University of British Columbia - 8:45 AM Tuesday

“Genomics of Plant Speciation”

Loren Rieseberg was born in Alberta, Canada, in 1961. After completing his secondary education in 1979, he moved to the USA, where he earned a Ph.D. in Biology in 1987 from Washington State University.   Loren returned to Canada in 2006, when he accepted a Canada Research Chair in Plant Evolutionary Genomics at the University of British Columbia.  He retains an appointment as Distinguished Professor at Indiana University, USA.

Loren’s work on plant hybridization, domestication, and speciation has been recognized by MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, the David Starr Jordan Prize, Stebbins Medal, and the A.R. Wallace – R.E. Franklin Medal.  He is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of London (UK Academy of Science), Royal Society of Canada, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He also has served as President of the American Genetics Association in 2006 and as Chief Editor of Molecular Ecology since 1999.

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