Summary
I investigate the sensory and physiological bases of behaviour. I am particularly interested in phenotypic plasticity, which I explore using social and sexual systems in locusts, but I am open to supervision or collaboration on any organism we can get into the lab!
I am co-convenor of the Royal Entomological Society's annual Orthoptera meeting. If you would like to come along, or even present your work, then please do get in touch – students and enthusiasts are particularly welcome.
https://www.royensoc.co.uk/membership-and-community/special-interest-groups/orthoptera/
Bio:
2023- Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Hull
2023- Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society
2019- Visitor, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK
2011-23 Postdoctoral research: University of Cambridge, UK; KU Leuven, Belgium (FWO Fellowship); University of Lincoln, UK
2007-11 PhD Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia
2002-06 BA (Hons) and MSc Biological Sciences, University of Oxford (Wadham College), UK
Book Chapter
Oxytocin/vasopressin-like neuropeptide signaling in insects
Muratspahić, E., Monjon, E., Duerrauer, L., Rogers, S. M., Cullen, D. A., Vanden Broeck, J., & Gruber, C. W. (2020). Oxytocin/vasopressin-like neuropeptide signaling in insects. In G. Litwack (Ed.), Vasopressin (29-53). Cambridge, Mass.: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.vh.2019.08.011
From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism
Cullen, D. A., Cease, A. J., Latchininsky, A. V., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., …Rogers, S. M. (2017). From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism. In H. Verlinden (Ed.), Insect Epigenetics (167-285). London: Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2017.06.002
Journal Article
Ear pinnae in a neotropical katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) function as ultrasound guides for bat detection
Pulver, C. A., Celiker, E., Woodrow, C., Geipel, I., Soulsbury, C. D., Cullen, D. A., …Montealegre-Z, F. (2022). Ear pinnae in a neotropical katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) function as ultrasound guides for bat detection. eLife, 11, Article e77628. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77628
Sexual repurposing of juvenile aposematism in locusts
Cullen, D. A., Sword, G. A., Rosenthal, G. G., Simpson, S. J., Dekempeneer, E., Hertog, M. L., …Broeck, J. V. (2022). Sexual repurposing of juvenile aposematism in locusts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(34), Article e2200759119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2200759119