Professor Terry A Burke
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 0096
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 0002
email : t.a.burke@sheffield.ac.uk
Molecular Ecology Laboratory Website
NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF-Sheffield) website
Career
BSc (1979) University of Wales, Bangor; PhD (1984) University of Nottingham
NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and "Special" Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1984-88)
SERC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1988-90)
Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1990-93)
Lecturer and Reader in Zoology, University of Leicester (1993-97)
Professor of Molecular Ecology, University of Leicester (1997-98)
Professor of Molecular Ecology, University of Sheffield (1998-present)
2003-04 Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow (2003-04)
Key Research Interests
- Mating systems and sexual selection
- Ecological and evolutionary genetics
- Molecular and quantitative genetics in birds
Professional Activities (1995 onwards)
Editorial Review Board: Conservation Genetics (2000–)
Editorial Review Board : Journal of Animal Ecology (2000– )
Joint Founding Editor: Molecular Ecology (1992–95); Chief Editor (1996–99)
Head of Service, NERC The Molecular Genetics Facility - Sheffield (1999 - )
NERC Services and Facilities Tender Board (2004)
NERC Environmental Genomics Thematic Data Centre Evaluation Panel (2004)
DEFRA National Consultative Committee, Animal Genetic Resources (2001-02)
Programme Development Group on Biodiversity, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (1999-2003)
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Programme Review Group on Monitoring, Data, Assessment and Valuation, 1996-99
NERC Terrestrial Sciences Programme Review Committee, 1997-98
NERC Terrestrial Sciences Research Grants and Training Awards Committee, 1995-97
NERC Advisory Board on the Aberdeen Molecular Genetics in Ecology Initiative, 1995-99
Organiser, Population Genetics Group Conference, University of Sheffield (January 2001)
External examiner, Department of Biology, University of Leicester (2002-06)
Recent Invited Lectures include
Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Uppsala, Sweden (2004)
Symposium on Organisms Interacting with their Environment, University of Bristol (2004)
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, University of Sussex (2004)
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Annual Rebellion, University of E Anglia (2004)
Symposium on Molecular Ecology – the Genomic Basis of Adaptations, University of Lund, Sweden (2003)
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (2003)
4th International Symposium on Physiology and Behaviour of Wild and Zoo Animals, Berlin, Germany (2002)
Wilhelmine E. Key plenary lecture, American Genetics Association, Yale University, USA (2000)
VIII Congreso National y V Iberoamericano de Etología, Univ Granada, Spain (2000)
Current Research Students
Recent Publications (2001 to date)
Teaching
APS220 Evolutionary Biology
APS260 Animal Diversity practical