Jarome R. Ali


Evolutionary Biologist
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Dept of Anthropology, NYU

Bio

About me



I am an evolutionary biologist and ecologist. I am interested in the diversity of life. Why is life so abundant? What are the processes that structure this abundance in space and time? I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Primate Reproductive Ecology and Evolution Group at New York University where I am studying the evolution of conspicuous colours in infant primates. My PhD research in the Stoddard Lab at Princeton University focused on the evolution of plumage colouration in parrots. Stay tuned for PhD publications!

Jarome R. Ali

Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

2025

Price-Waldman, R. M., Ali, J. R., Shultz, A. J., Hogan, B. G., & Stoddard, M. C. (2025). Hidden white and black feather layers enhance plumage coloration in tanagers and other songbirds. Science Advances

2025

Morrison, E.S., … , Ali, J. R., … & Shultz, A.J. (2025) Geographical variation in signals and responses: individual identity signals linked with capacity for individual face learning across Polistes fuscatus wasp populations. PloS one

2024

Weise, C., Ali, J. R., Ortiz, C.C., Tibbetts, E.A. (2024) Geographical variation in signals and responses: individual identity signals linked with capacity for individual face learning across Polistes fuscatus wasp populations. Animal Behaviour

2023

Ali, J. R., Blonder, B, Pigot, A. L. & Tobias, J. A. (2023) Bird extinctions threaten to cause disproportionate reductions of functional diversity and uniqueness. Functional Ecology

2022

Tobias, J. A., … , Ali, J. R., … & Schleuning, M. (2022). AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters, 25(3), 581-597.

2018

Ali, J. R., Deacon, A. E., Mahabir, K., Ramnarine, I. W., & Magurran, A. E. (2018). Heterospecific shoaling in an invasive poeciliid: shared history does not affect shoal cohesion. Animal Behaviour, 138, 1-8.

2015

Morris, J., Ford, A. G. P., Ali, J. R., Peart, C. R., Bills R., & Day, J. J. (2015) High levels of genetic structure and striking phenotypic variability in a sexually dimorphic suckermouth catfish from the African Highveld. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

CV

  • 2003-2010
    Naparima College
    Trinidad and Tobago

  • 2011-2014
    BSc Zoology
    University College London

  • 2015-2016
    MSc Ecology,
    Evolution and Ecology
    University College London

  • 2017-2023
    PhD Candidate
    Princeton University

  • 2024-present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    New York University

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