Matthew Travis, Ph.D.

Matthew Travis, Ph.D.

Matthew Travis, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor

Matthew Travis, Ph.D.
Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Contact Info
(856) 256-4500 ext. 53106
Science Hall, 201L

Biography

Education:
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
B.A., Biology, Bowdoin College

Teaching Narrative:
My teaching interests are in the fields of evolutionary biology and ecology. I am broadly interested in adaptation, contemporary evolution, and the connection between microevolution and macroevolution. Courses taught: Introduction to Evolution and Scientific Inquiry, Introduction to Ecology, Darwinian Medicine, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy.

Honors and Awards:
Innovation in Teaching with Technology Award, 2022
Wall of Fame Award for Teaching Excellence, 2017

Professional Memberships:
Society for the Study of Evolution

Selected Publications:
Siddiqui R., Swank S., Ozark A., Joaquin F., Travis M.P., McMahan C.D., Bell M.A., and Stuart Y.E. 2024. Inferring the evolution of reproductive isolation in a lineage of fossil threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus doryssus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 291: 20240337. (doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0337)

Stuart Y.E., Travis M.P., Bell M.A. 2020. Inferred genetic architecture underlying evolution in a fossil stickleback lineage. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 4, 1549–1557. (doi:10.1038/s41559-020-01287-x)