Welcome to Ruth G. Shaw’s Research Group in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota!
We study evolutionary processes in contemporary plant populations. A central goal of our research is to clarify the dynamics of evolutionary change in nature, using a combination of quantitative genetics, population biology, and field experiments. Recurring and ongoing themes of our research include adaptation to climate change and evolutionary consequences of severe fragmentation of populations. Explore this site further for descriptions of our current work.
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Congratulations to Ruth Shaw who was recently recognized with the Society for the Study of Evolution’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Rachel Pain for her successful defense of her doctoral dissertation (January 2024) “Evolutionary impacts of assisted gene flow: Fitness consequences of hybridization along a geo-climatic gradient in an annual prairie legume”
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2023
Congratulations to Amy Waananen on her eloquent defense of her doctoral dissertation (May 2023) “Fitness consequences of pollen movement and its dependence on spatiotemporal isolation: Field studies in Echinacea angustifolia“. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota and will be working on projects related to the USGS Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (MW CASC).
We are excited to announce that the work of Anna Peschel and Ruth Shaw “Comparing the predicted versus realized rate of adaptation of Chamaecrista fasciculata to climate change” is set to appear in The American Naturalist.
Ruth G. Shaw's Research Group 