Jean Richardson
| Jean Richardson | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏡 Residence | London, Ontario |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Toronto (B.Sc., M.Sc.), Dartmouth College (Ph.D.) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.jeanrichardson.ca |
Jean Richardson is an evolutionary ecologist and biostatistician who currently offers freelance work in biostatistical analysis, scientific editing, and topics regarding evolutionary ecology. Throughout her various positions Richardson has conducted research, published articles, taught, and mentored students in ecology, evolution, and animal behavior.
Early life and education[edit]
Richardson was born in Canada and up until attending the University of Toronto, she lacked any interest in ecology.[1] From 1989-1992, Richardson earned her Bachelor of Science as a double-major in Biology and Psychology at the University of Toronto, where she became interested in animal behavior and discovered a passion for research.[1] Her thesis project later resulted in her first publication in 1994, in which she conducted research on shoaling behavior in White Cloud Mountain minnows, testing if shoaling is primarily used defensively to protect the fish from predators, along with potential impacts this behavior has on competition and foraging.[2][3] Richardson remained at the University of Toronto to receive her Master’s of Science in Zoology in 1994.[1] As she became more interested in ecology and evolution, Richardson attended Dartmouth College and earned her Ph.D. in 1999; her dissertation research focused on frog larval communities and was completed with the supervision of Mark A. Mcpeek.[1][4]
Career and research[edit]
In 2000 after getting her Ph.D., Richardson spent a year doing post-doctoral research in the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University with Joseph Travis.[1] She then returned to Canada to do post-doctoral research in the Department of Zoology at the University of Toronto for two years.[5] In 2002, Richardson took a position as an Assistant Professor at Brock University in Ontario.[6] During this time she taught classes in ecology, evolution, animal behavior, and field courses at the Wildlife Research Station in Algonquin Park. Richardson additionally took on the initiative of setting up a lab, which allowed her to mentor undergraduate and graduate students. Richardson then began doing research full-time in 2008, working as a research assistant at the University of Victoria, where she remained for two years.[7] She incorporated these previous positions as she began working at the Bamfield Marine Science Center in 2011, doing research, teaching, and workshops.[8] Since 2014, Richardson has returned home to Ontario and offers freelance work in biostatistical analysis, scientific editing, and evolutionary ecology topics.[citation needed]
Notable publications[edit]
Richardson’s work has been influential in shaping future research in her field.[9] Some of her more frequently cited articles include:
- Physiological and behavioral responses to predators shape the growth/predation risk trade-off in damselflies, Ecology, 2001[10]
- A comparative study of activity levels in larval anurans and response to the presence of different predators, Behavioral Ecology, 2001[11]
- The effect of artificial light on male breeding-season behavior in green frogs, Rana clamitans melanota, Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2006[12]
Awards and recognition[edit]
- 2003, George Mercer Award, Ecological Society of America:[13] Richardson received the George Mercer Award for her paper “the relative roles of adaptation and phylogeny in determination of larval traits in diversifying anuran lineages”,[11] in which she compared how both adaptation and phylogeny each contribute to various traits in the larvae of frog and toad species.
- The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Postdoctoral Fellows program at the University of Toronto:[14] Richardson was chosen for the EEB program to conduct research in these subjects, sponsored by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Jean L. Richardson – The Ecological Society of America's History and Records". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "JML Richardson - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "Jean Richardson – Clarity in Words and Numbers". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "EEES Alumni – Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, and Society". sites.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "Alumni". Locke Rowe. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "2006-2007 Graduate Calendar - Biological Sciences". brocku.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "Jean M L Richardson | PhD | University of Victoria, Victoria | UVIC". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "Fall Activities at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre | Ocean Networks Canada". www.oceannetworks.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "George Mercer Award" (PDF). Ecological Society of America. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Richardson, Jean M. L.; Grace, Margaret; McPeek, Mark A. (2001-06-01). "Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Predators Shape the Growth/Predation Risk Trade-Off in Damselflies". Ecology. 82 (6): 1535–1545. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1535:PABRTP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1939-9170.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Richardson, Jean M. L. (2001-01-01). "A comparative study of activity levels in larval anurans and response to the presence of different predators". Behavioral Ecology. 12 (1): 51–58. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.beheco.a000378. ISSN 1045-2249.
- ↑ "JML Richardson - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "George Mercer Award – The Ecological Society of America's History and Records". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "postdoc". www.eeb.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
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