Marlene Zuk
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Zuk in Palmerston North City Library, 2014
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| Born | May 20, 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology |
| Institutions | University of California, Riverside University of Minnesota |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara University of Michigan |
| Thesis | Sexual selection, mate choice and gregarine parasite levels in the field crickets Gryllus veletis and G. pennsylvanicus (1986) |
| Spouse | John Rotenberry |
Marlene Zuk (born May 20, 1956) is an American evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist. She worked as professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) until she transferred to the University of Minnesota in 2012. Her studies involve sexual selection and parasites.[2]
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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 her Bachelor's degree, she wrote and taught for three years.[5] In 1982, she and W. D. Hamilton proposed a hypothesis on sexual selection known as the good genes hypothesis.[6] Zuk went to the University of Michigan in 1986 to earn her Ph.D.[5][7] She completed her postdoctoral research at the University of New Mexico.[5] She joined the UCR faculty in 1989.[3] In April 2012, Zuk and her husband John Rotenberry transferred to the University of Minnesota, both working in the College of Biological Sciences.[4]
Work
Zuk's research of interest deals with the evolution of sexual behavior (especially in relation to parasites), mate choice, and insect song.[1] A recurring theme in Zuk's writing and lectures is feminism and women in science.[4] Zuk is critical of the paleolithic diet.[8]
Her publications include:[9]
- Sexual Selections: what we can and can't 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 improve 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). W. W. Norton & Company, New York.
References
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External links
- Marlene Zuk at TED
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from Los Angeles, California
- University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
- University of Michigan alumni
- University of New Mexico alumni
- University of California, Riverside faculty
- University of Minnesota faculty
- American women scientists
- American ecologists
- American sexologists
- Scientists from California
- Women biologists
- Evolutionary biologists
