We focus on evolutionary, functional and behavioral ecology, with applications to conservation and environmental issues. The major question is how environmental change and variation affect life history traits, population structure and dynamics, and species interactions over ecological and evolutionary time. Environments vary on multiple spatial and temporal scales. Additionally, both the abiotic and biotic components of the environment may vary, for example in cases of species' invasions.
The physiological, ecological and evolutionary dynamics of resource allocation, Invasion dynamics, Ecology, evolution and genomics of small populations
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
1979
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
PhD
Zoology
1973
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
B.A. with high honors & special honors
Zoology
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
Membership
Member
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Membership
Member
AAAS
Membership
Member
American Society of Naturalists
Membership
Member
Ecological Society of America
Membership
Member
Sigma Xi
Membership
Member
Lepidopterists’ Society
Membership
Member
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
Membership
Member
Society for the Study of Evolution
Membership
Member
Evolutionary Demography Society
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
1973 - 1974
"Stipendiat" (research associate)
University of Tromsø, Norway
1974 - 1979
Doctoral student
University of Texas, Austin & OTS, Costa Rica
1978 - Present
Senior Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL)
1979 - 1980
Visiting Scholar
Stanford University
1980 - 1985
Research Associate
Stanford University
1986 - 1989
Lecturer
Stanford University
1989 - 1997
Consulting Assistant Professor
Stanford University
1994 - 1995
Associate Director for Research, CCB
Stanford University
1994 - 2006
Senior Research Scientist
Stanford University
1995 - 2006
Director, Center for Conservation Biology (CCB)
Stanford University
1997 - 2002
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Stanford University
2002 - 2006
Consulting Professor
Stanford University
2006 - 2012
Professor (Teaching)
Stanford University
2006 - 2012
Bing Director, Program in Human Biology
Stanford University
2009 - 2012
Affiliated Faculty
Woods Institute for the Environment
2013 - 2018
Director, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2013 - Present
Professor
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2013 - Present
Director emerita, Program in Human Biology
Stanford University
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2012
Award
Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education (a presidential-level award)
Stanford University
2022
Award
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
University of South Carolina
1977
Fellowship
Fellow of the Graduate School
University of Texas at Austin
1978
Fellowship
Fellow of the Graduate School
University of Texas at Austin
1979
Fellowship
Fellow of the Graduate School
University of Texas at Austin
2000
Fellowship
Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences
Califoria Academy of Sciences
2001
Fellowship
American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2010
Fellowship
Stanford Friends University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Stanford University
2011
Fellowship
Stanford Friends University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Stanford University
2012
Fellowship
Stanford Friends University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Stanford University
2001
Honor
Outstanding Faculty Advisor
Program in Human Biology
2013
Honor
Named one of 20 top women professors in California
Online Schools California
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