Jeremy Yoder

Jeremy B. Yoder is an American evolutionary biologist, science communicator and LGBTQIA+ advocate. He is an assistant professor of biology at California State University, Northridge.

Jeremy Yoder
Alma materEastern Mennonite University (B.S.)
University of Idaho (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsCoevolution, population genomics
InstitutionsCalifornia State University, Northridge
ThesisSpecies interactions and the origins of biological diversity (2011)
Doctoral advisorOlle Pellmyr
InfluencesPeter Tiffin
Sally Aitken
Colin Carlson
Websitejbyoder.org

Education

Yoder completed a B.S. at Eastern Mennonite University in 2004.[1] He earned a Ph.D. from University of Idaho in 2011. His doctoral advisor was Olle Pellmyr.[2] Yoder's dissertation was titled Species interactions and the origins of biological diversity.[3] He completed a postdoc at University of Minnesota with Peter Tiffin. Yoder conducted further postdoctoral studies at University of British Columbia under Sally Aitken.[2]

Career

Yoder is an evolutionary biologist, science communicator and LGBTQIA+ advocate.[4] He joined California State University, Northridge as an assistant professor of biology in 2017. Yoder studies "coevolution and the population genomics of local adaptation, particularly in mutualisms."[2] He researches how the ecological impacts of different climates, biological communities, and habitats relate to biodiversity by conducting field studies and using mathematical modelling and population genomic data.[1] In 2013, Yoder collaborated with Allison Mattheis on research investigating the experiences of LGBTQIA+ identifying individuals in STEM.[5]

Personal life

Yoder is gay.[4][6]

References
  1. "Jeremy B Yoder | CSUN". academics.csun.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  2. "Society for the Study of Evolution". www.evolutionsociety.org. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. Yoder, Jeremy B. (2011). Species interactions and the origins of biological diversity (Thesis). OCLC 793747383.
  4. Mattheis, Allison; De Arellano, Daniel Cruz-Ramírez; Yoder, Jeremy B. (2019-05-13). "A Model of Queer STEM Identity in the Workplace". Journal of Homosexuality. 67 (13): 1839–1863. doi:10.1080/00918369.2019.1610632. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 31082315. S2CID 153311576.
  5. "Queered Science: Jeremy Yoder, Allison Mattheis and Surveying Queers in STEM". Autostraddle. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  6. "Fullscreen Page | 500 Queer Scientists | Stories". 500 Queer Scientists. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
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