My general interest is in studying the process of evolution by natural selection from an experimental perspective and testing evolutionary theory in natural populations. I primarily work on guppies from the Caribbean Island of Trinidad.

For descriptions on my current research projects, please click on the links below:

FIBR Guppy Research

Evolution of the Placenta in the livebearing fish family Poeciliidae

Significant extramural honors/awards/recognitions:

• Distinguished Professor of Biology (2013)
• Vice President, American Society of Naturalists (2011)
• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)
• Keynote Speaker:  Third Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators (1/2009)
• Principle Investigator:  NSF FIBR program (9/2006)
• Nature’s Evolution Gems – 12/08 – Nature 441: 633-636 
• Thompson-Reuter’s Paper of the Month – 10/08 – Nature 431: 1095-109
• Doyle Lectureship, University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario – (4/2006)
• Keynote Speaker:  Gordon Conference on the Biology of Ageing (8/2004)
• E. O. Wilson Naturalist Prize (2003)

Invited Lectures:

• Darwin Day Lecture, University of Toronto (2012)
• Darwin Day Lecture, University of Alberta (2011)
• Darwin Day Lecture, Simon Fraser University (2010)