E-mail: tommy.traverscook@zoology.ubc.ca
My research interests lie in the eco-evolutionary processes governing virulence, local adaptation and shifts along the mutualist-parasite continuum. I particularly study contexts involving multiple biological entities, such as coinfections. Selfish genetic elements and the population-level evolutionary dynamics they drive are also key parts of my research.
Publications
Travers-Cook, T.J., Jokela, J., Buser, C.C. 2023. The evolutionary ecology of fungal killer phenotypes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290, 20231108.
Travers-Cook, T.J., Skirgaila, C., Martin, O.Y., Buser, C.C. 2022. Infection by dsRNA viruses is associated with enhanced sporulation efficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ecology and Evolution 12, e8558.
Education
2025 Dr. Sc. (PhD), ETH Zurich
2020 MRes, Imperial College London
2019 BSc, University of Exeter
Awards
2025 ETH-Medal for Doctoral Dissertation
2024 Leading House for Latin American Region Grant, Exploratory Wine Research