Locke Rowe

Guest of the Principal, SCAS.
Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto.

Locke Rowe is known for his research in evolutionary ecology, with a focus on life histories and the
ecology and evolutionary genetics of sex differences. His work in these areas has included theoretical
development, empirical tests of theory, and syntheses. He has published about 150 papers in refereed
journals as well as the Princeton monograph Sexual Conflict (with G. Arnqvist). His work has appeared
in Science, Nature, and PNAS, and in the ecology and evolution journals American Naturalist, Evolution,
Ecology, and Proceedings of the Royal Society. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,
as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Physiographic Society
of Lund, and has held fellowships in a number of other academic societies and institutes, including SCAS.
He is an emeritus Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto and past
senior Canada Research Chair. He has served as the head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, and more recently as a dean, and vice-provost at the University of Toronto. 

At SCAS, Rowe will be addressing questions about the causes and consequences of sex-specific selection
on divergence.

Locke Rowe is in residence mid-November - mid-December, 2024.
This information is accurate as of the academic year 2024-25.