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Sara Margery Lewis

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Sara Margery Lewis
Born (1953-03-16) March 16, 1953 (age 73)
New Haven, Connecticut
🎓 Alma materHarvard College (AB in Biology), Duke University (Ph.D. in Zoology, mathematics minor)
💼 Occupation

Sara Margery Lewis (born March 16, 1953) is an American biologist who has contributed to the field of coral reef ecology and the evolution of reproductive behavior in insects.[1] She is a professor of biology at Tufts University, co-chair of the Firefly Specialist Group at the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature,[2] and published author of Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies.[3]

Early life and education

Lewis was born in New Haven, Connecticut to parents Vivian Berman and Herbert Daniel Lewis. At age five, after moving to a rural area in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Lewis’ fascination with the natural world began, setting the course for her future career in biology. She graduated from Amity Regional Senior High School, then went on to attend Radcliffe College. In 1976, she graduated from Harvard College with an AB magna cum laude in Biology.[4] Her senior honors thesis at Harvard was completed on the subject of water quality in the Squam Lakes of New Hampshire.[5]

Academic career

After earning her bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard University in 1976, she went on to study at Duke University where she earned a Ph.D. in Zoology with a minor in mathematics in 1984. Her graduate work was conducted on the subject of coral reef ecology at Carrie Bow Cay, the Smithsonian Institution's marine station in Belize. Her work clarified the mechanisms behind which herbivorous fish grazing mediates competitive interactions between seaweeds and reef-building corals.[6][7] She returned to Harvard in 1985 where she spent the next five years as a postdoctoral fellow in organismic and evolutionary biology. Her postdoctoral research analyzed the subject of sexual selection in fireflies and flour beetles.

In 1991, she went on to join the faculty at the Tufts University Department of Biology. She has taught classes in biostatistics, ecology, and science communication as well as classes more closely related to her research including Edible Insects and Evaluating Firefly Extinction Risk Seminar. Since then, she has become a founding member of Fireflyers International, whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for the conservation of fireflies and their habitats through scientific research, education, and advocacy.[1]

Scientific research

Lewis has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications.[8] Some highlights include demonstrating that both cryptic female choice and male sperm competition contribute to postcopulatory sexual selection in Tribolium flour beetles;[9] showing that Photinus firefly females choose mates based on male flash characteristics;[10] revealing the presence,[11] coevolution,[12] and composition[13] of firefly nuptial gifts; and describing how hermit crabs queue up to form vacancy chains that distribute resource benefits to multiple crabs.[14]

Firefly conservation

Lewis is a founding member of Fireflyers International, whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for the conservation of fireflies and their habitats through scientific research, education, and advocacy.[1] Since 2018, Lewis has worked with the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as co-chair of the Firefly Specialist Group, a team of international experts who identified the key threats faced by fireflies, which include habitat degradation, light pollution,[15][16] pesticides, and climate change.[17][18] Prioritizing species with the highest extinction risks, the group works globally and locally to protect fireflies and their habitats.[19]

Partial bibliography

Books

  • Lewis, S. 2016. Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies. Princeton University Press. 250 pp. (Winner of 2016 Best Science/Nature Book - Independent Book Publisher Award)[20]
  • Lewis, S. 2017. Leuchten in der Stille: Über Glühwürmchen und das Glück des Moments. Bastei Lubbe.

Selected articles

  • Owens A.C.S*., S.M. Lewis. 2022. Artificial light impacts the mate success of female fireflies. Royal Society Open Science 9(8):220468. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220468.[21]
  • Owens, A.C.S.*, C. Dressler, S.M. Lewis. 2022. Costs and benefits of “insect-friendly” artificial lights are taxon-specific. Oecologia 199 487-497. doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05189-6[22]
  • Fallon, C.E. A.C Walker, S.M. Lewis, J. Cicero, L. Faust, C.M Heckscher, C.X Pérez-Hernández, B. Pfeiffer, S. Jepsen. 2021. Evaluating firefly extinction risk: initial Red List assessments for North America. PLOS One 16(11): e0259379.[23]
  • Owens, A.C.S.* and S.M. Lewis. 2021. Narrow-spectrum artificial light silences female fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Insect Conservation and Diversity 4: 199-210.[24]
  • Lewis, S.M. A Thancharoen, CH Wong, T López‐Palafox, PV Santos, C Wu… 2021. Firefly tourism: Advancing a global phenomenon toward a brighter future. Conservation Science and Practice e391[25]
  • Owens, A.C.S.* and S.M. Lewis. 2020. Effects of artificial light on growth, development, and dispersal of two North American fireflies. Journal of Insect Physiology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104200[26]
  • Lewis, S.M., C.H. Wong, A.C.S. Owens*, C. Fallon, S. Jepsen, A. Thancharoen, CS. Wu, R De Cock, M. Novak, T. Lopez-Palafox, V. Khoo, and J.M. Reed. 2020. A global perspective on firefly extinction threats. BioScience 70: 157-67. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biz157[27]

Science communication and conservation

Lewis has written many articles for general audiences curious to know more about fireflies, including:

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tufts University: The Lewis Lab, Department of Biology: Home". ase.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Firefly tourism takes flight, sparking wonder and concern". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  3. ↑ "Silent Sparks". Silent Sparks. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  4. ↑ "Sara Lewis | Department of Biology". as.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  5. ↑ "2020 Annual Report, Squam Lakes" (PDF). Squam Lakes Association. 2020. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ Lewis, Sara M. (September 1986). "The Role of Herbivorous Fishes in the Organization of a Caribbean Reef Community". Ecological Monographs. 56 (3): 183–200. doi:10.2307/2937073. ISSN 0012-9615. JSTOR 2937073.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Sara M.; Norris, James N.; Searles, Richard B. (June 1987). "The Regulation of Morphological Plasticity in Tropical Reef Algae by Herbivory". Ecology. 68 (3): 636–641. doi:10.2307/1938468. JSTOR 1938468.
  8. ↑ "Sara Lewis". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  9. ↑ Fedina, Tatyana Y.; Lewis, Sara M. (May 2008). "An integrative view of sexual selection in Tribolium flour beetles". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 83 (2): 151–171. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00037.x. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 18429767. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ Lewis, Sara M.; Cratsley, Christopher K. (2008). "Flash signal evolution, mate choice, and predation in fireflies". Annual Review of Entomology. 53: 293–321. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093346. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 17877452.
  11. ↑ Lewis, S.M., C.K. Cratsley, and J.A. Rooney. 2004. Nuptial gifts and sexual selection in Photinus fireflies. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 234-237.
  12. ↑ South, Adam; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin; Jeng, Ming-Luen; Lewis, Sara M. (April 2011). "Correlated evolution of female neoteny and flightlessness with male spermatophore production in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 65 (4): 1099–1113. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01199.x. ISSN 1558-5646. PMID 21108637. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  13. ↑ Al-Wathiqui, Nooria; Fallon, Timothy R.; South, Adam; Weng, Jing-Ke; Lewis, Sara M. (2016-12-22). "Molecular characterization of firefly nuptial gifts: a multi-omics approach sheds light on postcopulatory sexual selection". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 38556. Bibcode:2016NatSR...638556A. doi:10.1038/srep38556. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5177949. PMID 28004739.
  14. ↑ Rotjan, R.D. and S.M. Lewis. 2010. Social context of shell acquisition in Coenobita clypeatus hermit crabs. Behavioral Ecology 20:639 - 646. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arq027
  15. ↑ Owens, Avalon C. S.; Lewis, Sara. "Fireflies need dark nights for their summer light shows – here's how you can help". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  16. ↑ Greenwood, Veronique; Hickey, Billy (2022-08-11). "When Fireflies Await a Night That Never Comes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  17. ↑ "Conserving the Jewels of the Night | Xerces Society". xerces.org. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  18. ↑ "Fireflies under threat from habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution". the Guardian. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  19. ↑ Fallon, Candace E.; Walker, Anna C.; Lewis, Sara; Cicero, Joseph; Faust, Lynn; Heckscher, Christopher M.; Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil X.; Pfeiffer, Ben; Jepsen, Sarina (2021-11-17). "Evaluating firefly extinction risk: Initial red list assessments for North America". PLOS ONE. 16 (11): e0259379. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1659379F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259379. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8598072 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 34788329 Check |pmid= value (help).
  20. ↑ Lewis, Sara (2016-04-26). Silent Sparks. ISBN 978-0-691-16268-3. Search this book on
  21. ↑ Owens, Avalon C. S.; Lewis, Sara M. (2022). "Artificial light impacts the mate success of female fireflies". Royal Society Open Science. 9 (8): 220468. Bibcode:2022RSOS....920468O. doi:10.1098/rsos.220468. PMC 9364009 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 35958085 Check |pmid= value (help).
  22. ↑ "A Global Perspective on Firefly Extinction Threats". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  23. ↑ Fallon, Candace E.; Walker, Anna C.; Lewis, Sara; Cicero, Joseph; Faust, Lynn; Heckscher, Christopher M.; Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil X.; Pfeiffer, Ben; Jepsen, Sarina (2021-11-17). "Evaluating firefly extinction risk: Initial red list assessments for North America". PLOS ONE. 16 (11): e0259379. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1659379F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0259379. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8598072 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 34788329 Check |pmid= value (help).
  24. ↑ Owens, Avalon C.S.; Lewis, Sara M. (March 2021). "Narrow‐spectrum artificial light silences female fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 14 (2): 199–210. doi:10.1111/icad.12487. ISSN 1752-458X. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  25. ↑ "Brocade Desktop: irua". repository.uantwerpen.be. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  26. ↑ Owens, Avalon C. S.; Lewis, Sara M. (April 2021). "Effects of artificial light on growth, development, and dispersal of two North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Journal of Insect Physiology. 130: 104200. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104200. ISSN 1879-1611. PMID 33607160 Check |pmid= value (help). Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  27. ↑ Lewis, Sara M.; Wong, Choong Hay; Owens, Avalon C. S.; Fallon, Candace; Jepsen, Sarina; Thancharoen, Anchana; Wu, Chiahsiung; Cock, Raphael De; Novák, Martin; López-Palafox, Tania; Khoo, Veronica; Reed, J. Michael (2020). "A Global Perspective on Firefly Extinction Threats". BioScience. 70 (2): 157. doi:10.1093/biosci/biz157. ISSN 0006-3568.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 "Sara Lewis". facultyprofiles.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-08.



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