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Jane Reid
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Jane Reid is an evolutionary ecologist from the UK, she is International Chair Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)[1][2] in Trondheim, Norway and is also Professor of Population & Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Aberdeen.[3]
Key Information
Career
[edit]Reid was educated at the University of Cambridge studying Natural Sciences, she then did a PhD in behavioural ecology at the University of Glasgow. She did a Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia and then a Junior Research Fellowship at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 2006 she moved to the University of Aberdeen as a Royal Society University Research Fellow[4] and was made Professor of Population & Evolutionary Ecology in 2014. In 2019 she was made International Chair Professor at NTNU.[5]
Reid looks evolutionary and population ecology, in particular of birds, her research has included the evolutionary implications of song sparrow mating behaviours[6] and the effect of weather on bird populations.[7]
Books
[edit]Chapter 39 Don't just sit there reading, in Curious About Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork by Tim Burt and Des Thompson, published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.[8]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Awarded the Zoological Society of London's Scientific Medal in 2012.[9]
- Awarded the Marsh Award for Ornithology by the British Trust for Ornithology and the Marsh Christian Trust in 2013.[10]
- Awarded the University of Aberdeen Principal's Prize for Public Engagement with Research in 2013.[11]
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2017.[12]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "News - Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD) - NTNU". www.ntnu.edu. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Jane Reid: Playing the Ecological Long Game". Ecology for the Masses. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Professor Jane Reid | Staff Profile | The School of Biological Sciences | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Marsh Award for Ornithology | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology". www.bto.org. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "News - Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD) - NTNU". www.ntnu.edu. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "For monogamous sparrows, it doesn't pay to stray (but they do it anyway)". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Struggling seabirds 'just starve to death'". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Burt, Tim; Thompson, Des, eds. (2020). Curious about Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork. Cambridge Core. doi:10.1017/9781108552172. ISBN 9781108552172. S2CID 242711422. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Zoological Society London (2019). "Scientific Medal Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Marsh Christian Trust – Marsh Award for Ornithology". www.marshchristiantrust.org. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Principal's Prize for Public Engagement with Research | Public Engagement with Research | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Professor Jane Margaret Reid FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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Jane Reid
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Jane Reid is a Scottish evolutionary biologist known for her research on the evolutionary ecology and quantitative genetics of wild animal populations. Her work integrates long-term field studies with advanced statistical modeling to understand how natural selection shapes life-history traits, parental care, and inbreeding effects in song sparrows and other species.
Reid serves as a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, where she leads research on eco-evolutionary dynamics and the genetic basis of fitness variation in natural environments. She previously held positions at institutions including Simon Fraser University and has collaborated on international projects examining the interplay between genetics, environment, and evolution in wild birds.[1]
Her contributions have advanced understanding of how additive genetic variance, maternal effects, and environmental heterogeneity influence adaptive evolution, with findings published in leading journals such as The American Naturalist, Ecology Letters, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Reid's research has practical implications for conservation biology and the study of climate change impacts on wildlife populations.
Little public information is available regarding her early life, personal background, or non-professional activities, as is common for many academics where focus remains on professional contributions.