Liliana D'Alba

Liliana D'Alba

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 30

Europe-Belgium

About Liliana D'Alba

Liliana D'Alba, With an exceptional h-index of 30 and a recent h-index of 23 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universiteit Gent, specializes in the field of animal coloration, eggs, evolution, fossils.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Nanoscale millefeuilles produce iridescent bill ornaments in birds

The Evolution of Multiple Color Mechanisms Is Correlated with Diversification in Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

How the Eurasian Jay Expands its Color Palette by Optimizing Multiple Scattering (Advanced Optical Materials 4/2023)

Back in black: melanin-rich skin colour associated with increased net diversification rates in birds

How keratin cortex thickness affects iridescent feather colours

Rapid and reversible humidity-dependent colour change by water film formation in a scaled springtail

Body size and substrate use affect ventral, but not dorsal, brightness evolution in lizards

Melanosome Origins, Diversity and Functional Relevance Across Animals

Liliana D'Alba Information

University

Position

Postdoctoral Researcher

Citations(all)

3174

Citations(since 2020)

1711

Cited By

2138

hIndex(all)

30

hIndex(since 2020)

23

i10Index(all)

52

i10Index(since 2020)

46

Email

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Universiteit Gent

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Liliana D'Alba Skills & Research Interests

animal coloration

eggs

evolution

fossils

Top articles of Liliana D'Alba

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Nanoscale millefeuilles produce iridescent bill ornaments in birds

PNAS nexus

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Gerben Debruyn

Mieke Soenens

Matthew Shawkey

Liliana D’Alba

2024/4/3

The Evolution of Multiple Color Mechanisms Is Correlated with Diversification in Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)

Systematic Biology

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Bert Van Hecke

Svana Rogalla

Gerben Debruyn

Rauri CK Bowie

...

2024/1/30

How the Eurasian Jay Expands its Color Palette by Optimizing Multiple Scattering (Advanced Optical Materials 4/2023)

Advanced Optical Materials

Deok‐Jin Jeon

Seungmuk Ji

Eunok Lee

Jihun Kang

Liliana D'Alba

...

2023/2

Back in black: melanin-rich skin colour associated with increased net diversification rates in birds

Biology Letters

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Raf Vanisterbecq

Matthew D Shawkey

Liliana D'Alba

2023/12/13

How keratin cortex thickness affects iridescent feather colours

Royal Society Open Science

Deok-Jin Jeon

Seungmuk Ji

Eunok Lee

Jihun Kang

Jiyeong Kim

...

2023/1/11

Rapid and reversible humidity-dependent colour change by water film formation in a scaled springtail

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Bram Vanthournout

Frans Janssens

Gerben Debruyn

Johan Mertens

Karen De Clerck

...

2023/10/4

Body size and substrate use affect ventral, but not dorsal, brightness evolution in lizards

Evolution

Jonathan Goldenberg

Federico Massetti

Liliana D’Alba

Matthew D Shawkey

2023/6/1

Melanosome Origins, Diversity and Functional Relevance Across Animals

Liliana D’Alba

2023/4/29

How woodcocks produce the most brilliant white plumage patches among the birds

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Jamie Dunning

Anvay Patil

Liliana D'Alba

Alexander L Bond

Gerben Debruyn

...

2023/3/1

First observation of a brood patch on a male sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)

Journal of Ornithology

Svana Rogalla

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Viki Vandomme

Robin Teifel

Susana Clusella-Trullas

...

2022/4

How melanism affects the sensitivity of lizards to climate change

Functional Ecology

Sebastian Mader

Jonathan Goldenberg

Federico Massetti

Karen Bisschop

Liliana D’Alba

...

2022/4

Properties, genetics and innate immune function of the cuticle in egg-laying species

Garima Kulshreshtha

Liliana D’alba

Ian C Dunn

Sophie Rehault-Godbert

Alejandro B Rodriguez-Navarro

...

2022/2/25

Thermal effects of plumage coloration

Svana Rogalla

Matthew D Shawkey

Liliana D'Alba

2022/10

The link between body size, colouration and thermoregulation and their integration into ecogeographical rules: a critical appraisal in light of climate change

Oikos

Jonathan Goldenberg

Karen Bisschop

Liliana D'Alba

Matthew D Shawkey

2022/6

Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers

Nature

Aude Cincotta

Michaël Nicolaï

Hebert Bruno Nascimento Campos

Maria McNamara

Liliana D’Alba

...

2022/4

Untangling the structural and molecular mechanisms underlying colour and rapid colour change in a lizard, Agama atra

Molecular Ecology

Michaël PJ Nicolaï

Liliana D’Alba

Jonathan Goldenberg

Yannick Gansemans

Filip Van Nieuwerburgh

...

2021/5

Anisotropic Synthetic Allomelanin Materials via Solid‐State Polymerization of Self‐Assembled 1, 8‐Dihydroxynaphthalene Dimers

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Xuhao Zhou

Xinyi Gong

Wei Cao

Christopher J Forman

Julia Oktawiec

...

2021/8/2

Thermoregulation and heat exchange in ospreys (Pandion haliaetus)

Journal of thermal biology

Svana Rogalla

Matthew D Shawkey

Bram Vanthournout

Liliana D'Alba

2021/2/1

Cover Picture: Anisotropic Synthetic Allomelanin Materials via Solid‐State Polymerization of Self‐Assembled 1, 8‐Dihydroxynaphthalene Dimers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 32/2021)

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Xuhao Zhou

Xinyi Gong

Wei Cao

Christopher J Forman

Julia Oktawiec

...

2021/7/26

Substrate thermal properties influence ventral brightness evolution in ectotherms

Communications biology

Jonathan Goldenberg

Liliana D’Alba

Karen Bisschop

Bram Vanthournout

Matthew D Shawkey

2021/1/4

See List of Professors in Liliana D'Alba University(Universiteit Gent)

Co-Authors

H-index: 98
Derek E.G. Briggs

Derek E.G. Briggs

Yale University

H-index: 97
Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse

Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse

University of Auckland

H-index: 81
Pat Monaghan

Pat Monaghan

University of Glasgow

H-index: 58
Mark E. Hauber

Mark E. Hauber

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H-index: 52
Matthew D Shawkey

Matthew D Shawkey

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 48
Neil P Evans

Neil P Evans

University of Glasgow

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