Loeske Kruuk

Loeske E. B. Kruuk is a British evolutionary ecologist who is a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Edinburgh. She was awarded the 2018 European Society for Evolutionary Biology President's Award.

Loeske E. B. Kruuk
Alma mater
Occupation
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisBarriers to gene flow : a Bombina (fire-bellied toad) hybrid zone and multilocus cline theory

Early life and education

Kruuk started her academic career by studying mathematics at the University of Oxford.[1][2] During her undergraduate studies she became interested in biology, so switched her focus to population genetics.[3] Kruuk was a graduate student at the University of Edinburgh, where she investigated fire-bellied toads with Nick Barton.[4] She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge, where she studied evolutionary processes in red deer.[4] During this position, she started to appreciate the power of long-term wild animal population studies in understanding evolution and genetics.[1]

Research and career

In 2000, Kruuk was named a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, where she was eventually promoted to Professor of Evolutionary Ecology.[1] She moved to Australia in 2012, where she was awarded an Australian Research Council fellowship. Her research laboratory investigated the influence of climate change on animal populations. She mainly considered wild vertebrate species, including Australian geckos, Soay sheep, Mosquitofish and Australasian wrens.[5][6] By studying the Australasian wrens of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Kruuk showed that they changed breeding habits depending on the climate.[7] She was promoted to an Australian Research Council Laureate in 2020.[1][8]

In 2021, Kruuk was selected as one of the Royal Society Research Professors, which allowed her to return to the University of Edinburgh.[9] There she investigates the impacts of environmental change on natural populations.[9]

Personal life

Kruuk has three children, a daughter and twin boys.[2][3][10]

Awards and honours

Selected publications
  • Loeske E. B. Kruuk (1997), Barriers to gene flow : a Bombina (fire-bellied toad) hybrid zone and multilocus cline theory, hdl:1842/11015, OCLC 606074620, Wikidata Q104879469
  • Marshall TC; Slate J; Kruuk LE; Pemberton JM (1 May 1998). "Statistical confidence for likelihood-based paternity inference in natural populations". Molecular Ecology. 7 (5): 639–655. doi:10.1046/J.1365-294X.1998.00374.X. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 9633105. Wikidata Q34472533.
  • Anne Charmantier; Robin H McCleery; Lionel R Cole; Chris Perrins; Loeske E B Kruuk; Ben C Sheldon (1 May 2008). "Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change in a wild bird population". Science. 320 (5877): 800–803. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.1157174. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 18467590. Wikidata Q31155027.
  • Loeske E B Kruuk (1 June 2004). "Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the "animal model"". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 359 (1446): 873–890. doi:10.1098/RSTB.2003.1437. ISSN 0962-8436. PMC 1693385. PMID 15306404. Wikidata Q35213997.

References
  1. "Loeske Kruuk | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. "Mary Lyon Medal 2015 - Prof Loeske Kruuk". Genetics Society. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  3. "Loeske Kruuk". Science and Technology Australia. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  4. "ESEB President's Award | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  5. "Kruuk Group - Evolutionary ecology and quantitative genetics | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  6. "Are our wild animals growing old gracefully?". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  7. University, Australian National (2019-10-11). "Coping With Climate Change: Fairy-Wrens Change Breeding Habits". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  8. "Professor Loeske Kruuk awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  9. "World-class scientists awarded Royal Society Research Professorships | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  10. "The mothers of Science at ANU". ANU College of Science. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  11. "Philip Leverhulme Prize | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  12. "Zoological Society of London Scientific Medal | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  13. "Fellow, The Royal Society of Edinburgh | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  14. "Fellows". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  15. "ARC Future Fellowship | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  16. "Membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  17. "Mary Lyon Medal | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  18. "Ignition Grant | ANU Research School of Biology". biology.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  19. "2020 Laureate Profile: Professor Loeske Kruuk". Australian Research Council. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
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