Topics
- Applied Mathematics
- Arts and Culture
- Bioengineering
- Cognitive Science
- Computing, Sensing, Gaming and Robotics
- Earth and Environment
- Economy and Markets
- Evolution and Genomics
- Human Health
- Immigration
- Law and Politics
- Math and Science Education
- Physics
- Spanish and Latino Studies
- Stem Cells
- Water Resources
Associated Resources
- Sustainability (Resource List)
- Teach-in Educates Campus, Community About Climate Change (UC Merced Article)
- Evolutionary Biology Professor Combines Global Research, Local Teaching (UC Merced Article)
- Global Climate Change (Resource List)
Michael N Dawson
School of Natural Sciences
Primary contact information
- Email: mdawson@ucmerced.edu
- Phone: (209) 228-4056
- Address:
- 5200 N. Lake Rd.
- Merced, CA 95343
Secondary contact information
- Name: Ana Nelson Shaw
- Title: Public Information Representative
- Email: ashaw@ucmerced.edu
- Primary Phone: (209) 228-4406
- Secondary Phone: (209) 205-8561
Associated Topics
Background
Millions of species demonstrate that evolution happens, but few illuminate the process. Michael N Dawson`s lab focuses on elucidating the origins, maintenance, and loss of marine biodiversity, from molecular to ecosystem levels.
"We are interested in how molecular variation explains and causes differences between individuals, populations, species, and higher taxa, and how the environment shapes genetic, organismal, population, and community variation," Dawson explained. "Our work scales from micro-evolution to macro-evolution and integrates biological and physical sciences."
Dawson can provide expert comments on the following subtopics:
- adaptation, ecological genetics, evolutionary ecology
- population genetics, phylogeography, biogeography, phylogenetics
- speciation, systematics, taxonomy
- behavior, morphology
- climate change, invasive species and marine protected areas
Dawson also runs three Web sites related to his research interests:
- http://mnd.ucmerced.edu/
- http://marinelakes.ucmerced.edu/
- http://thescyphozoan.ucmerced.edu/
"We are interested in how molecular variation explains and causes differences between individuals, populations, species, and higher taxa, and how the environment shapes genetic, organismal, population, and community variation," Dawson explained. "Our work scales from micro-evolution to macro-evolution and integrates biological and physical sciences."
Dawson can provide expert comments on the following subtopics:
- adaptation, ecological genetics, evolutionary ecology
- population genetics, phylogeography, biogeography, phylogenetics
- speciation, systematics, taxonomy
- behavior, morphology
- climate change, invasive species and marine protected areas
Dawson also runs three Web sites related to his research interests:
- http://mnd.ucmerced.edu/
- http://marinelakes.ucmerced.edu/
- http://thescyphozoan.ucmerced.edu/