDUCATION
2002Ph.D. in Psychology (program in Neuroscience and Animal Behavior), EmoryUniversity, Atlanta, GA.Dissertation: Sex Differences in Juvenile Rhesus Macaque Vocalizations: the Effects of Prenatal Androgens. Advisors: Dr. Kim Wallen and Dr. Harold Gouzoules.
1999Master of Arts in Psychology, EmoryUniversity, Atlanta, GA.Thesis: Sex Differences in Infant Rhesus Macaque Tantrum Vocalizations: the Relationship to the Prenatal Hormone Environment. Advisors: Dr. Harold Gouzoules and Dr. Kim Wallen.
1994A.B. in Biological Anthropology and English (dual major), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2008-presentAssistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University.
2006-2008Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University. Advisor: Dr. Juli Wade.
2002-2006Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, CornellUniversity. Advisors: Dr. Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Dr. Timothy DeVoogd. Collaborator: Dr. Sarah Newman.
EXTRAMURAL FUNDING
2003-2005Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual NRSA F32 MH067409-02, “Effects of Male Vocalizations on Long-term Pair Bonds.”
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Behavioral neuroscience; the neurobiological mechanisms of behavior; neural mechanisms regulating the development of sex differences in behavior.
INVITED LECTURES
2010Hunter College, City University of New York, NY.
2007Whittier College, Whittier, CA.
2007University of California, Davis, CA.
2006WeillMedicalCollege of Cornell University, New York, NY.
2006Department of Zoology, North CarolinaStateUniversity, Raleigh, NC.
2006Department of Psychology, FranklinMarshallCollege, Lancaster, PA.
2006Department of Psychology, BatesCollege, Lewiston, ME.
2004Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
2002Department of Psychology, CornellUniversity, Ithaca, NY.
PUBLICATIONS
Pedersen A & Tomaszycki ML (submitted). Oxytocin/Mesotocin Alters the Formation of Pair Relationships in Zebra Finches of Both Sexes. Hormones and Behavior.
Lowrey EM & Tomaszycki ML (submitted). Differential effects of dopamine on courtship and pairing in male and female zebra finches. Behavioural Processes.
Smiley KO, Vahaba DM & Tomaszycki ML (2012). Behavioral effects of progesterone on pair-bonding and partner preference in the female zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Behavioural Processes.
Thompson JB, Dzubur E, Wade J & Tomaszycki ML (2011). The effects of estradiol on 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type IV and androgen receptor expression in the developing zebra finch song system. Brain Research, 1401:66-73.
Tomaszycki ML, Blaine SK, Baxter PC, Adkins-Regan E, & DeVoogd TJ (in revision). NCM, a forebrain perceptual region, plays a role in partner recognition in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).
Gee JM, Tomaszycki ML, Adkins-Regan E (2009). Sex-Dependent Species Discrimination in Auditory Forebrain of Naturally Hybridizing Birds.
Brain Behavior and Evolution, 74, 258-267.
Tomaszycki ML, Peabody C, Replogle K, Clayton DF, Tempelman RJ, Wade J (2009). Sexual differentiation of the zebra finch song system: potential roles for sex chromosome genes. BMC Neuroscience, 10, 24.
Adkins-Regan E & Tomaszycki ML (2007). Monogamy on the fast track. Biology Letters, 3(6), 617-619.
Tang, YP, Peabody, C, Tomaszycki, ML, & Wade, J (2007). Sexually dimorphic SCAMP1 expression in the forebrain motor pathway for song production of juvenile zebra finches. Developmental Neurobiology, 67, 474-482.
Tomaszycki, ML, Sluzas, EM, Sundberg, KA, Newman, SW, & DeVoogd, TJ (2006). Immediate early gene responses to song in juvenile female and male zebra finches: effects of rearing environment. Journal of Neurobiology, 66, 1175-1182.
Tomaszycki, ML, Banerjee, SB, & Adkins-Regan, E (2006). The role of sex steroids in courtship, pairing and pairing behaviors in the socially monogamous zebra finch. Hormones and Behavior, 50, 141-147.
Tomaszycki, ML & Adkins-Regan, E(2006). Is male song quality important in maintaining pair bonds? Behaviour, 143, 549-567.
Tomaszycki, ML, Gouzoules, H, & Wallen, K (2005). Sex differences in juvenile rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) agonistic screams: life history differences and effects of prenatal androgens. Developmental Psychobiology, 47, 318-327.
Tomaszycki, ML & Adkins-Regan, E (2005). Experimental alteration of male song quality and output affects female mate choice and pair bond formation in zebra finches. Animal Behaviour, 70, 785-794.
Shiflett, MW, Rankin, AZ, Tomaszycki, ML, & DeVoogd, TJ (2004). Cannabinoid inhibition improves memory in food-storing birds, but with a cost. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 271, 2043-2048.
Shiflett, MW, Tomaszycki, ML, Rankin, AZ, & DeVoogd, TJ (2004). Long-term memory for spatial locations in a food-storing bird (Poecile atricapilla) requires activation of NMDA receptors in the hippocampal formation during learning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 121-30.
Tomaszycki, ML, Davis, JE, Gouzoules, H, & Wallen, K (2001). Sex differences in infant rhesus macaque separation-rejection vocalizations and effects of prenatalandrogens. Hormones and Behavior, 39, 267-276.
Maestripieri, D, Tomaszycki, M, & Carroll, K (1999). Consistency and changes in thebehavior of rhesus macaque abusive mothers with successive infants. DevelopmentalPsychobiology, 34, 29-35.
Tomaszycki, M, Cline, C, Griffin, B, Maestripieri, D, & Hopkins, WD (1998). Maternal cradling and infant nipple preferences in rhesus monkeys. DevelopmentalPsychobiology, 32, 305-312.
Gouzoules, H, Gouzoules, S, & Tomaszycki, M (1998). Agonistic screams and theclassification of dominance relationships: are monkeys fuzzy logicians? AnimalBehaviour, 55, 51-60.
POSTERS/PRESENTATIONS
Schnelker JH, Zatirka BP & Tomaszycki ML (2011). Naloxone does not alter pair maintenance in male and female zebra finches. Society for Neuroscience conference, Washington, DC.
Lowrey EMTomaszycki ML (2010). Dopaminergic regulation of courtship and pairing behaviors in male and female zebra finches. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Toronto, Canada; Michigan Society for Neuroscience; WSU Graduate Exhibition.
Schnelker JH, Zatirka B & Tomaszycki ML (2010). The role of naloxone on pairing behaviors in zebra finches. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Toronto, Canada; Michigan Society for Neuroscience; WSU Graduate Exhibition.
Smiley KO, Vahaba DM & Tomaszycki ML (2010).The effects of progesterone on mating behaviors in female zebra finches. N.E.U.R.O.N Conference, Albany, NY; Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Toronto, Canada; Michigan Society for Neuroscience; Midbrain Conference, St Paul, MN; UCLA Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference; WSU Rodney ClarkUndergraduate Poster Exhibition.
Thompson JB, Dzubur E, Wade J & Tomaszycki ML (2010). The contribution of hormones and genes to the sexual differentiation of song production in juvenile zebra finches. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Toronto, Canada; Michigan Society for Neuroscience; WSU Graduate Exhibition.
Tomaszycki, ML, Blaine, SK, Adkins-Regan, E, & DeVoogd, TJ (2006). Does the caudomedial nidopallium (NCM) play a role in partner recognition in zebra finches? To be presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Blaine, SK, Tomaszycki, ML, DeVoogd, TJ, & Adkins-Regan, E (2006). The role of the caudomedial nidopallium (NCM) in pairing and social recognition in zebra finches. Psi Chi Undergraduate Research Conference, Stanford, CA.
Tomaszycki, ML, Banerjee, SB, Adkins-Regan, E & DeVoogd, TJ (2005). The effects of sex steroids on cell proliferation. Society for Neuroscience conference, Washington, DC.
Tomaszycki, ML, Banerjee, SB, & Adkins-Regan, E (2005). The effects of sex steroids on pair formation in zebra finches. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Austin, Texas.
Tomaszycki, ML, Sluzas, EM, Newman, SW, Adkins-Regan, E & DeVoogd, TJ (2004). Differential immediate early gene responses to intact and isolate song occurs in NCM by 45 days in zebra finches. Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, CA.
Tomaszycki, M & Adkins-Regan, E (2004). The effects of vocal disruption of male song on female mate choice in zebra finches. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
Tomaszycki, ML, Davis, JE, Gouzoules, H, & Wallen, K (2000). Sex differences in infant rhesus macaque separation-rejection vocalizations: the relationship to the prenatal hormone environment. Talk presented at the Animal Behavior Society conference, Atlanta, GA.
Ford, SN, Jovanovic, T, Tomaszycki, ML, & Gouzoules, H (2000). The role of social experience in social communication in rhesus monkeys. Animal Behavior Society conference, Atlanta, GA.
Davis, JE, Tomaszycki, ML, Gouzoules, H, & Wallen, K (1999). Sex differences in infant rhesus macaque vocalizations in response to maternal separation: the effects of the prenatal hormone environment. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, VA.
Fogelman, T, Tomaszycki, M, & Gouzoules, H (1998). Infant rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) vocalizations and the significance of motivational-structural rules. SURE and GIFT Summer Research Symposium, Atlanta, GA.
Tomaszycki, M, Gouzoules, H, & Wallen, K (1998). Sex differences in infant rhesus macaque vocalizations. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology conference, Atlanta, GA.
Tomaszycki, M, Jovanovic, T, & Gouzoules, H (1998). Nonmaternal and infant interactions involving rhesus gruff vocalizations. Talk Presented at the Animal Behaviour Society conference, Carbondale, IL.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Wayne State University
Psychology 1010 (Introduction to Psychology), Winter 2009, 300 students
Psychology 3060 (Learning and Memory), Fall 2008, 65 students; Winter 2009, 33 students
Psychology 3120 (Brain and Behavior), Winter 2010, 75 students, Winter 2011, 70 students.
Psychology 4020/5020 (Research in Psychology), Fall 2008, 22 students; Fall 2009, 31 students, Fall 2010, 31 students.
Michigan State University
Brain and Behavior (Psychology 209; Fall 2006, 2007): Visiting Assistant Professor. Developed my own large lecture course (130-200 students). In this broad survey course, I have presented material twice per week for 15 weeks on the relationship between brain and behavior in both humans and animals.
CornellUniversity
Hormones and Behavior (Fall 2004): Guest Lecturer and discussion leader. Developed 4 weeks of lecture and discussion.
Introduction to Cognitive Studies—Writing in the Majors (Fall 2004): Lecturer. Developed my own discussion session and writing group.
EmoryUniversity
Study Abroad Program in Dundee, Scotland (Summer 1999): Teaching Assistant, Research and Writing Mentor.
Research Methods in Psychology (Fall 1997): Lecturer. Developed my own course (15 students).
Elementary Statistics (Spring 1997): Instructor for weekly laboratory.
Primate Social Psychology (Spring 1998, 1999, 2000): Teaching Assistant. Gave a total of 9 guest lectures.
Animal Behavior (Fall 1998, 1999, 2000): Teaching Assistant, Web Developer.
GUEST LECTURES
CornellUniversity
Introduction to Biopsychology (Summer 2005): Guest Lecturer.
Introduction to Biopsychology Laboratory (Fall 2005): Guest Instructor.
Evolution of Human Behavior (Spring 2003, 2004, 2006): Grader and Guest Lecturer.
UNDERGRADUATE MENTORSHIP
(This list represents students that specifically worked under my guidance on research projects).
2010-2011 Alyssa Pedersen: The role of oxytocin in pairing and courtship behavior of male and female zebra finches.
2010-2011 Lidya Numan: The effects of exogenous estradiol on methocrotonyl and androgen receptor mRNA expression in sexual imprinting areas and song areas of juvenile male and female zebra finches.
2009-2011 Daniel Vahaba: The role of norepinephrine in female mate choice, male singing, and pairing behavior.
2010-2011 Brendon Zatirka: Flamboyant finches: the preponderance and behavior of homosexual finches.
2009-2010 Kristina Smiley: The role of progesterone in pairing behavior.
2009-2010 Eldin Dzubur: HSD17B4 mRNA expression in sexual imprinting brain regions in male and female zebra finches.
2009-2010 Bronson Yaldoo: Sexually-differentiated gene expression in the POM of male and female zebra finches.
2005-2006 Sara Blaine. The role of a song perception nucleus in pairing and song preferences. Co-author on a manuscript and two posters.
2005 Peter Baxter. Inactivating NCM plays a role in partner preferences. Co-author on a manuscript.
2004-2005 Samuel Coffin. Sex differences in IEG expression among juvenile zebra finches. Acknowledged for work on Emily Sluzas’s project.
2003-2004 Emily Sluzas. Sex differences in juvenile song recognition: the role of experience. Co-author on a manuscript and poster.
2000 Stephanie Allard. Prenatal androgens affect sex differences in behavior.
1999-2000 Nicholas Vitone. Sex differences in juvenile rhesus monkey communication.
1999-2000 Sarah Stefaniak. Vocal differences among rhesus macaues.
1997-1998 Cory Moore. Prenatal androgens affect rhesus monkey vocalizations.
1998 Tara Fogelman. Motivational-structural rules do not describe infant rhesus monkey vocalizations. Presented research at an undergraduate conference.
1997 Christopher Cline. Sex differences in infant rhesus monkey vocalizations. Co-author on a manuscript.
1996ElizabethGriffin. Laterality of infant nipple preferences in rhesus monkeys. Co-author on a manuscript.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Ad-hoc reviewer for Animal Behaviour
Ad-hoc reviewer for BMC Neuroscience
Ad-hoc reviewer for Brain Research
Ad-hoc reviewer for Physiology and Behavior
Ad-hoc reviewer for Hormones and Behavior
Ad-hoc reviewer for BBC/SRC grants
Ad-hoc reviewer for Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B
Ad-hoc reviewer for Neuroscience Research
Ad-hoc reviewer for Journal of Neuroscience Research
Ad-hoc reviewer for National Science Foundation
2007-2008 Graduate student panel on academic careers
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
REFERENCES:
Dr. Elizabeth Adkins-ReganDr. Timothy DeVoogd
ProfessorProfessor
Department of Psychology Department of Psychology
CornellUniversityCornellUniversity
Ithaca, NY14853Ithaca, NY14853
(607) 255-6304(607) 255-6430
Dr. Kim WallenDr. Harold Gouzoules
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of PsychologyProfessor
Department of PsychologyDepartment of Psychology
EmoryUniversityEmoryUniversity
Atlanta, GA30322Atlanta, GA30322
(404) 727-4125(404) 727-74444
Dr. Sarah Winans NewmanDr. Juli Wade
Associate Dean, Professor EmeritaProfessor
HoraceH.RackhamSchool of Graduate StudiesDepartment of Psychology
University of MichiganMichiganStateUniversity
915 E. Washington Street214 Giltner Hall
Ann Arbor, MI48109-1070East Lansing, MI48824
(517) 432-8301
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