Stephen C. Stearns

Stephen C. Stearns
Born December 12, 1946 (1946-12-12) (age 69)
Citizenship United States
Fields Evolutionary biology, Life history evolution, Evolutionary medicine
Institutions Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University
Alma mater Yale University, University of Wisconsin, University of British Columbia
Thesis A comparison of the evolution and expression of life history traits in stable and fluctuating environments: Gambusia affinis in Hawaii (1975)
Notable students Jacob Koella, Dieter Ebert, Tad Kawecki, Martin Ackermann
Known for Life history evolution, evolutionary medicine
Spouse Beverly Peterson Stearns
Children Justin Stearns, Jason Stearns

Stephen C. Stearns (born December 12, 1946, in Kapaau, Hawaii and raised in Hawi, Hawaii), an American biologist, is the Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. He is known for his work in life history theory and evolutionary medicine.[1]

Education and training

Investment in Infrastructure

Awards and Honors

Positions

Selected publications

Books
Papers

References

  1. "Noted zoologist Stephen Stearns is new Bass Professor", Yale Bulletin and Calendar, 29 (1), September 1, 2000.
  2. 1 2 3 Stearns, S. C. (2008), "How the European Society for Evolutionary Biology and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology were founded" (PDF), Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 (6): 1449–1451, doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01626.x.
  3. http://www2.macleans.ca/tag/journal-of-evolutionary-biology/
  4. http://www.yale.edu/eeb/stearns/honors_swiss.htm
  5. Lim, Tse Yang (Spring 2011), "That wondrous feeling of learning something new: Tse Yang Lim '11 offered these comments about his teacher, Professor Stephen Stearns, at the DeVane Award ceremony in February", Inside the Classroom: Undergraduate Teaching at Yale.
  6. http://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/staendiges-gastrecht-an-der-alma-mater-fuer-regine-aeppli-1.18530377
  7. "News: Noted zoologist Stephen Stearns is new Bass Professor". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. 29 (1). September 1, 2000. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  8. Behnke, J. M. (7 January 2009). "Review: Evolution in Health and Disease, 2nd edition, edited by S. C. Sterns and J. C. Koella". Parasit Vectors. 2: 4. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-4. PMC 2628889Freely accessible.
  9. Dudgeon, D. (January 2001). "Review: Watching, from the edge of extinction by B. P. Stearns & S. C. Stearns". Porcupine! Newsletter of the Dept. of Ecology & Biodiversity, U. of Hong Kong (22): 28–29.
  10. Stearns, B. P.; Stearns, S. C. (2010). "Still watching, from the edge of extinction". BioScience. 60 (2): 141–146.
  11. Zimmerman, William F. (June 2007). "Review: Evolution: An Introduction, 2nd edition by Stephen C. Stearns and Rolf Hoekstra". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 82 (2): 149.

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