Sara M. Lewis
Professor
Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 1984 Ph.D. in Zoology (Minor: Mathematics), Duke University
• 1976 A.B. magna cum laude in Biology, Harvard College

Academic Positions

• 2006 Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University
• 1997 - 2006 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University
• 1996 Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Tufts University
• 1991-97 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University
• 1987-90 Postdoctoral Fellow, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology & The Bunting Institute, Harvard University

Research Experience

• 1979 Smithsonian Institution Caribbbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, Belize: Research on tropical reef ecology
• 1994 NOAA Aquarius (Key Largo Florida): Saturation dive mission to study effects of zooplankton flux and flow rate on feeding rates of Chromis fishes (with L. Sanderson, E. Brainerd)
• 1986 NOAA Hydrolab Mission (St. Croix, USVI): Saturation dive mission to investigate diel patterns of chemical defense in the tropical plant Halimeda (with M. Hay, V. Paul)

Honors and Awards

• 2006 - U.S. National Science Foundation Award: Connecting Episodes of Sexual Selection in Bioluminescent Fireflies
• 2006 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Award: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Reproductive Performance in Tribolium Flour Beetles
• 2006 -  Smithsonian Institution Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Award
• 2003-06 NSF Grant: Tufts REU-Mentoring Biological Research as a Collaborative Enterprise (co-PI with C. Orians)
• 1998-04 NSF Grant (Animal Behavior): Mate Choice and Male-Donated Nutrients in Photinus Fireflies
• 1988-90 Science Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College
• 1987-88 American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 1981-83 Smithsonian Institution Bacon Predoctoral Fellowship
• 1978-81 NSF Graduate Fellowship

Invited Talks

• 2004- 2006 University of British Columbia; Plenary Address - Mind, Brain, Behavior Conference, Harvard University; SICB Symposium, Toronto - Fireflies at 50; University of Connecticut
• 1995-2003 Boston University; University of Vermont; Rhode Island College; Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole; Brown University; Boston Insect Study Group; Animal Behavior Society Symposium: Sperm Precedence.
• 1988-1994 University of Rhode Island; Univerisity of New Hampshire; Amherst College; U California-Davis; AAAS Symposium: Sperm Competition; Tufts University; Western Society of Naturalists Symposium: Marine Herbivory; Cambridge Entomological Club; Yale University; 6th International Coral Reef Society, Australia.
• 1985-1987 Brown University; Boston University; University of Arizona; Harvard University; Northeastern University; 5th International Coral Reef Society: Herbivore-Plant Interactions on Coral Reefs (with J.N. Norris).

Contributed Paper and Seminars (Last 5 Years)

• 2007 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• 2006 Benthic Ecology Meetings, Quebec City; International Society for Reef Studies, Germany
• 2005 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• 2004 Boston Behavior Club Annual Meeting; Benthic Ecology Meetings, Alabama; International Coral Reef Symposium, Japan
• 2003 International Workshop on Evolutionary Ecology of the Pre-zygotic Stage in Animals and Plants, Ascona, Switzerland
• 2002 International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Montreal
• 2001 Animal Behavior Society, Corvallis OR
• 2000 International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Zurich; Animal Behavior Society, PA
• 1998 - International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Asilomar

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