Lacey Knowles

L. Lacey Knowles
Nationality American
Fields Ecology, evolutionary biology
Institutions University of Michigan
Website
www.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/people/knowlesllacey_ci

L. Lacey Knowles is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist known for her work with speciation, sexual selection, phylogeography, and evolutionary radiation.[1] As of 2012, she is a professor at the University of Michigan and the curator of insects at the university's museum of zoology.[2] She has been an elected member of the councils for the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Society of Systematic Biology.[1] Knowles received her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and had a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona[1] As of 2014, she has been involved in the publication of over 5,000 articles in scientific journals, including "The burgeoning field of statistical phylogeography," which has been cited over 200 times from the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.[1][3] Knowles has also served as an associate editor of scientific journals such as Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Systematic Biology, and Heredity.[1][4] She is the author of Estimating Species Trees: Practical and Theoretical Aspects.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "L. Lacey Knowles". University of Michigan. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "L. Lacey Knowles talks with ScienceWatch.com and answers a few questions about this month's Fast Breaking Paper in the field of Environment & Ecology." (PDF) (Fast Breaking Papers). Thomson Reuters. ScienceWatch. December 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Knowles, L. Lacey (1 January 2004). "The burgeoning field of statistical phylogeography". Journal of evolutionary biology 17 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00644.x. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Heredity: About the Journal". Heredity. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Knowles, L. Lacey; Kubatko, Laura S., eds. (September 2010). Estimating Species Trees: Practical and Theoretical Aspects. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-470-52685-9.

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