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Stephen C. Stearns
BornDecember 12, 1946 (1946-12-12) (age 77)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materYale University, University of Wisconsin, University of British Columbia
Known forLife history evolution, evolutionary medicine
SpouseBeverly Peterson Stearns
ChildrenJustin Stearns, Jason Stearns
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology, Life history evolution, Evolutionary medicine
InstitutionsDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University
Thesis A comparison of the evolution and expression of life history traits in stable and fluctuating environments: Gambusia affinis in Hawaii  (1975)
Notable studentsJacob Koella, Dieter Ebert, Tad Kawecki, Martin Ackermann

Stephen C. Stearns (born December 12, 1946, in Kapaau, Hawaii and raised in Hawi, Hawaii)[citation needed], an American biologist, is the Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. He is known for his work in life history theory and evolutionary medicine.[1]

Education and training

Investment in Infrastructure

Awards and Honors

Positions

  • 2000–present: Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
  • 1983–2000: Professor of Zoology, University of Basel.[7]
  • 1978–1983: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Reed College
  • 1995: Vice president of the Society for the Study of Evolution
  • 1995–1996: Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Basel
  • 1991–1998: President, Tropical Biology Association.
  • 1994–1998: Chair, European Science Foundation Program in Population Biology.
  • 2002–2005: Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
  • 1986–1991: Managing Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • 2012–2016: Editor in Chief, Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health

Selected publications

Books
  • The Evolution of Sex and its Consequences (Birkhaeuser 1987) ISBN 978-3-0348-6273-8
  • The Evolution of LIfe Histories (Oxford University Press 1992) ISBN 978-0-19-857741-6
  • Evolution in Health and Disease (Oxford University Press 1999, 2nd Ed with Jacob Koella 2007) ISBN 978-0-19-920746-6[8]
  • Watching, from the Edge of Extinction (first author Beverly Peterson Stearns, Yale University Press 1999) ISBN 978-0-300-07606-6[9][10]
  • Evolution, an Introduction (with Rolf Hoekstra, Oxford University Press 2000, 2nd Ed 2005) ISBN 978-0-19-925563-4[11]
  • Evolutionary Medicine (with Ruslan Medzhitov, Sinauer 2016) ISBN 978-1-60535-260-2
Papers
  • Stearns, Stephen C. (1976), "Life-history tactics: A review of the ideas", The Quarterly Review of Biology, 51 (1): 3–47, doi:10.1086/409052, JSTOR 2825234.
  • Stearns, Stephen C. (1977), "The evolution of life history traits: A critique of the theory and a review of the data" (PDF), Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 8: 145–171, doi:10.1146/annurev.es.08.110177.001045, JSTOR 2096724.
  • Stearns, Stephen C.; Koella, Jacob C. (1986), "The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits: Predictions of reaction norms for age and size at maturity" (PDF), Evolution, 40 (5): 893–913, doi:10.2307/2408752.
  • Stearns, Stephen C. (1989), "The evolutionary significance of phenotypic plasticity", BioScience, 39 (7): 436–445, doi:10.2307/1311135, JSTOR 1311135.
  • Stearns, S. C. (1989), "Trade-offs in life-history evolution" (PDF), Functional Ecology, 3 (3): 259–268, doi:10.2307/2389364, JSTOR 2389364.

References

  1. ^ "Noted zoologist Stephen Stearns is new Bass Professor", Yale Bulletin and Calendar, 29 (1), 1 September 2000.
  2. ^ a b c Stearns, S. C. (2008), "How the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology were founded" (PDF), Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 (6): 1449–1451, doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01626.x.
  3. ^ http://www2.macleans.ca/tag/journal-of-evolutionary-biology/
  4. ^ http://www.yale.edu/eeb/stearns/honors_swiss.htm
  5. ^ Lim, Tse Yang (Spring 2011), "That wondrous feeling of learning something new: Tse Yang Lim '11 offered these comments about his teacher, Professor Stephen Stearns, at the DeVane Award ceremony in February", Inside the Classroom: Undergraduate Teaching at Yale.
  6. ^ http://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/staendiges-gastrecht-an-der-alma-mater-fuer-regine-aeppli-1.18530377
  7. ^ "News: Noted zoologist Stephen Stearns is new Bass Professor". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. 29 (1). 1 September 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  8. ^ Behnke, J. M. (7 January 2009). "Review: Evolution in Health and Disease, 2nd edition, edited by S. C. Sterns and J. C. Koella". Parasit Vectors. 2: 4. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-4. PMC 2628889.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  9. ^ Dudgeon, D. (January 2001). "Review: Watching, from the edge of extinction by B. P. Stearns & S. C. Stearns". Porcupine! Newsletter of the Dept. of Ecology & Biodiversity, U. of Hong Kong (22): 28–29.
  10. ^ Stearns, B. P.; Stearns, S. C. (2010). "Still watching, from the edge of extinction". BioScience. 60 (2): 141–146.
  11. ^ Zimmerman, William F. (June 2007). "Review: Evolution: An Introduction, 2nd edition by Stephen C. Stearns and Rolf Hoekstra". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 82 (2): 149.

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