June 2012
Dr. Patrik Nosil
Current Position: European Research Council Independent Research Fellow
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
Alfred Denny Building
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN
UK
Email: patrik.nosil@colorado.edu
Education
1999. B.Sc. Biology. University of Victoria, Canada.
2001-2006. Ph.D. Biology. Simon Fraser University, Canada (advisor Dr. Bernard Crespi).
Academic Positions
2006-2008. Postdoctoral fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada
2008-2009. Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin, Germany
2008-2011. Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
2012-present. Independent Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK
Academic Awards Received
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship A (2000-2002)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship B (2002-2004)
SFU Research matters entrance scholarship (awarded 2000)
Entomological Society of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship (awarded 2002)
Isabelle Steel Memorial Scholarship (awarded 2004)
SFU Graduate Fellowship (awarded 2005)
SFU President's Stipend (awarded 2006)
American Society of Naturalists Young Investigators Prize (awarded 2006)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2006-2008)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Doctoral Prize (2007) (awarded by
NSERC to the top two theses in the natural sciences within a given year)
Governor General of Canada Gold Medal (2007)
Canadian Association for Graduate Students UMI Prize (2007) (awarded for best
science/engineering thesis in Canada)
Dobzhansky Prize (2008) (awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution to one
young evolutionary biologist)
Grant Support
Entomological Society of Canada Postgraduate Travel Award (awarded 2003) - $2000
NSERC graduate travel award (awarded 2004) - $2000
Isabelle Steel Memorial research award (awarded 2004) - $1000
NSF 3-year research grant (awarded 2007 – co-written with Dr. Dan Funk) – $450,000
NSF NESCent working group grant, collaborator (awarded 2009, PI’s Rebecca Safran and
Albert Uy)
CU Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program team grant (awarded 2009) - $2400
CU Innovation Seed Grant – Genomics and speciation (awarded 2010) - $50,000
European Research Council Starter Grant (awarded 2011) – $2,700,000
Books and Edited Volumes
Nosil, P. 2012. Ecological speciation. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Nosil, P. and J.L. Feder. 2012. Genomic divergence during speciation. Phil Trans. R. Soc.
Lond. B. (theme issue).
Peer-Reviewed Publications
1) Crespi, B.J., and P. Nosil. Conflictual speciation: species formation via intragenomic
conflict. submitted.
2) Schwander, T., D. Arbuthnott, G. Gries, R. Gries, P. Nosil, and B.J. Crespi. Mate
discrimination, hydrocarbon divergence and speciation in Timema stick insects. submitted.
3) Flaxman, S.M., J.L. Feder, and P. Nosil. Spatially explicit models of divergence and
genome hitchhiking. submitted.
4) Nosil, P., T.L. Parchman, J.L. Feder, and Z. Gompert. Do highly divergent loci reside in
gene regions affecting speciation? A test using next-generation sequence data in Timema stick
insects. submitted.
5) Nosil, P., Z. Gompert, T. Farkas, A. Comeault, J.L. Feder, C.A. Buerkle, and T.L.
Parchman. 2012. Genomic consequences of multiple speciation processes in a stick insect.
Proc. R Soc. Lond. B. in press.
6) Nosil, P., and P.A. Hohenlohe. 2012. Dimensionality of sexual isolation during
reinforcement and ecological speciation in Timema cristinae stick insects. Evol. Ecol. Res. in
press.
7) Feder, J.L., S.P. Egan, and P. Nosil. 2012. The genomics of speciation-with-gene-flow.
Trends Genet. 28: 342-350.
8) Comeault, A., M. Sommers, T. Schwander, C.A. Buerkle, T. Farkas, P. Nosil, and T.
Parchman. 2012. De novo characterization of the transcriptome of Timema cristinae facilitates
marker discovery and inference of genetic divergence. Mol. Ecol. Res. 12: 549-61.
9) Nosil, P., and J.L. Feder. 2012. Genomic divergence: causes and consequences. Phil.
Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 367: 332-342.
10) Feder, J.L., R. Gejji, S. Yeaman, and P. Nosil. 2012. Establishment of new mutations
under divergence and genome hitchhiking. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 367: 461-474.
11) Servedio, M.R., G.S. Van Doorn, M. Kopp, A.M. Frame, and P. Nosil. 2012. Magic traits,
pleiotropy, and effect sizes: a response to to Haller et al. Trends Ecol. Evol. 27: 5-6.
12) Funk, D.J., S.P. Egan, and P. Nosil. 2011. ‘Isolation-by-Adaptation’ in Neochlamisus leaf
beetles: host-related selection promotes neutral genomic divergence. Mol. Ecol. 20: 46714682.
13) Agarwal, A.F., J.L. Feder, and P. Nosil. 2011. Ecological divergence and the origins of
intrinsic postmating isolation with gene flow. Int. J. Ecol. 2011: 1-15.
14) Feder, J.L., R. Gejii, T.H.Q. Powell, and P. Nosil. 2011. Adaptive chromosomal
divergence driven by mixed geographic mode of evolution. Evolution 65: 2157-2170.
15) Nosil, P., and D. Schluter. 2011. The genes underlying the process of speciation. Trends
Ecol. Evol. 26: 160-167.
16) Nosil, P., and S. Flaxman. 2011. Conditions for mutation-order speciation. Proc. R. Soc.
Lond B. 278: 399-407.
17) Servedio, M.R., G.S. Van Doorn, M. Kopp, A.M. Frame, and P. Nosil. 2011. Magic traits
in speciation: ‘magic’ but not rare? Trends Ecol. Evol. 26: 389-397.
18) Michel, A.P., S. Sim, T. Powell, P. Nosil, and J.L. Feder. 2010. Widespread genomic
divergence during sympatric speciation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107: 9724-9729.
19) Feder, J.L., and P. Nosil. 2010. The efficacy of divergence hitchhiking in generating
genomic islands during ecological speciation. Evolution 64: 1729-1747.
20) Pavey, S., H. Collin, P. Nosil, and S. Rogers. 2010. The role of gene expression in
ecological speciation. Year in Evol. Biol. 1206: 110-129.
21) Matsubayashi, K.W., I. Oshima, and P. Nosil. 2010. Ecological speciation in
phytophagous insects. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 134: 1-27.
22) Feder, J.L., and P. Nosil. 2009. Chromosomal inversions and species differences: when
are genes affecting adaptive divergence and reproductive isolation expected to reside within
inversions? Evolution 63: 3061-3075.
23) Mallet, J., A. Meyer, P. Nosil, and J.L. Feder. 2009. Space, sympatry, and speciation. J.
Evol. Biol. 22: 2332-2341.
24) Nosil, P. 2009. Adaptive population divergence in cryptic color-pattern following a
reduction in gene flow. Evolution 63: 1902-1912.
25) Nosil, P., L. Harmon, and O. Seehausen. 2009. Ecological explanations for (incomplete)
speciation. Trends Ecol. Evol. 24: 145-156.
26) Nosil, P., D.J. Funk, and D. Ortiz-Barrientos. 2009. Divergent selection and
heterogeneous genomic divergence. Mol. Ecol. 18: 375-402.
27) Ortiz-Barrientos, D., Grealy, A., and P. Nosil. 2009. The genetics and ecology of
reinforcement: implications for the evolution of prezygotic isolation in sympatry and beyond.
Year in Evol. Biol. 1168: 156-182.
28) Nosil, P., S.P. Egan, and D.J. Funk. 2008. Heterogeneous genomic differentiation
between walking-stick ecotypes: ‘isolation by adaptation’ and multiple roles for divergent
selection. Evolution 62: 316-336.
29) Nosil, P. 2008. Ernst Mayr and the integration of geographic and ecological factors in
speciation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 95: 26-26.
30) Nosil, P., and R. Yukilevich. 2008. Mechanisms of reinforcement in simulated and
natural polymorphic populations. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 95: 305-319.
31) Nosil, P., and C.P. Sandoval. 2008. Ecological niche dimensionality and the evolutionary
diversification of stick insects. PLoS ONE 3: e1907.
32) Egan, S.P., P. Nosil, and D.J. Funk. 2008. Selection and genomic differentiation during
ecological speciation: isolating the contributions of host-association via a comparative
genome scan of Neochlamisus bebbianae leaf beetles. Evolution 62: 1162-1181.
33) Bolnick, D., and P. Nosil. 2007. Natural selection in populations subject to a migration
load. Evolution 61: 2229-2243.
34) Nosil, P. 2007. Divergent host-plant adaptation and reproductive isolation between
ecotypes of Timema cristinae. Am. Nat. 169: 151-162.
35) Nosil, P., B.J. Crespi, R. Gries, and G. Gries. 2007. Natural selection and divergence in
mate preference during speciation. Genetica 129: 309-327.
36) Hendry, A.P., P. Nosil, and L. Rieseberg. 2007. The speed of ecological speciation.
Funct. Ecol. 21: 455-464.
37) Nosil, P., and B.J. Crespi. 2006. Experimental evidence that predation promotes
divergence during adaptive radiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 9090-9095.
38) Nosil, P., B.J. Crespi, C.P. Sandoval, and M. Kirkpatrick. 2006. Migration and the genetic
covariance between habitat preference and performance. Am. Nat. 167: E66-E78.
39) Nosil, P., and B.J. Crespi. 2006. Ecological divergence promotes the evolution of cryptic
reproductive isolation. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 273: 991-997.
40) Nosil, P., B.J. Crespi, and C.P. Sandoval. 2006. The evolution of host preference in
allopatric versus parapatric populations of Timema cristinae walking-sticks. J. Evol. Biol. 19:
929-942.
41) Funk, D.J., P. Nosil, and B. Etges. 2006. Ecological divergence exhibits consistently
positive associations with reproductive isolation across disparate taxa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 103: 3209-3213.
42) Reimchen, T.E., and P. Nosil. 2006. Replicated ecological landscapes and the evolution
of morphological diversity among Gasterosteus populations from an archipelago on the west
coast of Canada. Can. J. Zool. 84: 643-654.
43) Nosil, P., and A. Mooers. 2005. Testing hypotheses about ecological specialization using
phylogenetic trees. Evolution 59: 2256-2263.
44) Sandoval, C.P., and P. Nosil. 2005. Counteracting selective regimes and host preference
evolution in ecotypes of two species of walking-sticks. Evolution 59: 2405-2413.
45) Nosil, P., and T.E. Reimchen. 2005. Ecological opportunity and levels of morphological
variance within freshwater stickleback populations. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 86: 297-308.
46) Nosil, P., T. Vines, and D.J. Funk. 2005. Perspective: Reproductive isolation caused by
natural selection against immigrants from divergent habitats. Evolution 59: 705-719.
47) Rundle, H., and P. Nosil. 2005. Ecological speciation. Ecol. Letters 8: 336-352.
48) Nosil, P. 2005. The role of selection and gene flow in the evolution of sexual isolation in
Timema stick-insects and other Orthopteroids. J. Orthop. Res. 14: 247-253.
49) Nosil, P. 2004. Reproductive isolation caused by visual predation on migrants between
divergent environments. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 271: 1521-1528.
50) Reimchen, T.E., and P. Nosil. 2004. Variable predation regimes predict the evolution of
sexual dimorphism in a population of threespine stickleback. Evolution 58: 1274-1281.
51) Nosil, P., and B.J. Crespi. 2004. Does gene flow constrain trait divergence or vice-versa?
A test using ecomorphology and sexual isolation in Timema cristinae walking-sticks.
Evolution 58: 101-112.
52) Nosil, P., B.J. Crespi, and C.P. Sandoval. 2003. Reproductive isolation driven by the
combined effects of ecological adaptation and reinforcement. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 270:
1911-1918.
53) Nosil, P., B.J. Crespi, and C.P. Sandoval. 2002. Host-plant adaptation drives the parallel
evolution of reproductive isolation. Nature 417: 440-443.
54) Nosil, P. 2002. Transition rates between specialization and generalization in
phytophagous insects. Evolution 56: 1701-1706.
55) Reimchen, T.E., and P. Nosil. 2002. Temporal variation in divergent selection on spine
number in threespine stickleback. Evolution 56: 2472-2483.
56) Nosil, P. 2002. Food fights in house crickets, Acheta domesticus, and the effects of body
size and hunger level. Can. J. Zool. 80: 409-417.
57) Nosil, P., and T.E. Reimchen. 2001. Tarsal asymmetry, nutritional condition and survival
in water boatmen (Callicorixa vulnerata). Evolution 55: 712-720.
58) Reimchen, T.E., and P. Nosil. 2001. Ecological causes of sex-biased parasitism in threespined stickleback. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 73: 51-63.
59) Nosil, P. 2001. Tarsal asymmetry, trait size and extreme phenotypes in a sexually sizedimorphic water boatman (Callicorixa vulnerata). Can. J. Zool. 79: 1114-1119.
60) Reimchen, T.E., and P. Nosil. 2001. Dietary differences between symmetrical and
asymmetrical pelvic phenotypes in stickleback. Can. J. Zool. 79: 533-539.
61) Nosil, P. 2001. Sexual size dimorphism in a natural population of Callicorixa vulnerata
(Hemiptera: Corixidae). Can. Entomol. 33: 311-313.
62) Reimchen, T.E., and P. Nosil. 2001. Lateral plate asymmetry, diet and parasitism in
threespine stickleback. J. Evol. Biol. 14: 632-645.
Non-refereed contributions and refereed book chapters and articles
63) Feder, J.L., S.P. Egan, and P. Nosil. Speciation and genome evolution. pp. xx-xx. In
‘Princeton Guide to Evolution’ (D. Schluter, ed.) Princeton University Press. in press.
64) Safran, R.L., and P. Nosil. 2012. Speciation: the origin of new species. Nature Education
Knowledge. 3: 17.
65) Nosil, P., and J.L. Feder. 2012. Widespread yet heterogeneous genomic divergence. Mol.
Ecol. in press (News and Views).
66) Nosil, P. 2011. Reproductive isolation. Encylopedia of Genetics, 2nd edition. in press.
67) Nosil, P., and A. Buerkle. 2010. Population genomics. Nature Education Knowledge 1: 8.
68) Niemiller M.L, P. Nosil, and B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2010. Corrigendum: Recent divergencewith-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from
gene genealogies. Mol. Ecol. 19: 1513-1514.
69) Nosil, P. 2009. Habitat preference and the formation of new species. pp. 473-477. In
‘Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology’ (C. Fox, D.F. Westneat, eds.) Oxford University Press.
70) Nosil, P., and H.D. Rundle. 2009. Ecological speciation: natural selection and the
formation of new species. pp. 134-142. In ‘Princeton Guide to Ecology’ (S. Levin, ed.)
Princeton University Press.
71) Nosil, P., and L. Harmon. 2009. Niche dimensionality and ecological speciation. pp. 127–
154. In ‘Speciation and patterns of diversity’ (R. Butlin, J. Bridle, D. Schluter, eds.)
Cambridge University Press.
72) Nosil, P. 2008. Speciation with gene flow may be common. Mol. Ecol. 17: 2103-2106
(News and Views).
73) Funk, D.J., and P. Nosil. 2007. Comparative analyses and ecological speciation in
herbivorous insects. pp. 117-135 In 'Specialization, Speciation, and Radiation: the
Evolutionary Biology of Herbivorous Insects' (K. Tilmon, ed.) California University Press.
74) Nosil, P. 2006. Frequency-dependent selection: when being different makes you not stand
out. Curr. Biol. 16: 806-808 (Dispatch article).
75) Nosil, P. 2005. Darwinian speciation in the 21st century. Ecoscience 12: 434-435 (book
review of Adaptive Speciation by Dieckmann, U., M. Doebeli, J.AJ. Metz, and D. Tautz).
Talks and Presentations at Scientific Meetings
Assortative mating between host-associated morphs of Timema cristinae: implications for
ecological speciation - UBC/SFU/UVIC Ecology and Evolution Meeting, Brackendale, B.C.
(Nov. 2000).
Fitness costs of departures from symmetry: evidence from feeding ability in water boatmen
and parasitism in stickleback - Les Ecologistes seminar, SFU (Jan. 2001).
Premating isolation between host-associated morphs of Timema cristinae: implications for
ecological speciation - Pacific Ecology Conference, Bamfield Marine Station (Feb. 2001).
Divergent natural selection and speciation in Timema walking-sticks - Evolution conference,
Knoxville, TN (Jun. 2001).
Predator-driven ecological divergence promotes premating isolation among populations of a
walking-stick insect - SFU Graduate Student Symposium, SFU (Sept. 2001).
Can selection by predators promote speciation? - Les Ecologistes seminar, SFU (Oct. 2001).
Temporal variation in selection on spine number in stickleback - UBC/SFU/UVIC Ecology
and Evolution Meeting, Brackendale, B.C. (Oct. 2001).
Can selection by predators promote speciation? - Ecology seminar, UBC (Nov. 2001).
Can selection by predators promote speciation? - Ecology seminar, UVIC (Nov. 2001).
Transition rates between specialization and generalization in phytophagous insects - Pacific
Ecology Conference, Port Townsend, WA (Feb. 2002).
Host-plant adaptation drives the parallel evolution of reproductive isolation - Evolution
conference, Urbana, IL (Jun. 2002).
Reproductive isolation driven by a balance between reinforcing selection and gene flow Ecology seminar, UBC (Sept. 2002).
Visualizing the causes of speciation - UBC/SFU/UVIC Ecology and Evolution Meeting,
Brackendale, B.C. (Nov. 2002).
Evolutionary consequences of migration during ecological speciation - Ecology seminar, SFU
(Nov. 2002).
Reproductive isolation driven by the combined effects of ecological adaptation and
reinforcement - Pacific Ecology Conference, Bamfield Marine Station (Feb. 2003).
Predators and phenotypic diversification within stickleback populations - Pacific Ecology
Conference, Bamfield Marine Station (Feb. 2003).
Reproductive isolation driven by the combined effects of ecological adaptation and
reinforcement - Evolution conference, Chico, CA (Jun. 2003).
Ecological divergence drives the evolution of premating isolation in a walking-stick insect Ecology seminar, SFU (Oct. 2003).
Reproductive isolation caused by natural selection against migrants between divergent
environments - UBC/SFU/UVIC Ecology and Evolution Meeting, Brackendale, B.C. (Nov.
2003).
Reproductive isolation driven by the combined effects of ecological adaptation and
reinforcement - CalPEG conference, Irvine, CA (Dec. 2003).
Strength of selection predicts the magnitude of divergence in mating preferences during
reinforcement. Evolution conference, Fort Collins, CO (Jun. 2004).
Ecological divergence drives the evolution of postmating isolation - Ecology seminar, SFU
(Oct. 2004).
Habitat heterogeneity promotes the evolution of a genetic correlation between host preference
and performance - UBC/SFU/UVIC Ecology and Evolution Meeting, Brackendale, B.C.
(Nov. 2004).
Habitat heterogeneity promotes the evolution of a genetic correlation between host preference
and performance - CalPEG conference, San Diego, CA (Dec. 2004).
Migration in heterogeneous habitats generates genetic covariance between host preference
and performance - Evolution conference, Fairbanks, AK (Jun. 2005).
Outstanding questions in the ecology of speciation - Ecology seminar, SFU (Sept. 2005).
Adaptive divergence, reproductive isolation and genomic differentiation between walkingstick ecotypes - Genetics of Speciation Meeting, University of British Columbia, BC (July
2006) (poster).
Niche dimensionality and ecological speciation. Evolution conference, Christchurch, New
Zealand (Jun. 2007).
Natural selection and heterogeneous genomic divergence during speciation. PopGroup
Meeting, Warwick, UK (Dec. 2007).
Adaptive chromosomal divergence driven by mixed geographic mode of evolution. Evolution
conference, Portland, OR (Jun. 2010) – note: presented by Jeff Feder.
Genomic architecture of speciation: islands or continents of divergence? Evolution
conference, Portland, OR (June 2010).
Invited Seminars and Symposium Talks
Ecological divergence drives the evolution of reproductive isolation - Invited speaker,
Population Biology Seminar Series - UC Davis (Jan. 2004).
Natural selection drives the evolution of reproductive isolation - Evolution Seminar Series UC San Diego (Mar. 2004).
Natural selection drives the evolution of reproductive isolation - Evolution Seminar Series UC Riverside (Apr. 2004).
Natural selection drives the evolution of reproductive isolation - Departmental Seminar Series
- WWU (Oct. 2004).
Reproductive isolation driven by the combined effects of ecological adaptation and
reinforcement - Invited Symposium Talk - Entomological Society of America Annual
Meeting, Salt Lake City, Ut (Nov. 2004).
Natural selection drives the evolution of premating isolation - Invited Seminar - UT Austin
(Jan. 2005).
Natural selection drives the evolution of premating isolation - Departmental Seminar - BYU
(Apr. 2005).
Natural selection and the evolution of sexual forms of reproductive isolation - Invited
Symposium Talk - Orthopterists' Society Annual Meeting, Canmore, AB (Aug. 2005).
Outstanding questions in the ecology of speciation - Departmental Seminar - Sheffield, UK
(Nov. 2005).
Outstanding questions in the ecology of speciation - Departmental Seminar - University
College London, UK (Nov. 2005).
Outstanding questions in the ecology of speciation - Departmental Seminar - Bern University,
SWI (Nov. 2005).
Outstanding questions in the ecology of speciation - Invited Keynote Symposium Talk Speciation symposium at the Natural History Museum - London UK (Nov. 2005).
The ecology of speciation - Population Biology Seminar - Duke University (Dec. 2005).
Outstanding questions in the ecology of speciation - Invited Keynote Symposium Talk Graduate symposium - McGill University (Dec. 2005).
The ecology of speciation - Departmental Seminar - Vanderbilt University (Feb. 2006).
Microevolutionary processes and the formation of new species - Invited Symposium Talk,
Young Scientists Symposium - University of Michigan Ann Arbor (May 2006).
Integrating experimental and comparative approaches provides unique insight into ecological
speciation - American Society of Naturalists Young Investigators Symposium Talk, Evolution
conference, Stony Brook, NY (June 2006).
Ernst Mayr and ecological factors in speciation – A Century of Evolution, a Symposium in
honor of Ernst Mayr, London, UK (Oct. 2006).
Ecological speciation: details and generalities – Departmental Seminar – University of
California Santa Barbara (March 2007).
Ecological speciation: details and generalities – Ecology Seminar – Oxford University, UK
(March 2007).
Ecological speciation: details and generalities – Ecology Seminar – Zurich, SWI (March
2007).
Ecological speciation: details and generalities – Ecology Seminar – Leeds University, UK
(March 2007).
Niche dimensionality and ecological speciation – Ecology and Speciation, the annual
symposium of the British Ecological Society – Sheffield, UK (March 2007).
Ecological speciation: details and generalities – Departmental Seminar – Queensland
University, Brisbane Australia (July 2007).
Ecological speciation: details and generalities – Departmental Seminar – Auckland
University, New Zealand (July 2007).
Stages of ecological speciation in Timema walking-stick insects – Symposium Talk at the
International Symposium on the Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, Hokkaido
University, Japan (Oct. 2007).
Natural selection and the origins of biodiversity – Canadian Association for Graduate
Students Annual Meeting, New Brunswick, Canada (Oct. 2007).
Stages of ecological speciation in Timema walking-stick insects – Departmental Seminar –
University of Basel, Switzerland (Nov. 2007).
Two ecological explanations for (failed) speciation – Invited seminar – Biology 08 meeting,
University of Lausanne, Switzerland (Feb. 2008).
Two ecological explanations for (failed) speciation – University of Oklahoma – graduate
student invited speaker (Feb. 2008).
Ecological explanations for (failed) speciation – Annual Meeting for the Society for the Study
of Evolution – Dobzhansky prize talk – University of Minnesota (June 2008).
Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation – Potsdam University, Germany (Nov.
2008).
Strong versus multifarious selection in the origin of species – Museum of Natural History,
Berlin (Nov. 2008).
Strong versus multifarious selection in the origin of species – University of Bern (Dec. 2008).
Divergent selection and heterogeneous genomic divergence – EAWAG, Lucerne (Dec. 2008).
Natural selection and the (incomplete) formation of new species – Wissenschaftskolleg,
Berlin (Jan. 2009).
Ecological explanations for (incomplete) speciation – University of Texas, Austin (Apr.
2009).
Natural selection and the (incomplete) formation of new species – University of Colorado,
Boulder (Nov. 2009).
Natural selection and the (incomplete) formation of new species – American Museum of
Natural History, New York (Jan. 2010).
Natural selection and the (incomplete) formation of new species – University of Wyoming
(Feb. 2010).
Natural selection and (incomplete) speciation – University of Toronto, Annual Graduate
Student Symposium (Apr. 2010).
Genomic architecture of speciation: theory and data from herbivorous insects. ERC funded
workshop on Frontiers in Speciation Research (FROSpects). Holar, Iceland (Aug. 2010).
Phenotypic and genomic tests of two hypotheses for species formation – University of
Lausanne (Nov. 2010).
Phenotypic and genomic tests of two hypotheses for species formation – University of
Missouri (Feb. 2011).
Phenotypic and genomic tests of two hypotheses for species formation – University of Denver
(Feb. 2011).
Phenotypic and genomic tests of two hypotheses for species formation – University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor – Graduate Student Invited Speaker (Feb. 2011).
Genomic architecture of ecological speciation – Harvard University – OEB seminar (March
2011).
Genomic architecture of ecological speciation – McGill University (April 2011).
Genomic architecture of ecological speciation – Kastanienbaum, Switzerland (May 2011).
The ecological and genomic basis of species formation – Goettingen, Germany (June 2011).
Genomic consequences of multiple speciation processes. I. Data – University of Idaho
(October 2011).
Genomic consequences of multiple speciation processes. II. Theory – University of Idaho
(October 2011).
Genomic consequences of multiple speciation processes – University of Lausanne (Nov.
2011).
Two strategies for conducting biological research – University of Neuchâtel Graduate Student
Conference (Nov. 2011).
Phases of genomic divergence during speciation – ITN training network Finland (Feb. 2012).
Phases of genomic divergence during speciation – Genetics of speciation workshop, Uppsala
(Mar. 2012).
Genomic divergence during speciation – University of Chicago (Apr. 2012).
Teaching Experience
EBIO 3080 – Evolution (110 undergraduate students), fall 2009, 2010, 2011
EBIO 5110 – Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Biology (Speciation, 15 graduate students),
fall 2009
EBIO 4460/5560 – Evolutionary Genetics (24 students, mix of undergraduates and graduates)
Six guest undergraduate lectures on general topics in ecology and evolution at UCSB, SFU,
and the Bamfield Marine Station
Services to the Scientific Community
Review of 124 Manuscripts for 29 different peer-reviewed journals including Nature (7),
Science (1), Evolution (36), American Naturalist (7), Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA (5), Journal of Evolutionary Biology (5), Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London B (6), Behavioural Ecology (3), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1), Ecological
Entomology (1), Journal of Animal Ecology (1), Biology Letters (1), Heredity (4), Functional
Ecology (1), Journal of Heredity (1), Biology Direct (2), Plant Ecology and Diversity (1),
International Journal of Parasitology (1), International Journal of Ecology (3), Biotropica
(1), Evolutionary Ecology Research (1), Molecular Ecology (10), Biological Journal of the
Linnean Society (4), BMC Evolutionary Biology (1), Evolutionary Ecology (1), Public
Library of Science Biology (6), Public Library of Science One (1), Molecular Biology and
Evolution (3), Trends in Ecology and Evolution (10)
Faculty member of Faculty of 1000 (F1000)
Review of 3-year research proposal for National Science Foundation (3 proposals)
Review of 5-year research CAREER grant proposal for National Science Foundation
Review of Graduate Women in Science Fellowship application for the National Science
Foundation
Co-chair (with Rutger Vos), organizing committee for the 24th Annual Pacific Ecology and
Evolution Conference (2003)
Co-organizer (with Dr. Steve Vamosi) for Symposium on ‘Predation and Evolution
Diversification’ held at the 11th congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology,
August 2007
Co-organizer (with Dr.’s Axel Meyer, Jim Mallet, and Jeff Feder) for Symposium on
‘Genetics of adaptation and speciation’ held at the Institute for Advanced Study,
Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin, March 2009
Training of Undergraduates
Fieldwork - T. Leverage, E. Lopez, M. Javid, W. Deacy, C. Lee
Insect Rearing, Experimental work - J. Smith, J. Ford, K. Smith, C. Paul, M. Zheng, P. Mahal,
W. Deacy, S. Lopez-Fanuel
Molecular Work - C. Riley, N. Spiegel, M. Sommers
Other – Adrienne Jones, William Preston
External examiner on theses
Xavier Thibert-Plante (McGill University), Moritz Muschick (University of Basel)
Member of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Naturalists, the
European Society for Evolutionary Biology, and the Canadian Society for Ecology and
Evolution
Referees for Patrik Nosil
Dr. B.J. Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S9
Phone: 604 291-3533
Fax: 604 291-3496
email: crespi@sfu.ca
Dr. Dolph Schluter
Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Phone: 604 822-2387
Fax: 604 822-2416
email: schluter@zoology.ubc.ca
Dr. Arne Mooers
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S9
Phone: 604 291-4649
Fax: 604 291-3496
email: amooers@sfu.ca