Nicholai M. Hensley

The paper shows that post-attack bioluminescence in cypridinid ostracods functions as an aposematic signal, deterring predators through learned avoidance.

The paper provides a highly contiguous chromosome-level genome and improved annotation for the swordtail cricket Laupala kohalensis, revealing genomic features related to speciation and sexual differentiation.

This study measures metabolic rates during courtship in bioluminescent ostracods, finding higher nighttime oxygen consumption in larger vessels allowing full displays.

This study shows sexual isolation, not habitat isolation, maintains species boundaries between sympatric Hawaiian crickets despite ecological overlap.

The paper identifies the origin of a luciferase gene from haloalkane dehalogenases in brittle stars and shows parallel evolution of bioluminescence across distant species.