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Nina Wedell - F1000 Faculty Member (since 21 October 2004)

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Exeter

EDUCATION:
• 1984 BSc (Stockholm)
• 1986 MSc (Stockholm)
• 1993 PhD (Stockholm)
• 1997 DSc (Stockholm)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
• 2004-present Royal Society University Research Fellow: University of Exeter
• 2000-2004 Royal Society University Research Fellow: School of Biology, University of Leeds
• 1996-1999 Research Fellow: (Swedish Natural Sciences Research Council), Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm
• 1993-1996 Postdoctoral research fellow (Swedish Natural Sciences Research
Council): University of Liverpool

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
Dr Wedell is the leader of the Evolutionary Genetics research group. In 2000 she was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, which she holds at the University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Wedell is an evolutionary biologist with research interests focused on the evolutionary ecology of sex. She has worked extensively on various aspects of sexual selection and sexual conflict, in particular on the role of selfish genetic elements in reproductive biology.

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