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
- 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 Current and Recent Research Projects:
- Behavioural consequences of compensatory resource allocation during growth
- The role of antioxidants in growth, signalling and lifespan
Current Research Students:
- Lyndsey Stewart - (NERC studentship 2009 - "Dietary effects on resource allocation, oxidative stress and senescence in fish")
Previous Research Students:
- Davina Hill - NERC studentship 2005: "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 (e-mail) 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"