Professor Terry Burke
Contact Details
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 0096
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 0002
email : t.a.burke@sheffield.ac.uk
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BSc (1979) University of Wales, Bangor; PhD (1984) University of Nottingham
NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and "Special" Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1984-88)
SERC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1988-90)
Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1990-93)
Lecturer and Reader in Zoology, University of Leicester (1993-97)
Professor of Molecular Ecology, University of Leicester (1997-98)
Professor of Molecular Ecology, University of Sheffield (1998-present)
Professional Activities (1995 onwards):
Editorial Review Board: Conservation Genetics 2000-present;
Founding and Chief Editor: Molecular Ecology 1992-99.
Head of Service, NERC Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility, 1999-present
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Programme Development Group on Biodiversity, 1999-present
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Programme Review Group on Monitoring, Data, Assessment and Valuation, 1996-99
NERC Terrestrial Sciences Programme Review Committee, 1997-98
NERC Terrestrial Sciences Research Grants and Training Awards Committee,1995-97
NERC Advisory Board on the Aberdeen Molecular Genetics in Ecology Initiative,1995-99
Recent Invited Lectures include:
Wilhelmine Key Lecture, American Genetics Association, University of Yale, USA (2000); Department of Animal Genetics and Conservation, University of Porto, Portugal (1999);
Institute of Ecology, Paris (1998);
Conference on Evolution and Behaviour of Birds, University of Queensland,Australia (1996)
Organiser, Population Genetics Group Conference, University of Sheffield, January 2001.
Archive: Population Genetics Group Jan 2001.
Research Interests
My research falls into three themes:
Mating systems and sexual selection
Ecological and evolutionary genetics
Molecular and quantitative genetics in birds
