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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
20869
World Ranking
1575
National Ranking
577

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Kyoto Prize in Biological sciences Demonstrating Rapid Evolution Caused by Natural Selection in Response to Environmental Changes
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

B. Rosemary Grant is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple fields, primarily within social sciences and health professions, with a particular emphasis on education and general health professions. Additional subfields of study include political science and international relations, social psychology, and gender studies.

The main topics covered in their research focus on doctoral education challenges and solutions, higher education practices and engagement, and higher education governance and development. Other notable topics include mental health and patient involvement, evaluation of teaching practices, mentoring and academic development, as well as gender diversity and inequality.

Grant's publication record includes contributions to several journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Higher Education Research & Development
  • Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education
  • Learning and Teaching
  • Policy Futures in Education
  • Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education

Some recent papers authored by Grant are:

  • "Doctoral publishing and academic identity work: two cases" (2020), Higher Education Research & Development
  • "Academic identities research: mapping the field's theoretical frameworks" (2020), Higher Education Research & Development
  • "Dismantling the father's house?" (2023), Learning and Teaching
  • "Becoming-teacher as (in)activist: Feeling and refusing the force of university policy" (2021), Policy Futures in Education
  • "Book Review: Schildermans, Hans. Experiments in Decolonizing the University: Towards an Ecology of Study. Radical Politics and Education Series. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021." (2022), Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Grant include Linlin Xu, Mark Barrow, Maresi Nerad, Corina Balaban, and Rosemary Deem.

The scientist has received recognition in the form of membership in prestigious organizations such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)

Best Publications

  • Unpredictable evolution in a 30-year study of Darwin's finches.

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • Evolution of Character Displacement in Darwin's Finches

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • Hybridization of Bird Species

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • Evolution of Darwin’s finches and their beaks revealed by genome sequencing

    Sangeet Lamichhaney;Jonas Berglund;Markus Sällman Almén;Khurram Maqbool

  • Bmp4 and morphological variation of beaks in Darwin's finches.

    Arhat Abzhanov;Meredith E. Protas;B. Rosemary Grant;Peter R. Grant

  • How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin's Finches

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • The calmodulin pathway and evolution of elongated beak morphology in Darwin's finches

    Arhat Abzhanov;Winston P. Kuo;Christine Hartmann;B. Rosemary Grant

  • Evolution of Darwin's Finches Caused by a Rare Climatic Event

    B. Rosemary Grant;Peter R. Grant

  • PREDICTING MICROEVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES TO DIRECTIONAL SELECTION ON HERITABLE VARIATION

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • CULTURAL INHERITANCE OF SONG AND ITS ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF DARWIN'S FINCHES

    B. Rosemary Grant;Peter R. Grant

  • Rapid hybrid speciation in Darwin's finches.

    Sangeet Lamichhaney;Fan Han;Matthew Thomas Webster;Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson;Leif Andersson

  • Phenotypic and genetic effects of hybridization in Darwin's finches

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • Hybridization, Sexual Imprinting, and Mate Choice

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • Genetics and the origin of bird species

    Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant

  • Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population: The Large Cactus Finch of the Galapagos

    B. Rosemary Grant;Peter R. Grant

  • High Survival of Darwin's Finch Hybrids: Effects of Beak Morphology and Diets

    B. Rosemary Grant;Peter R. Grant

  • A beak size locus in Darwin’s finches facilitated character displacement during a drought

    Sangeet Lamichhaney;Fan Han;Jonas Berglund;Chao Wang

  • A phylogeny of Darwin's finches based on microsatellite DNA length variation

    Kenneth Petren;B. Rosemary Grant;Peter R. Grant

  • Environmental conditions affect the magnitude of inbreeding depression in survival of Darwin's finches.

    Lukas F. Keller;Peter R. Grant;B. Rosemary Grant;Kenneth Petren

  • Comparative landscape genetics and the adaptive radiation of Darwin's finches: the role of peripheral isolation.

    K. Petren;P. R. Grant;B. R. Grant;L. F. Keller

  • Darwin's finches: population variation and natural selection

    P. R. Grant;B. R. Grant;J. N. M. Smith;I. J. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter R. Grant
Peter R. Grant Princeton University
Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Kenneth Petren
Kenneth Petren University of Cincinnati
Matthew T. Webster
Matthew T. Webster Science for Life Laboratory
Lukas F. Keller
Lukas F. Keller University of Zurich
Colm O'hUigin
Colm O'hUigin Leidos (United States)
Jan Klein
Jan Klein Pennsylvania State University
Felipe Figueroa
Felipe Figueroa Max Planck Society
Leif C. Andersson
Leif C. Andersson University of Helsinki
Clifford J. Tabin
Clifford J. Tabin Harvard University

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