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Andrew MacColl

Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

B.Sc. Ecological Science, University of Edinburgh, 1990. Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, 1998. Research assistant, University of Cambridge 1990 -1994. Postdoctoral research assistant, University of Edinburgh, 1999. Postdoctoral research assistant, University of Sheffield, 2000 - 2003. Royal Society Travelling Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2004. NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Nottingham, 2005 - 2008. Lecturer, University of Nottingham, 2005 - 2013. Associate Professor, University of Nottingham, 2013 - 2019. Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, 2019 - present.

Expertise Summary

Population ecology of vertebrates.

Ecology of freshwater fish, especially stickleback.

Fish parasitology.

Fieldwork.

Population genomics.

Teaching Summary

I teach a second year residential 'Biodiversity Field Course' which goes to the area around Dovedale in the English Peak District each September. Students learn basic ecological surveying and… read more

Research Summary

The main theme of our research is to understand the role of ecology in driving natural selection and how this can produce the divergent evolution between populations that accumulates into speciation.… read more

School of Life Sciences

University of Nottingham
Medical School
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham NG7 2UH

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