Dr Jan Lindstrom
Dr Jan Lindstrom
Senior Lecturer
Contact details:
Room 405, Graham Kerr Building
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine
College of Medicine, Veterinary & Life Sciences
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Tel.: 0141 330 2520
Fax: 0141 330 5971
E-mail: Jan.Lindstrom@glasgow.ac.uk
In general, I am interested in population dynamics, demography, life-history evolution, sexual selection and mate choice. Most of my research was initially on population dynamics, particularly on cyclicity and spatial synchrony. However, I have always had a strong interest in evolutionary questions too and the emphasis of my work has recently shifted from the population level to individuals. At present my research focuses on linking environmental variation in resource levels to individual strategies in resource allocation, behaviour, signalling and mate choice, using a combination of theoretical modelling and experimental work.
Academic History
Academic History
- 1998 - 2000: Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
- 1996 - 1998: Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
- 1992 - 1996: Ph.D. (Zoology), University of Helsinki
- 1987 - 1992: M.Sc. (Zoology), University of Helsinki
Some Past Research Projects:
Some Past Research Projects:
- Behavioural consequences of compensatory resource allocation during growth
- The role of antioxidants in growth, signalling and lifespan
- Dietary effects on resource allocation, oxidative stress and senescence in fish
Current Research Students:
Current Research Students:
- Julie Nati - studentship by Fonds National de la Recherce Luxembourg, 2012 - "Invasion Physiology: Do Physiological Characteristics Facilitate the Spread of Invasive Fish Species?"
- Asha Ram - Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith scholarship 2012 - "Invasions of the pharynx - microbiome of infected respiratory tissue"
- Alan Reynolds - NERC studentship 2011 – "Applied evolution: an experimental approach to investigating how the interaction between parasite life history strategies and control measures affects rates of resistance evolution"
Previous Research Students:
Previous Research Students:
- Davina Hill - Ph.D. 2010 "Sexual conflict and division of labour during incubation"
- Anaid Diaz-Palacios Ph.D. 2009: "Environmental variation and life history evolution: experiments on Caenorhabditis remanei"
- Mike Fowler - Ph.D. 2002: "Interactions between density dependence and dispersal"
- Martin Fowlie - Ph.D. 2003: "Colour polymorphism in the Common Buzzard: Evolution and life history consequences"
- Oliver Kruger - Ph.D. 2000: "Life history strategies and population dynamics of Common Buzzard and Goshawk"
- Craig Walling - Ph.D. 2006: "Environmental effects on mate choice and parental investment"
Research Interests
Research Interests
Keywords - Evolution of life histories and mate choice, population dynamics, demography