Jennifer E. Smith (masanin ilimin halitta)

Jennifer Elaine Smith (Jenn Smith) masanin ilimin muhalli ne kuma masanin ilimin juyin halitta. Ita ce farfesa a fannin ilmin halitta a Jami'ar Wisconsin, Eau Claire . A baya, ta kasance farfesa kuma shugabar ilmin halitta a Kwalejin Mills, a Oakland, California, kafin hadewa da Jami'ar Arewa maso Gabas. Binciken ta ya fi mayar da hankali kan rayuwar zamantakewar dabbobi masu shayarwa bisa ga fahimtar da aka samu daga nazarin dogon lokaci akan mutane masu alama da kuma kwatankwacin hanyoyin.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haifi Smith a cikin ƙaramin garin Cushing, Maine. Tana da B.A. a cikin ilmin halitta tare da mai da hankali a kimiyyar muhalli daga Kwalejin Colby da MS a cikin illimin halitta daga Jami'ar Illinois a Urbana-Champaign . Ta ci gaba da kammala digirin digirin digirgir biyu a fannin ilimin dabbobi da kuma shirin Ecology, Evolution, da Behavior (EEB) a Jami'ar Jihar Michigan. Binciken da ta yi tare da Kay E. Holekamp [1] ya haɗa da aiki mai zurfi a Kenya kuma ya mai da hankali kan juyin halitta da ikon muhalli wanda ke tsara alamu na hadin kai tsakanin hyenas da aka gani [2] Kafin ta shiga Kwalejin Mills, ta kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Mata ta Jami'ar Amurka tare da Daniel T. Blumstein a Sashen Muhalli da Halitta, [3] da Cibiyar Nazarin Halitta [4] a Jami'ar California, Los Angeles.

Ayyuka da gudummawar ilimi

An san Smith da gudummawar da ta bayar ga fahimtarmu game da zamantakewa a cikin dabbobi masu shayarwa masu zaman kansu. Daga cikin shahararrun gudummawar da ta bayar sune wadanda suka mayar da hankali kan hanyoyin sadarwar dabbobi, juyin halitta na zamantakewa al'umma, al'umma mai rarraba-haɗe da kuma Kafa hadin gwiwa a cikin hyenas, jagoranci a cikin al'ummomin dabbobi masu shayarwa, suna bayanin manyan alamu na halayyar dabbobi, rikice-rikice tsakanin rukuni, [4] da haɗin gwiwa a duk faɗin al'ummomi masu shayar da. Tun daga shekara ta 2013, ta gudanar da nata Nazarin Tsawon Lokaci kan Halin Halin Halitta na California ground squirrel a Briones Regional Park. Wannan aikin a kan alamun squirrels na ƙasa yana nuna sabbin fahimta game da ma'anar tsakanin nau'ikan halayyar mutum (watau, halaye na mutum), jinin ilimin lissafi, nauyin kwayar cuta, bambancin microbial, carnivory, da hanyoyin sadarwar zamantakewa a cikin duniya mai canzawa. Fiye da haka, Smith kuma yana amfani da hanyoyin kwatankwacin don fahimtar alamu na (a cikin) daidaito, hadin kai, da jagoranci a cikin dabbobi masu shayarwa.