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Albert B Phillimore Curriculum Vitae Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT Email: [email protected] Webpage: http://phillimore.bio.ed.ac.uk/ Tel : +44(0)131 6505413 POSITIONS HELD AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 2012 – 2010 – 2011 2007 – 2010 2007 – 2007 2006 – 2006 2002 – 2006 1998 – 2001 NERC Advanced Fellowship, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Edinburgh University Junior Research Fellowship, Division of Biology, Imperial College London PDRA NERC Centre for Population Biology PDRA University of Chicago, PI: Prof. Trevor Price. NERC funded PDRA, Imperial College London, PI: Prof. Ian Owens. PhD on “The Ecological Basis of Speciation and Divergence in Birds”. Imperial College. Supervisor: Prof Ian P.F. Owens. Funded by NERC. Zoology, BSc Hons, University of Glasgow. FUNDING 2011 2010 £665,585 £1000 2010 2010 €200,549 2008 2008 £1250 £2750 2003 £2000 NERC advanced fellowship (NE/I020598/1). Centre for Ecology and Evolution symposium grant to coordinate a symposium on “How do ecological processes affect macroevolutionary patterns?” Held March 2011. “BIRDISLAND” Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship awarded to Luis Valente (co-PI) ESF Frontiers in Speciation Research to host a visit from Dr Rampal Etienne (Groningen University). Royal Society Conference Grant to attend American Ornithologists Union conference. Centre for Ecology and Evolution small grant addressing “the geography of speciation in Heliconius butterflies” (joint with Prof. James Mallet and Ms Blanca Huertas). London Universities Central Research Fund for fieldwork in Vanuatu. AWARDS 2012 2001 Margary lecture, Royal Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, London Wetlands Centre Graham Kerr Memorial Prize for undergraduate studies, Glasgow University. TEACHING Edinburgh th • Course co-organiser “Climate change and evolution” 4 year Honours course. (autumn 2012 onwards) • Lecturing on evolutionary ecology of life history (2 lectures) 2011. Imperial • Lecturing on Ecology, Evolution and Conservation MSc (4 lectures and two afternoon sessions covering population genetics and quantitative genetics). 2009-2011. rd • Lecturing 3 year undergraduate macroevolution course (3 lectures and an R practical on the topic of adaptive radiation). 2010-2011 nd • Lecturing 2 year undergraduate ecology course (2 lectures on macroecology). 2008-2011. External • Invited lecturer for Marie Curie initial training network focused on “Integrating ecology and evolution in diversity research”, held at Konnevesi Research Station, Finland (31 May - 02 June 2010). STUDENT SUPERVISION PhD 2012 – Christine Tansey, “The effects of plasticity, local adaptation and interspecific interactions on fitness in a changing environment”. Primary supervisor. Co-supervisors are Prof. Graham Stone & Dr Jarrod Hadfield. 2012 – Caroline Thomson, Second supervisor. Co-supervised with Dr Jarrod Hadfield. 2008 – Neil Rosser. “Ecology and evolution of Neotropical butterflies”. Second supervisor. Co-supervised with Prof. James Mallet. 1 MSc 2011 2011 2010 2010 2009 2008 2008 Konstantinos Proios: Plasticity versus microevolution: unravelling long-term phenological responses to climate change in British populations of Quercus robur. Stuart Young: Investigating the age of island populations using the Macarthur Wilson model of island biogeography Naiara O’Mahony: “Investigating the contribution of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity to geographic variation in the phenology of flowering plants across Britain”. Sandra Stålhandske: “Dissecting contribution of local adaptation and plasticity to the phenology of a butterfly and its two host plants”. Diane Lawrence: “Investigating the effect of coevolution on community productivity”. Co-supervised with Prof. Tim Barraclough. Feng Xiao: “Ecogeographic variation in wing length and mass of great tits (Parus major) and blue tits (Parus caeruleus)”. Co-supervised with Dr Owen Jones. Silwood supervisor to Henry Brown (2008), Jonathan Dunn, Sozos Michaelides and Alistair Senior (all 2009), Nicholas Crouch, Samantha Farrell and Jonathan Kennedy (all 2010). Undergraduate year placement 2008/09 Frances Medaney: “To what extent does phylogeny predict patterns of antibiotic resistance and genetic exchange in soil bacteria?” Co-supervised with Dr Richard Ellis. External Student Advisor 2012 - Jonathan Rolland, CNRS, Paris. POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY 2012 2012 2011 2008/09 2007/08 Committee Member, British Ecological Society special interest group for macroecology. International Biogeography Society subcommittee for MacArthur and Wilson Award. External examiner for MPhil student viva (University of Cambridge) Co-organiser of Silwood Park Ecology and Evolution reading group. Co-organiser of Silwood Park Ecology and Evolution seminar series. PRESENTATIONS Conference/symposium Organising 2012 British Ecological Society Annual Meeting Coordinated session on “New directions in phenology at a macro scale”. 2011 Centre for Ecology and Evolution Spring Symposium on “Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research”. Co-organised with Lynsey McInnes and held at ZSL. Invited conference/symposium talks 2012 Margary Lecture, Royal Meteorological Society Meeting. London Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre. th 2012 KEYNOTE: 6 Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group for Macroecology. Frankfurt. 2011 “Macroecology meets quantitative genetics”. International Biogeography Society. Heraklion, Crete 2010 “Why the common frog might croak it?” Imperial JRF conference. 2009 “How can we explain pervasive slowdowns in avian speciation?” Society for the Study of Systematics Annual Symposium at the 2009 Evolution Meeting, Moscow, Idaho. 2008 “Complex patterns of genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird”. American Ornithologist's Union, Portland, Oregon. 2007 “Speciation slowdowns: stochasticity or adaptive radiation?” BES annual symposium on “Ecology and Speciation”, Sheffield University. 2006 “Islands as evolutionary model systems”. CEE workshop on Evolution and Ecology on Islands. Held at ZSL. Contributed conference presentations 2010 “Macroecology meets quantitative genetics”. British Ecological Society, Leeds. 2009 “The geography of speciation in Heliconius butterflies”. CEE, London. rd 2008 “Using contemporary distribution patterns to infer past speciation processes”. 3 Speciation Symposium, Natural History Museum. 2007 “Using subspecies to test biogeographic correlates of phenotypic divergence”. Evolution, Stony Brook, USA. 2005 “Drift, selection and island subspecies”. Edward Grey Institute student conference, Oxford, UK. Invited seminars 2012 Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University 2012 Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh 2012 Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford 2011 Institute of Zoology, London 2011 Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen 2 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2007 2007 2006 2005 2005 Evolution, ecology, environment and behaviour seminar series, University of Sussex School of Biological Sciences, Bristol University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Sheffield University. The Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London Evolutionary Morphology Seminar Series, University of Chicago Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility, Sheffield University NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London WORKSHOPS 2012 2010 2008 2007 Participant: British ecological Society discussion of the 100 most important questions in ecology. Held at Darwin House, London. Participant: UKpopNet workshop on ecosystem-level effects of climate change induced phenological shift. Held at Durham University. Co-organiser: Outstanding questions in speciation research. Held at Silwood Park. Participant: Reconciling biogeography, phylogeny and community ecology. Held at Silwood Park. PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Papers Phillimore, A. B., Stålhandske, S., Smithers, R. J., Bernard, R. (In press) Dissecting the contributions of plasticity and local adaptation to the phenology of a butterfly and its host plants. American Naturalist Lawrence, D., Fiegna, F., Behrends, V., Bundy, J. G., Phillimore, A. B., Bell, T. Barraclough, T. G. (2012) Species interactions alter species responses to a novel environment. PLoS Biology 10: e1001330 (http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001330). Faculty of 1000 Must Read Rosser, N., Phillimore, A. B., Huertas, B., Willmott, K. R & Mallet, J. (2012) Testing historical explanations for gradients in heliconiine butterflies of tropical America. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 479-497. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01814.x/pdf) Etienne, R., Haegeman, B., Stadler, T., Aze, T., Pearson, P.N., Purvis, A., Phillimore, A.B. (2012) Diversity-dependence brings molecular phylogenies closer to agreement with the fossil record. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences 279: 1300-1309 (http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/279/1732/1300.full.pdf+html) Bunnefeld, N. & Phillimore, A. B. (2012) Island, archipelago and taxon effects: mixed models as a means of dealing with the imperfect design of nature’s experiments. Ecography 35: 15-22 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07078.x/full) McInnes, L. (& 10 authors) & Phillimore, A. B. (2011) MEETING REPORT: Integrating ecology in macroevolutionary research. Biol. Letts. (http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/04/28/rsbl.2011.0358.full.pdf+html) Rosindell, J. & Phillimore, A.B. (2011) A unified model for island biogeography sheds light on the zone of radiation. Ecology Letters 14: 552-560 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01617.x/pdf) Meiri, S., Raia, P., & Phillimore, A.B. (2011) Slaying dragons: limited evidence for unusual body size evolution on islands. Journal of Biogeography 38: 89-100. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.13652699.2010.02390.x/full) Phillimore, A.B.*, Hadfield, J.D.*, Jones, O.R., Smithers, R.J. (2010) Differences in spawning date between populations of common frog reveal local adaptation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 107: 8292-8297. (http://www.pnas.org/content/107/18/8292.full) *equal contribution. Faculty of 1000 Must Read Pigot, A.L., Phillimore, A.B., Owens, I.P.F., Orme, C.D.L. (2010) The shape and temporal dynamics of phylogenetic trees arising from geographic speciation. Systematic Biology 59: 660-673. (http://sysbio.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/6/660.full.pdf+html) Clegg, S.M., & Phillimore, A.B. (2010) The influence of migration and drift on genetic and phenotypic divergence in two species of Zosterops in Vanuatu. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365: 1077-1092. (http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/365/1543/1077.abstract) 3 Ishtiaq, F., Clegg, S.M., Phillimore, A.B., Black, R.A., Owens, I.P.F & Sheldon, B.C. (2010) Biogeographical patterns of blood parasite species diversity in avian hosts from southern Melanesian Islands. Journal of Biogeography 37: 120132. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02189.x/abstract) Thomas, G.H., Meiri, S. & Phillimore, A.B. (2009) Body size diversification in Anolis: novel environment and island effects. Evolution 63: 2017-2030. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00694.x/abstract) Dawideit, B., Phillimore, A.B., Laube, I. Leisler, B. & Bohning-Gaese, K. (2009) Ecomorphological predictors of natal dispersal distances in British birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 388-395. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01504.x/abstract) Phillimore, A.B. & Price, T.D. (2008) Density dependent cladogenesis in birds. PLoS Biology 6, e71. (http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060071) Faculty of 1000 Recommended Phillimore, A.B., Orme, C.D.L., Thomas, G.H., Blackburn, T.M., Bennett, P.M., Gaston, K.J. & Owens, I.P.F (2008). Sympatric speciation in birds is rare: insights from range data and simulations American Naturalist 171: 646-657. (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/587074) Phillimore, A.B., Owens, I.P.F., Black, R., Chittock, J., Burke T.A., & Clegg, S.M. (2008). Complex patterns of genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird and the consequences for delimiting conservation units. Molecular Ecology 17: 2839-2853. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03794.x/pdf) Ishtiaq, F., Guillaumot, L., Clegg, S.M., Phillimore, A.B., Black, R.A., Owens, I.P.F., Mundy, N.I. & Sheldon, B.C. (2008) Avian haematozoan parasites and their associations with mosquitoes across Southwest Pacific Islands. Molecular Ecology 17: 4545-4555. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03935.x/abstract) Freckleton, R. P., Phillimore, A.B. & Pagel, M. (2008). Relating traits to diversification: a simple test. American Naturalist 172: 102-115. (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/588076) Phillimore, A.B., Orme, C.D.L., Davies, R.G., Hadfield, J.D., Reed, W. J., Gaston, K.J., Freckleton, R.P., & Owens, I.P.F. (2007). Biogeographical basis of recent phenotypic divergence among birds: A global study of subspecies richness. Evolution 61: 942-957. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00068.x/abstract) Price, T.D. & Phillimore, A.B. (2007). Reduced major axis regression and the island rule. Journal of Biogeography 34: 1998-1999. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01796.x/pdf) Phillimore, A.B., Freckleton, R.P., Orme, C.D.L. & Owens, I.P.F. (2006) Ecology predicts large-scale patterns of phylogenetic diversification in birds. American Naturalist 168: 220-229. (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/505763) Phillimore, A.B. & Owens, I.P.F. (2006) Are subspecies useful in evolutionary and conservation biology? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences 273: 1049-1053. (http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/273/1590/1049.full) Faculty of 1000 Recommended Hadfield, J.D., Burgess, M.D., Lord, M.A., Phillimore, A.B., Clegg, S.M. & Owens, I.P.F. (2006) Direct versus indirect sexual selection: genetic basis of colour size and recruitment in a wild bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences 273: 1347-1353. (http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/273/1592/1347.short) Book Chapters Phillimore, A.B. (2011) Geography, range evolution and speciation in “The Princeton Guide to Evolution”. Eds. Losos , J., Baum , D., Futuyma , D.J., Hoekstra , H., Lenski . R., Moore , A., Schluter , D., Whitlock , M. Princeton University Press. Phillimore, A.B. (2010) Subspecies origination and extinction in birds. Ornithological Monographs 67: 42-53. (http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/om.2010.67.1.42?journalCode=om) Price, T.D., Phillimore, A.B., Awodey, M., & Hudson, R. (2010). Nonecological and ecological causes of the evolution of sexually selected traits on islands. in In Search of the Causes of Evolution. Eds. Grant P. R & Grant, B. R. Princeton University Press. Phillimore, A.B. & Price, T.D. (2009). Ecological influences on the temporal pattern of speciation. In Speciation and Patterns of Diversity. Eds Butlin, R. K., Bridle, J. & Schluter, D. Cambridge University Press. Pp 240-256. SERVICE AS EDITOR AND REFEREE Associate Editor: Journal of Biogeography 2012 – present. 4 Editor: 2009 Invited guest editor on a PNAS paper. Referee on over 100 articles since 2005 (excluding re-reviews) for American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, The Auk, Behavioural Ecology, The Biologist, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Biology Letters, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Ecography, Ecology letters, Evolution, Functional Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Ibis, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Journal of Biogeography, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Nature, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, PLoS Biology, PLoS One, PNAS, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Science, Systematic Biology and Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Named as a top referee based on number and quality of reviews by Proceedings of the Royal Society B in 2008, 2009 and 2011. Grants: NERC (UK), National Science Foundation (USA), NSERC (Canada) and National Geographic. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES American Society of Naturalists, British Ecological Society, International Biogeography Society 5