Yikweon Jang Curriculum Vitae

Personal information: Title: Professor Address: Department of Life Sciences and Division of Ecoscience Ewha university 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu Seoul 03760 Korea Phone: +82-2-3277-4496 Fax:+82-2-3277-4514 Cellphone: +82-10-9899-1614 E-mail: jangy@ewha.ac.kr

Education: University of Kansas, Ph.D. (honors), Biology (Entomology), 1997 University of Kansas, M.A. Entomology, 1994 Seoul National University, B.Sc. Applied Entomology, 1991 Affiliations: 2012-present: Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Ewha University 2014 Sept. – 2015 Aug. Visiting Scholar. University of California Los Angeles 2008-2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Ewha University 2008-present: Adjunct Professor, Division of EcoScience, Ewha University 2006-2007: Research Professor, Division of EcoScience, Ewha University 2005: Senior Researcher, Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University 2002-2003: University of Missouri Mission Enhancement Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri 1998-2000: NSF Research Training Group Postdoctoral Fellow, CISAB, Indiana University Academic societies: Society for the Study of Evolution, Ecological Society of Korea, Korean Society for Integrative Biology, Entomological Society of Korea, Korean Research Society of Herpetologists, Korean Society of Applied Entomology Research interests: Speciation, Sexual selection, Community ecology, Conservation, Acoustic communication in insects and frogs, Citizen Science Recent publications: Borzée, A., Didinger C, Jang Y. 2017. "Complete mitochondrial genome of Dryophytes suweonensis (Anura

Hylidae)." Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2: 5-6. Dufresnes C, Litvinchuk SN, Borzée A, Jang Y, Li J-T, Miura I, Perrin N, Stöck M. 2016 Phylogeography

reveals an ancient cryptic radiation in East-Asian tree frogs (Hyla japonica group) and complex relationships between continental and island lineages. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:253.

Kang C, Kim YE, Jang Y. 2016. Colour and pattern change against visually heterogeneous backgrounds in the tree frog Hyla japonica. Scientific Reports. 6:22601.

Borzée A, Kim JY, Jang Y. 2016. Asymmetric competition over calling sites in two closely related treefrog species. Scientific Reports. 6:32569.

Borzée A, Kim JY, da Cunha MAM, Oh S, Yi Y, Jang Y. 2016. Temporal and spatial differentiation in microhabitat use: Implications for reproductive isolation and ecological niche specification. Integrative Zoology. 11:375-387.

Kang C, Shin Y, Kim YE, Moon J, Kang JY, Jang Y. 2016. The incidence of abnormalities in the fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis, in relation to nearby human activity. Journal of Ecology and Environment. 39:11-16.

Dufresnes C, Borzée A, Horn A, Stöck M, Ostini M, Sermier R, Wassef, Jérôme, Litvinchuk SN, Kosch TA, Waldman B, Jang Y, Brelsford A, Perrin N. 2015. Sex-chromosome homomorphy in Palearctic tree frogs results from both turnovers and X-Y recombination. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32:2328-2337.

Borzée A, Jang Y. 2015. Description of a seminatural habitat of the endangered Suweon treefrog Hyla suweonensis. Animal Cells and Systems. 19:216-20. doi: 10.1080/19768354.2015.1028442.

Borzée A, Ahn J, Kim S, Heo K, Jang Y. 2015. Seoul, keep your paddies! Implications for the conservation of Hylid species. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. 31:176-81.

Roh G, Borzée A, Jang Y. 2014. Spatiotemporal distributions and habitat characteristics of the endangered treefrog, Hyla suweonensis, in relation to sympatric H. japonica. Ecological Informatics. 24:78-84.

Choi N, Jang Y. 2014. Background matching by means of dorsal color change in treefrog populations (Hyla japonica). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A. 321: 108-118

Kim TE, Oh S-Y, Jang Y. 2014. Host availability hypothesis: complex interactions with abiotic factors and predators may best explain population densities of cicada species. Animal Cells and Systems. 18: 143-153.

Park S, Jeong G, Jang Y. 2013. No reproductive character displacement in male advertisement signals of Hyla japonica in relation to the sympatric H. suweonensis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 67: 1345-1355.

Borzée A, Park S, Kim A, Kim H-T, Jang Y. 2013. Morphometrics of two sympatric species of tree frogs in Korea: a morphological key for the critically endangered Hyla suweonensis in relation to H. japonica. Animal Cells and Systems. 17: 348-356.

Jang Y, An H-G, Kim H, Kim K-H. 2013. Spectral preferences of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae). Entomological Research. 43: 115-122.

Kim H, Kim M, Kwon DH, Park S, Lee Y, Huang J, Kai S, Lee H-S, Hong K-J, Jang Y, Lee S. 2013. Molecular comparison of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) isolates in Korea, China, and Japan. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 16: 503-506.

Jeong G, Ahn J, Jang Y, Choe JC, Choi H. 2012. Wolbachia infection in the Loxoblemmus complex (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 15: 563-566

Smith M, Jang Y. 2012. Evolution under unpredictable environmental conditions: Quantitative genetics of larval life-history traits in a myobatrachid frog Crinia Georgiana. Animal Cells and Systems. 16: 425-430.

Yoo E, Jang Y. 2012. Abiotic effects on calling phenology of three frog species in Korea. Animal Cells and Systems. 16: 260-267

Lee H-Y, Oh S-Y, Jang Y. 2012. Morphometrics of the final instar exuviae of five cicada species occurring in urban areas of central Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 15: 627-630

Kim H, Jang Y. 2012. Taxonomic review and morphometric analysis of the genus Melanaphis van der Goot (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Korea. Animal Cells and Systems. 16:34-40.

Lee Y, Kim H, Kang T-J, Jang Y. 2012. Stress response to acoustic stimuli in an aphid: A behavioral bioassay model. Entomological Research. 42: 320-329.

Kim et al., Jang Y. 2011. Development and characterization of 15 microsatellite loci from Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 295-300.

Kim et al., Jang Y. 2011. Development and characterization of 15 microsatellite loci from Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 295-300.

Kim H, Lee S, Jang Y. 2011. Macroevolutionary patterns in the Aphidini aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae): Diversification, host association, and biogeographic origins. PLoS ONE 6: e24749.

Jang Y, Hahm EH, Lee H-J, Park S, Won Y-J, Choe JC. 2011. Geographic variation in advertisement calls in a tree frog species: Gene flow and selection hypotheses. PLoS ONE 6: e23297.

Kim H, Jang Y, Choe JC. 2011. Sexually dimorphic male horns and their use in agonistic behaviors in the horn-headed cricket Loxoblemmus doenitzi (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) Journal of Ethology 29: 435-44.

Jang Y. 2011. Male responses to conspecific advertisement signals in the field cricket Gryllus rubens (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). PLoS ONE6:e16063.

Choi D, Kim K-H, Jang Y. 2011. Agonistic interactions between nymphs of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14: 21-25.

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