Lacey Knowles

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L. Lacey Knowles
Nationality American
Scientific career
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.

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Career

Knowles is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist known for her work with speciation, sexual selection, phylogeography, and evolutionary radiation. [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 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 has also served as an associate editor of scientific journals such as Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Systematic Biology, and Heredity. [1] [3] She is the author of Estimating Species Trees: Practical and Theoretical Aspects. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "L. Lacey Knowles". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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). No. Fast Breaking Papers. Thomson Reuters. ScienceWatch. December 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. "Heredity: About the Journal". Heredity. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. Knowles, L. Lacey; Kubatko, Laura S., eds. (September 2010). Estimating Species Trees: Practical and Theoretical Aspects. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN   978-0-470-52685-9.
  5. "2023 AAAS Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2025-03-06.