Courses
This page provide links to the web sites of courses I teach.Biology 418 - Evolutionary Ecology
The course presents an overview of current knowledge and modern research into evolutionary processes acting on contemporary populations; the ecological basis of adaptation; and the consequences of natural selection for population and community dynamics and evolution. Three approaches to the study of evolutionary ecology are introduced: predictive and optimization models; the comparative method; and direct measurement of natural selection in the wild.web site
Biology 548b - Quantitative methods in Ecology & Evolution
Biology 548b is a graduate course on quantitative methods for data analysis in ecology and evolution. The format is a mixture of lectures/discussions on methodological topics and practical workshops using the R package. Topics include graphics, experimental design, statistical model fitting, model selection, computer-intensive methods, meta-analysis, multivariate and phylogenetic comparative methods. Graduate students are assumed to have taken an introductory undergraduate statistics course at some point in their careers. We begin at a fairly basic level using a general linear model approach.web site
Biology 525a - Speciation
The goal of this seminar is to explore the means by which new species arise. Topics include: what species are and what role they may play in diversification; what we have learned about speciation from studies of reproductive isolation, its most defining feature; primary modes of speciation; possible consequence of secondary contact between incipient species; what can be learned about speciation from the genetics of reproductive isolation; and what can be learned from comparative studies of speciation.web site