Ronald Bassar, PhD, College of Sciences and Mathematics Faculty and Staff

Short Bio

My research group is focused on the interplay between evolutionary and ecological processes in natural populations. We address fundamental questions in evolutionary ecology, including eco-evolutionary feedbacks in life history evolution, the evolution of species coexistence, and, most recently, host-parasite interactions. Because evolutionary fitness and population dynamics are fundamentally quantitative, most of our work involves mathematical eco-evolutionary models in age or size-structured populations. We develop these models to derive general predictions and test these predictions with data to draw conclusions. Our empirical research involves comparative and experimental research in the laboratory, mesocosms, natural populations, and experimental populations set in nature.