Research Honors & Awards

• Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 2012, UA News, AAAS News Release
• The Mangelsdorf Distinguished Speaker, University of North Carolina, 2013
• Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Miami, 2012/2013
• Elected Council of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Class of 2011
• The Albert L. Tester Honorary Lecture, University of Hawaii, 2010
• The Storer Foundation Lecture, University of California-Davis, 2010
• The Jack & Pat Bryan Distinguished Lecture, Syracuse University, 2010
• The John Tyler Bonner Lecture, Princeton University, 2009
• Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, 2009
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellow in Science & Engineering, 2005-2010, UA News, Foundation News
• NSF CAREER Award, 2005-2011
• Director, Cooper Ornithological Society, 2006-2009
• Visiting Distinguished Researcher, Uppsala University, 2004-2008
• The John Maynard Smith Prize - European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 2001, The Genetics Newsletter
• The Dobzhansky Award - International Society for the Study of Evolution, 2001, UM Focus, AU News
• College of Science & Mathematics Fellowship, Auburn University, 1999-2000
• Bertha Morton Fellowship Award for Excellence in Research, University of Montana, 1998
• Bertha Morton Graduate Awards for Research, University of Montana 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Teaching Awards

• "Distinguished Early-Career Teaching Award", College of Science, University of Arizona, 2007
• “Most Inspirational Faculty” distinction, Graduating seniors, College of Science, University of Arizona, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
• "Featured Faculty" (selected by undergraduates at Department of Photography), Center of Creative Photography, Tucson, Fall 2007
• Inagural "Best Teacher" Award, OBE, University of Montana, 1999

Photography Awards

• The 2011 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Winner, category, 2011
• The 2012 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Specially Commended, 2012
• The 2012 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards, Highly Honored Winner, 2012
• The 2011 National Wildlife Photography Contest, First place, 2011
• The 2011 Canon Inc. Japan Wildlife Photographer, TV/Print Commercials, Japan
• Seven Wonders of the World, Declaration Committee, UN, 2011-2013
• The National Wildlife Magazine's Featured Photographer, "The Eyes of the Scientist" May 2011
• BBC Wildlife Magazine, Featured Portfolio, "Unseen America" September 2011

Education

• Mathematics and Physics School No 444, Moscow, Russia
• B.S., Biology; Mathematical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia, 1985-1989
• M.S., Comparative Anatomy and Population Ecology, Moscow State University, Russia, 1989-1991
• M.S., Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, United States, 1992-1994
• Ph.D., Organismal Biology and Ecology, University of Montana, United States, 1994-1999
• Postdoctoral Fellow, COS and Mathematics, Auburn University, United States, 2000-2002

Editorial service

Employment history

• 2010-present, Professor, University of Arizona, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• 2006-2010, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• 2002-2006, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• 2002-present, Faculty Curator of Birds, University of Arizona's Museum of Natural History
• 1998-1999, University of Montana, Instructor/Lecturer
• 1991-1992, Alaska Fish & Wildlife Research Center; Research Associate
• 1991-1992, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Kaktovik; Research Associate
• 1990, Moscow University Lab of Ornithology, Expeditions to the Caucasus National Preserves; Lead Biologist
• 1987-1990, Moscow University Zoological Museum, Biological Surveys of the Far East, Korea, and Sea of Japan; Lead Biologist
• 1986-1989, Moscow University Zoological Museum, Winter expeditions to the Middle East and Transcaucasia; Research Associate
• 1984-1990, Moscow University Lab of Ornithology, Biological Surveys of Western Himalaya Avifauna; Project PI
• 1987-1989, Losiny Ostrov National Park; Staff Biologist
• 1986-1988 RSFR Academy of Sciences; Biological Surveys of Kamchatka Peninsula; Ornithologist

Teaching

Instructor/Lecturer:

University of Arizona

• ECOL 330 - Evolution of Animal Form and Function (2003-cur)
• ECOL 596E - Concepts in Developmental Evolution (2004-cur)
• ECOL 597G - Grant Writing in Biological Sciences (2005-cur)
• ECOL 610 - Ecology & Evolution Research (2002-2003)

• BIOL 302 -Comparative Vertebrate Embryology (1998, 1999)
• BIOL 200 - General Botany (summer class) (1989)
• BIOL 200 - General Zoology (summer class) (1989)

• ECOL 600 - Evolution Core (2003-cur.)
• ECOL 405 - Behavioral Ecology (2003)
• BIOL 306 - Mammalogy and Mammalogy Lab (1996, 1997, 1998)
• BIOL 232 - Genetics & Evolution (1996: 6 sections, 1997)
• BIOL 450 -Animal Behavior (1995)
• BIOL 340 - Ecology Lab (1994, 1995)

Recent grant support:

• NSF Evolutionary Processes – Reconciling innovation and adaptation during ongoing range expansion, 2013-2018, (PI)
• The Packard Foundation – Evolution of diversity in animal coloration: A novel evolutionary synthesis, 2005-2010, 2010-2014, (PI)
• NSF CAREER, Integrative Biology Program: Ecological and Physiological Systems – Evolution and ontogeny of conditional mating tactics in a model avian system, 2005-2011, (PI).
• NSF Population Biology Panel – The evolution of maternal effects in a model avian system, 2004-2010, (PI).
• NSF Mathematical Biology Panel – Mathematical insights into origin, evolution, and maintenance of conditional mating tactics, 2005-2009, (PI).
• NSF Population Biology Panel – The evolution of maternal effects in a model avian system.  2001-2004, (PI).
• NSF, Population Biology Panel – The evolution of sexual dimorphism in recently established populations: An ontogenetic perspective, 2000-2004, (PI).
• NSF/ESF/NERC Research Coordination Network: “Integrating Ecology and Endocrinology”, 2005-2010
• SSE “Darwin 200” Outreach Award, 2009
• Fulbright Foundation Collaborative Research Grant, 2008-2010
• Supplement to NSF Population Biology Panel – The evolution of maternal effects in a model avian system, 2005-2009
• European Science Foundation, EU Science Council 2006-2009
• The Kosciuszko Foundation, 2006-2007
• NSF, Population Biology Panel – The evolution of sexual dimorphism in recently established populations: An ontogenetic perspective, 2003-2006
• NSF DDIG (Rebecca Young-Ph.D. student) – Developmental origins and evolutionary consequences of modularity in a complex morphological trait, 2006-2009
  
  

National & international professional service (selected, last 3 years):

• Science magazine, Newcomb Cleveland Prize, Reviewer, AAAS, 2006, 2007
  
• The Steven J. Gould Award Committee, Society for the Study of Evolution, 2009-2011
  
• Rosemary Grant Award Committee, Society for the Study of Evolution, 2010-2012
  
• Director, Cooper Ornithological Society, 2006-2009
  
• Councilor, Society for the Study of Evolution, 2009-2011
  
• Steering Committee, RNC: Integrating Ecology and Endocrinology, NSF (USA), 2005-2009
  
• Chair, The Katma Award Committee, Cooper Ornithological Society, 2007-2010
  
• Student’s Research Award Committee, American Ornithologists’ Union, 2004-2007
  
• Tenure reviewer: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Iowa State, Michigan State, UT Austin, UCLA.
  
• External Faculty Evaluation Committee, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan (2009-2011). Principal Investigator selection for the following OIST Groups: Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology, Evolution of Complex Systems, Neurophysiology.
  
• Grant panel service & Grant reviews: National Science Foundation (NSF), United States: Panel member (2006-2009): DDIG, Behavioral Systems (Integrative Organismal Biology), Mathematical Biology, Animal Behavior; Ad hoc Reviewer for NSF Programs (2002-cur.): Population Biology/Evolution Cluster/Evolution Processes (42 proposals), Animal Behavior (12), Ecological & Evolutionary Physiology Program (24), Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms (4), Collaborative Research (16), NSF EPSCor (9).
• Board Member, National Environmental Research Council, United Kingdom:  2003-2007 (11 proposals)
  
• Austrian Science Foundation: Panel member (5 proposals since 2006)
  
• Marie Curie EU Postgraduate Fellowships: 2007-2009 Advisory Panel Member (8 proposals/year)
  
• Fulbright Commission (Czech Republic): Ad hoc reviewer
• US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, 2008-2012 (4 proposals/yr); US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund (2/yr)
• Referee service: Reviewer for Princeton University Press (3 book manuscripts, 6 book proposals);Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution (3 books); Academic Press (3 Evolution textbooks); MIT Press (2 books, 1 book proposal)
• Reviewer for scientific journals (only selected shown, other than in Editor or Associate Editor duties; 2002-2009): Science (12); Nature (8); Trends in Ecology and Evolution (21); Evolution (46); American Naturalist (35); Proceedings of the  Royal Society London: Biol. Sciences (32); Biology Letters (5); Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (23); Ecology (4); J. Animal Ecology (9); Animal Behaviour (7); Behavioral Ecology (19); Ethology (7); Ethologia (3); Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology (4); Auk (18); Theoretical Biology (2); Heredity (19); Genetica (11).
  

Research featured in:

>2006

See LabNews

2005-2006

Scientific American, Science, UA News, CBC Radio interview, Quirks & Quarks site, Arizona Daily Star, Image of the Day-LiveScience, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Terra Daily, Noorderlicht Online, VPRO, Biology-Blog, Die Zeit, Die News in Kürze-3Sat, InnovReport, NewsWise

2000-2002

Science (News of the Week);Trends of Ecology & Evolution ; Scientific American; Natural History; USA Today; Wissenschaft; National Geographic; National Public Radio; The New York Times; Discovery Channel Canada; NewsDay of New York; The Economist; Science Highlights (CalAcademy of Science); Academic Press InScight; Climate Ark; Forests.org; Auburn University News; University of Arizona News: Science Page

<2000

BBC Wildlife Magazine;Green Umbrella Ltd. U.K. Television documentary "Triumph of Life", Episode "Mate choice in the house finches"; Miami Herald; Contra Costa Times; Anchorage Daily News; The Philadelphia Inquirer; Charlotte Observer; Detroit Free Press; Arizona Republic; The News and Observer of Raleigh

Membership in professional societies

• Society for the Study of Evolution
• American Society of Naturalists
• Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• European Society for Evolutionary Biology
• Cooper Ornithological Society
• American Ornithologists' Union
• Ecological Society of America

Photography represented by:

• Visuals Unlimited, Inc
• Nature Picture Library (UK)/Minden Pictures (US)
• Bluegreen Pictures
• Getty Images (to 2010)
• AP Images (to 2010)