Marlene Zuk

Marlene Zuk (born May 20, 1956) is an American evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist . She worked as a professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside(UCR) Until she Transferred to the University of Minnesota in 2012. Her studies involvement sexual selection and parasites. [2]

Biography

Zuk was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania [1] and she is a native to Los Angeles . [3] living in the city, she became interested in insects at a young age. At the University of California, Santa Barbara , Zuk started majoring in English, but decided to switch to Biology. [4] After earning re Bachelor’s degree, she wrote and taught for three years. [5]

In 1982, she and WD Hamilton Proposed the “good genes” hypothesis or sexual selection . [6] Zuk started Attending the University of Michigan in 1986 and received his Ph.D. re [5] [7]She COMPLETED re Postdoctoral research at the University of New Mexico . [5] She joined the UCR faculty in 1989. [3] In April 2012, Zuk and re husband John Rotenberry Transferred to the University of Minnesota , where ze beide work at the College of Biological Sciences . [4]

Work

Zuk’s research of interest deals with the evolution of sexual behavior (met name in relatie to parasites), some choice, and insect song. [1] A recurring theme in Zuk’s writing and lectures are feminism and women in science . [4] Zuk is critical of the Paleolithic diet . [8]

Her publications include: [2]

  • Sexual Selections: what we kan kan and not learn about sex from animals , (2002). University of California Press, Berkeley.
  • Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are (2007). Harcourt, Inc., New York.
  • “Can bugs verbeteren your sex life?” (August 1, 2011). Wall Street Journal .
  • Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love and Language from the Insect World (2011). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York.
  • “Bring on the aerial ant sex” (2012). Los Angeles Times , April 29.
  • “Anthropomorphism: A Peculiar Institution” (2012). The Scientist 26: 66-67.
  • Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live (2013). WW Norton & Company, New York.

References

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c Henderson, Andrea Kovacs ed. (2010). “Zuk, Marlene.” American Men and Women of Science . 7 T Z (28th ed.). Detroit, Michigan: Gale. p. 1078. ISBN  978-1-4144-4558-8 .
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b “Professor Marlene Zuk” . College of Biological Sciences . University of Michigan . Retrieved March 16, 2013 .
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b Pittalwala, Iqbal (April 5, 2007). “UCR Newsroom: Can Disease Be Our Friend?” . UCR Newsroom . Retrieved March 16, 2013 .
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b c Leigh Blake (May 30, 2012). “CBS hires bug sexpert Marlene Zuk” . Minnesota Daily . Retrieved March 16, 2013 .
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b c “Dr. Marlene Zuk” . X-STEM – Extreme STEM Symposium . USA Science & Engineering Festival . Retrieved March 16, 2013 .
  6. Jump up^ Combes, Claude (October 1, 2005). The Art of Being a Parasite . University of Chicago Press. p. 179. ISBN  978-0-226-11438-5 . Retrieved May 24, 2013 .
  7. Jump up^ “UCR Department of Biology” . Retrieved March 16, 2013 .
  8. Jump up^ “Scientist says paleo diet is not always based on way evolution really works” . news.com.au . May 14, 2015 . Retrieved July 26, 2015.