Biological Science
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CLASnotes - Winter 2005
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MATTHEW TRAVIS

Assistant Professor (Full-time temporary)

Office: Science Hall 201F
Email: travism@rowan.edu
Phone: 856-256-4500, ext.3585

Courses

Fall 2009: Biology 1: Diversity, Evolution & Adaptation

Spring 2010: Biology 4: Global Ecology

Education

2007, Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, SUNY Stony Brook, NY
1997, BA in Biology, Bowdoin College, ME


Research Interests

  • Evolution in threespine stickleback fish
    • Functional morphology of adaptation in ecologically contrasting freshwater habitats
    • Evolution in a ten million year old fossil stickleback population
  • Developmental and genetic basis of adaptation
  • Allometry
  • Biomechanics