FACULTY PROFILES

Oceane Da Cunha

Lecturer
Biological Sciences

Office Building: Bioscience Research Building
Office Room: 2.136
Phone: (915) 747-7074
Email: odacunha2@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Education

Ph D in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (In Progress), The University of Texas at El Paso (2024)
MS in Master in Ecophysiology-Ethology, University of Strasbourg (2017)
BS in Biological Sciences, University of Metz (2015)

Publications

From Fear to Feast: Rattlesnakes Navigate the Landscape of Fear to Optimize Foraging. The American Naturalist (2026), Oceane Da Cunha, Rio P. Dominguez, Logan M. Horne, Joshua J. Mead, Corentin Fournier, Jerry D. Johnson, Brett M. Seymoure.
From Fear to Feast: Rattlesnakes Navigate the Landscape of Fear to Optimize Foraging. The American Naturalist (2026), Oceane Da Cunha, Rio P. Dominguez, Logan M. Horne, Joshua J. Mead, Corentin Fournier, Jerry D. Johnson, Brett M. Seymoure.
From Fear to Feast: Rattlesnakes Navigate the Landscape of Fear to Optimize Foraging. The American Naturalist (2026), Oceane Da Cunha, Rio P. Dominguez, Logan M. Horne, Joshua J. Mead, Corentin Fournier, Jerry D. Johnson, Brett M. Seymoure.
Predation of the White-Lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata) is Dependent Upon Time of Day but not Human Disturbance Ecological Entomology (2025), Brett M. Seymoure, Braulio A. Sanchez, Kajaya J. Pollard, Logan M. Horne, Elizabeth M. Field, Ashlee D. Portz, Jackson J. Savage, Colby Smith, Spencer Duffendack, Elise Cotty, Oliver Neria, Alexander Moore, Sol Saenz-Arreola, Andrea Olivas, Oceane Da Cunha.
UNRAVELING THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF THE WESTERN DIAMOND-BACKED RATTLESNAKE (CROTALUS ATROX) THROUGH THE LENSES OF PERSONALITY, PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS, AND CRYPSIS Dissertations & Theses @ University of Texas - El Paso; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3094948228) (2024), Oceane Da Cunha.
Background matching is independent of body temperature in the Western diamond-backed rattlesnake Journal of Zoology 323 3 (2024), Oceane Da Cunha, Corentin Fournier, Logan M. Horne, Brett M. Seymoure, Jerry D. Johnson.

Presentations

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Grants

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Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	20663	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	20664	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22053	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22054	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22055	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22729	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22948	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22949	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	23445	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	23448	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	24488	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	24554	Syllabus
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	28202	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10551	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10552	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10553	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10554	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10555	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10556	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10557	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10925	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	11077	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	11242	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	11310	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	12041	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	14627	Syllabus
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	16374	Syllabus
Spring 2024	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	23068
Spring 2024	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	23248
Spring 2024	ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology	24307

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	20663	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	20664	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22053	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22054	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22055	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22729	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22948	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	22949	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	23445	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	23448	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	24488	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	24554	Evaluation
Spring 2025	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	28202	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10551	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10552	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10553	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10554	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10555	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10556	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10557	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	10925	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	11077	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	11242	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	11310	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	14627	Evaluation
Fall 2024	BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory	16374	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Ph D in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (In Progress), The University of Texas at El Paso (2024)
MS in Master in Ecophysiology-Ethology, University of Strasbourg (2017)
BS in Biological Sciences, University of Metz (2015)

Publications

From Fear to Feast: Rattlesnakes Navigate the Landscape of Fear to Optimize Foraging. The American Naturalist (2026), Oceane Da Cunha, Rio P. Dominguez, Logan M. Horne, Joshua J. Mead, Corentin Fournier, Jerry D. Johnson, Brett M. Seymoure.
From Fear to Feast: Rattlesnakes Navigate the Landscape of Fear to Optimize Foraging. The American Naturalist (2026), Oceane Da Cunha, Rio P. Dominguez, Logan M. Horne, Joshua J. Mead, Corentin Fournier, Jerry D. Johnson, Brett M. Seymoure.
From Fear to Feast: Rattlesnakes Navigate the Landscape of Fear to Optimize Foraging. The American Naturalist (2026), Oceane Da Cunha, Rio P. Dominguez, Logan M. Horne, Joshua J. Mead, Corentin Fournier, Jerry D. Johnson, Brett M. Seymoure.
Predation of the White-Lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata) is Dependent Upon Time of Day but not Human Disturbance Ecological Entomology (2025), Brett M. Seymoure, Braulio A. Sanchez, Kajaya J. Pollard, Logan M. Horne, Elizabeth M. Field, Ashlee D. Portz, Jackson J. Savage, Colby Smith, Spencer Duffendack, Elise Cotty, Oliver Neria, Alexander Moore, Sol Saenz-Arreola, Andrea Olivas, Oceane Da Cunha.
UNRAVELING THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF THE WESTERN DIAMOND-BACKED RATTLESNAKE (CROTALUS ATROX) THROUGH THE LENSES OF PERSONALITY, PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS, AND CRYPSIS Dissertations & Theses @ University of Texas - El Paso; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3094948228) (2024), Oceane Da Cunha.

Presentations

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

No info available.

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

20663

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

20664

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22053

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22054

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22055

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22729

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22948

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22949

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

23445

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

23448

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

24488

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

24554

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

28202

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10551

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10552

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10553

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10554

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10555

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10556

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10557

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10925

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

11077

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

11242

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

11310

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

12041

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

14627

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

16374

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

23068

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

23248

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

ZOOL 2406 - Vertebrate Zoology

Section

24307

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

20663

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

20664

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22053

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22054

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22055

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22729

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22948

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

22949

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

23445

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

23448

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

24488

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

24554

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2025

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

28202

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10551

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10552

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10553

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10554

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10555

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10556

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10557

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

10925

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

11077

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

11242

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

11310

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

14627

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

BIOL 1108 - Organismal Biology Laboratory

Section

16374

Evaluation

Oceane Da Cunha

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