The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: David Rand

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Professor David Rand is interested in how natural selection acts on genes and genomes. One major focus of his research is how the mitochondrial genome and its interactions with the nuclear genome influence animal performance, evolutionary fitness, and aging. A second major interest is how thermal selection influences the genetic composition of populations. The goals of this work are to identify the genetic interactions that allow organisms to adapt to environmental heterogeneity.

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Education

9/83-8/87
Yale University, Department of Biology, Ph. D. September 1987

9/75-6/80
Harvard College, B. A., Biology, cum laude, June 1980

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

7/03-present
Professor of Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI

7/97-6/03
Associate Professor of Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI

7/91-6/97
Assistant Professor of Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI

1/88-6/91
Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Genetics, Museum of Comparative Zoology Laboratories, Harvard University

9/87-12/87
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Marine Biology, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece

9/81-6/93
Biology and Mathematics Teacher, St. Albans School Washington, D.C.

9/80-6/81
Biology Teaching Fellow, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Professional Activities

Memberships
Genetics Society of America, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists

Associate Editor
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 1997-2000; 2000-2003
Genetics, 2004-present
BioScience, 2005-present

Reviewer
American Naturalist, Evolution, Genetics, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Nature, Science, NSF Population Biology, NSF Systematics, NSF Eukaryotic Genetics, NSERC

Panel Member
NSF Population Biology 10/95, 10/97, 4/98, 4/05
NIH Program Project Advisory Panel, 7/99, SEP 3/05
NIH Genetic Variation and Evolution Study Section 10/2008-10/2012

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DAVID RAND, Ph. D., Yale University (1987)
Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Phone: +1 401 863 2890
Phone 2: +1 401 863 1063
E-mail: David_Rand@Brown.EDU

David Rand's Brown Research URL:
http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/David_Rand

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David Rand

Brown collaborators:

Collaborators at other institutions:
Bill Ballard
Ian Boussy
Andrew Clark
George Gilchrist

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