John Stinchcombe
John R. Stinchcombe | |
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| Born | 1974 Syracuse, NY, USA |
| Citizenship | USA & Canada |
| Alma mater | Duke University (PhD, 2001) Bucknell University, (BA, 1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecological Genetics Evolutionary Biology |
| Institutions | University of Toronto Koffler Scientific Reserve |
| Thesis | Evolutionary ecology of deer resistance and tolerance in the Ivyleaf morning glory, Ipomoea hederacea. (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mark D. Rausher |
| Other academic advisors | Warren G. Abrahamson Douglas K. Candland |
| Website | https://stinchcombe.eeb.utoronto.ca/ |
John R. Stinchcombe (born 1974) is an American and Canadian ecological geneticist who is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Toronto. His research is on the ecology of natural selection, and the role of genetics in facilitating or constraining evolution, focusing almost exclusively on plants.
Early life and education
[edit]Stinchcombe grew up in Syracuse, NY, USA, in an outdoors-loving family. He was an undergraduate at Bucknell University, graduating in 1996. He then spent a summer working for the National Marine Fisheries Service, in Washington, D.C., before starting his Ph.D. at Duke University in 1996. He started in the Zoology Department, and finished his PhD in 2001 in the Biology Department, with a Certificate in Ecology. His PhD research was on the evolution of resistance and tolerance to herbivory in the Ivyleaf morning glory (Ipomoea hederacea).[1] Stinchcombe's post-doctoral work was at Brown University, working with Johanna Schmitt. His work there was on flowering time clines and genetics in mouse ear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana),[2] as well as growth plasticity in touch-me-nots (Impatiens capensis).[3]
Research and career
[edit]Stinchcombe started a faculty position at the University of Toronto in 2005, in the Botany Department, and joined the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology[4] at its creation.
Stinchcombe's research is on plant ecological genetics. Topics investigated by his lab include the genetics of flowering time, clines, phenotypic plasticity, plant-microbe interactions, natural selection in the field, evolution of gene expression, and the evolution of herbicide resistance.[5]
Stinchcombe served as the Secretary[6] for the Society for the Study of Evolution, and since 2013 he has been the Director of the Koffler Scientific Reserve, the University of Toronto's field research station.[7]
Recent publications
[edit]From Google Scholar Profile[8]
- Harrison, T. L., Z. A. Parshuram, M. E. Frederickson, and J. R. Stinchcombe. 2024. Is there a latitudinal diversity gradient for symbiotic microbes? A case study with sensitive partridge peas. Molecular Ecology 33: e17191; doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17191
- Henry, G. A., and J. R. Stinchcombe. 2023. G-matrix stability in clinally diverging populations of an annual weed. Evolution 77:49–62.
- Kreiner, J. M., S. M. Latorre, H. A. Burbano, J. R. Stinchcombe, S. P. Otto, D. Weigel, and S. I. Wright. 2022. Rapid weed adaptation and range expansion in response to agriculture over the past two centuries. Science 378:1079–1085.
- Kreiner, J. M., A. Caballero, S. I. Wright, and J. R. Stinchcombe. 2022. Selective ancestral sorting and de novo evolution in the agricultural invasion of Amaranthus tuberculatus. Evolution 76:70–85.
- Gomulkiewicz, R., and J. R. Stinchcombe. 2022. Phenotypic plasticity made simple, but not too simple. Am. J. Bot. 109:1519–1524.
- McGoey, B. V., and J. R. Stinchcombe. 2021. Introduced populations of ragweed show as much evolutionary potential as native populations. Evol. Appl. 14:1436–1449.
Honors
[edit]- 1995 Harry S. Truman Scholarship[9]
- 2019 Distinguished Professor of Ecological Genetics, University of Toronto[10]
- 2023 Natural Sciences Fellow, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Lab | Stinchcombe Laboratory". Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ Stinchcombe, John R.; Weinig, Cynthia; Ungerer, Mark; Olsen, Kenneth M.; Mays, Charlotte; Halldorsdottir, Solveig S.; Purugganan, Michael D.; Schmitt, Johanna (2004-03-30). "A latitudinal cline in flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana modulated by the flowering time gene FRIGIDA". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101 (13): 4712–4717. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.4712S. doi:10.1073/pnas.0306401101. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 384812. PMID 15070783.
- ^ Stinchcombe, John R.; Izem, Rima; Heschel, M. Shane; McGoey, Brechann V.; Schmitt, Johanna (2010). "Across-environment genetic correlations and the frequency of selective environments shape the evolutionary dynamics of growth rate in Impatiens capensis". Evolution. 64 (10): 2887–2903. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01060.x. ISSN 1558-5646. PMID 20662920. S2CID 24700494.
- ^ https://eeb.utoronto.ca/
- ^ "Research | Stinchcombe Laboratory". Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "SSE Election Results". evolutionsociety.org. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "Contact | KSR". ksr.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "John R. Stinchcombe".
- ^ "Scholar Listing". The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "Distinguished Professors – Division of the Vice-President & Provost". Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "SCAS: News". www.swedishcollegium.se. Retrieved 2023-09-22.