Dolph Schluter
Evolution and Ecology
Completing Darwin's work on evolution by unlocking the mysteries of how natural selection drives the origin of new species. "The diversity of life is the most astonishing thing to happen in the universe since the Big Bang, and we need to understand it better if we hope to preserve it." |
- Birthdate
- May 22, 1955
- Birthplace
- Dorval, Quebec
- Residence
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Family Members
- Father: Antoine Schluter, mechanical designer and engineering technician
- Mother: Magdalena Nieman Schluter
- Two brothers, two sisters
- Wife: Andrea Schluter, naturalist, painter and writer
- Daughter: Magdalen Schluter
- Favorite Music
- Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
- Title
- Professor
- Office
- University of British Columbia
- Status
- Working
- Degrees
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- BSc University of Guelph, 1977
- PhD University of Michigan, 1983
- Awards
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- Young Investigators Prize, American Society of Naturalists, 1985
- Charles A. McDowell Medal, UBC, 1995
- Killam Research Prize, UBC, 1996
- President's Award, American Society of Naturalists, 1997
- Fellow, The Royal Society of London, elected 1999
- Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada, elected 2001
- Rosenblatt Award, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 2006
- Sewall Wright Award, American Society of Naturalists, 2007
- Killam Research Prize, UBC, 2008
- Mentor
Ron Brooks, biology professor at Guelph who introduced him to evolutionary biology and fieldwork. Peter Grant, PhD supervisor who showed it was possible to test fundamental ideas in biology through field study and good observation skills.
- Last Updated
- July 15, 2008
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