Academic Team
Emilie Dion
Faculty member in Integrated Sciences
Fields of Interest:
- Insect Behavioral Ecology
- Insect Neurophysiology
- Chemical Ecology
- Phenotypic Plasticity
- Biostatistics
Education: Ph.D – Agronomy, Ecology and Evolution. Higher Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Rennes, France (2011)
CV: https://linktr.ee/emiliedion
Bio:
Emilie is a behavioral ecologist interested in studying the evolution and mechanisms of ecological interactions between and within species. Her latest research explores the effects of environmental factors and social interactions on molecular mechanisms of sexual communication in butterflies. She uses behavioral experimentations, transcriptomics, CRISPR, imaging, mass spectrometry and biostatistics. Emilie is interested in exploring the effects of human-caused environmental changes, such as air pollution, on insect’s sensory ecology and their mechanisms.
Emilie also contributed to the community by promoting science careers for women through running and participating in workshop, and to outreach by taking part in public science events. She also helps make science more solid and reliable through journal editing, reviewing and other professional activities. Check her activities at https://linktr.ee/emiliedion
Select Publications:
2026. Dion, Toh, Zhu & Monteiro. Butterfly brains change in morphology and in gene splicing patterns after brief pheromone exposure. BMC Biology, In Press
2022. Connahs, Tan, Ter, Dion, Matsuoka, Bear & Monteiro. The yellow gene regulates behavioral plasticity by repressing male courtship in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Proceedings B. 289(1972). https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.2665
2020. Dion, Pui, Weber & Monteiro. Early exposure to new sex pheromone blend alters mate preference of female butterflies and of their offspring. Nature Communication 11, 53. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13801-2
2019. Gowri, Dion, Viswanath, Monteiro-Piel & Monteiro. Transgenerational inheritance of learned preferences for novel host plant odors in Bicyclus anynana butterflies. Evolution 73 (12), 2401-2414. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/evo.13861
2019. Dion, Monteiro & Nieberding. The role of learning on insect and spider sexual behaviors, sexual trait, evolution and speciation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6, article 225. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00225/full
2018. Tan, Dion & Monteiro. Haze smoke impacts the development of butterflies. Scientific reports 8 (1), 15667. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34043-0
Courses:
- Introductory Biology
- Scientific Inquiry
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