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Assistant Professor Biology & Environmental Studies and Sustainability Drew University Madison, NJ 07940 (973) 408-3358 (973) 408-3824 (fax) jafox xxx @ drew.edu |
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Jennifer Fox |
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My research involves reconstructing past populations to understand ecological and evolutionary patterns and processes. More specifically, I use records of dormant eggs of zooplankton contained in lake sediments to determine phenotypic and genetic responses to environmental change. Focusing on Daphnia, an ecologically important freshwater crustacean, I have used a combination of laboratory observations and experiments to determine the ability of populations to respond to environmental change. I am also very interested in understanding the population genetic structure of species capable of dispersing through time through prolonged dormancy. |
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July 2008-January 2009 I am on sabbatical leave in the lab of Dr. Piet Spaak at Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Zürich. Eawag |