Margaret Kidwell
| Margaret G. Kidwell | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Fields |
Ecology Evolutionary Biology |
| Institutions | University of Arizona |
| Alma mater |
Nottingham University Iowa State University Brown University |
Margaret G. Kidwell is a Regents Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. .[1] Dr. Kidwell graduated with her Bachelor of Science from Nottingham University in 1953.[1] She received a Master's degree from Iowa State University in 1962.[1] She received a Ph.D. at Brown University in 1973.[1] She remained at Brown University until 1985; throughout her stay at Browns she pursued many different titles, starting with a research fellow position in 1973-1974, moving to becoming assistant professor of Biology in 1980 to becoming a professor of Biology by 1984.[1] From 1985-1994 she was a Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Arizona.[1] At the University of Arizona she has attained many different positions—she has been chair of interdisciplinary program in genetics, Head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.[1] Margaret has more than 4000 citations in Research Gate.[2]
Honours and awards
Kidwell was elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1992.[1] In 1993 she was elected fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. By 1994 she became a regent professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Arizona.[1] She was a recipient of the Key Distinguished Lecture award for the American Genetic Association in 1991.[3] She was also elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996.[4]
Selected publications
- Kidwell, M. G. and D. R. Lisch. 2000. Transposable elements and host genome evolution. Trends Ecol. Evol. 15: 95-99.
- Kidwell, M. G. and D. R. Lisch. 2001. Transposable Elements as Sources of Genomic Variation. Chapter In Mobile DNA II. American Society of Microbiology Press. In press.
- Kidwell, M. G. and D. R. Lisch. 2001. Perspective: Transposable elements, parasitic DNA and genome evolution. Evolution 55: 1-24.
- Silva, J. C. and M. G. Kidwell. 2000. Selection and horizontal transfer in the evolution of P elements. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17:1542-1557
- Evgen'ev, M. B., Zelentsova, H., Mnjoian, L., Poluectova,H., and M. G. Kidwell 2000. Invasion of Drosophila virilis by the Penelope transposable element. Chromosoma 109:350-357.