Researcher
Stefan Van Dongen
- Research Expertise:My research focuses on evolutionary psychology, which entails the study of human behavior in an evolutionary context. On the basis of 3D shape analyses, questionnaires and genetic data, the evolution of human mate selection strategies is studied.
- Keywords:MASCULINITY, MATE CHOICE, ATTRACTIVENESS, FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY, DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY, Biology
- Disciplines:Evolutionary developmental biology
- Research techniques:Geometric morphometrics, multivariate statistical analysis, genome wide association studies.
- Users of research expertise:People active in this area of research.
Affiliations
- Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) (Research group)
Member
From1 Nov 2003 → Today
Projects
1 - 9 of 9
- 4D scanner for Accelerating Advanced motion Analysis and ApplicationFrom1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- Individual variation and evolutionary potential of parasite traits in a songbird-tick system: direct and indirect genetic effects.From1 Jan 2017 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Study of developmental homeostasis in relation to different kinds of stress: Developmental and evolutionary consequences.From1 Oct 2011 → 30 Sep 2013Funding: FWO fellowships
- Evolution of intra-sexual colour polymorphism in female damselflies of different shape frequencies.From1 Jan 2011 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- Study of the genetic basis of developmental instability in deceased human fetuses.From1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2013Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- Visiting Postdoct. Fellow for the FWO-project: "Study of the role of selection history on the association between developmental instability and stress and fitness: habitat islands as model system". (Chavali VISHALAKSHI, India)From1 Jun 2009 → 31 May 2010Funding: FWO visiting post-doctoral fellowship
- Study of the role of selection history on the association between developmental instability and stress and fitness: habitat islands as model system.From1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Study of the mechanisms of developmental instability in deceased human fetusses and infants.From1 Oct 2008 → 30 Jun 2013Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- Evolution of intrasexual colour polymorphism in female damselflies.From1 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2008Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
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- Spillover of an alien parasite reduces expression of costly behaviour in native host species(2020)
Authors: Francesca Santicchia, Anna Pia Piscitelli, Stefan Van Dongen, Adriano Martinoli, Damiano Preatoni, Claudia Romeo, Nicola Ferrari
Pages: 1559 - 1569 - A multivariate approach to determine the dimensionality of human facial asymmetry(2020)
Authors: Omid Ekrami, Peter Claes, Julie D. White, Seth M. Weinberg, Mary L. Marazita, Susan Walsh, Mark D. Shriver, Stefan Van Dongen
Pages: 1 - 12 - Ernstige complicaties na colonoscopie:hoe doet België het?(2020)
Authors: E. Macken, Stefan Van Dongen, Sven Francque, Guido Van Hal
Pages: 885 - 892 - De kwaliteit en de resultaten van coloscopieën in Vlaanderen na een positieve iFOBT(2019)
Authors: E. Van der Wijst, E. Macken, Guido Van Hal, Stefan Van Dongen, Sven Francque
Pages: 1078 - 1086 - Optimizing the use of zebrafish feeding trials for the safety evaluation of genetically modified crops(2019)
Authors: Isabelle Gabriëls, Lucia Vergauwen, Marthe De Boevre, Stefan Van Dongen, Ronny Blust, Sarah De Saeger, Mia Eeckhout, Marc De Loose, Dries Knapen
- Interspecific competition affects the expression of personality-traits in natural populations(2019)
Authors: Maria Vittoria Mazzamuto, Francesca Santicchia, Stefan Van Dongen, Damiano G. Preatoni, Adriano Martinoli
- Post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer in Belgium(2019)
Authors: Elisabeth Macken, Stefan Van Dongen, Isabel De Brabander, Sven Francque, Ann Driessen, Guido Van Hal
Pages: E717 - E727 - Ecology and seasonality of sandflies and potential reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ochollo, a hotspot in southern Ethiopia(2019)
Authors: Myrthe Pareyn, Emma Van den Bosch, Nigatu Girma, Natalie van Houtte, Stefan Van Dongen, Gert van der Auwera, Fekadu Massebo, Simon Shibru, Herwig Leirs
- Women's preferences for male facial masculinity are not condition-dependent in a large online study(2019)
Authors: Stefan Van Dongen, Femke Danckaers, Jessie Beerten, Toon Huysmans
- An evaluation of classical morphologic and morphometric parameters reported to distinguish wolves and dogs(2019)
Authors: Luc Janssens, Angela Perri, Philippe Crombé, Stefan Van Dongen, Dennis Lawler
Pages: 501 - 533