Dr. Tracy Langkilde

Biography

Tracy Langkilde is the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science and a Professor in Biology. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 2005, and a B.S. from James Cook University, Australia, in 1999. Langkilde also completed Postdoctoral Training as a Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Fellow at Yale University from 2005 to 2007. Her research focuses on the interface of ecology and evolution, understanding how organismal traits match environmental conditions in response to novel selective pressures imposed by global environmental change, and the consequences of adaptation. Her studies take an integrative approach through behavioral observations, endocrine assays, morphological analyses, and molecular approaches in both field and laboratory settings, with a specific focus on reptiles and amphibians. This work is of fundamental and applied significance, elucidating the role of evolutionary processes in the assembly dynamics of natural communities and understanding how native populations exhibit resilience in response to rapid environmental perturbations.

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