Dr. Jessica Abbott

• Since 2016
  Senior University Lecturer (Lund University, Sweden)
  
  

• 2012 – 2016
  Researcher (Lund University, Sweden)
  
  

• 2010 – 2011
  Postdoctoral research (Uppsala University, Sweden, and University of Tübingen, Germany)
  
  

• 2009 – 2010
  Postdoctoral reserach (Uppsala University, Sweden)
  
  

• 2007 – 2009
  Postdoctoral research (Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. Canada)
  
  

• 2002 – 2006
  PhD in Ecology (Lund University, Sweden)
  
  

• 2000 – 2001
  MSc in Animal Ecology (Lund University, Sweden)
  
  

• 1997 – 2000
  BSc in Biology (University of Guelph, Ont. Canada)
  
  

• Abbott, J. K., Nordén, A. K. & Hansson, B. (2017) Sex chromosome evolution: historical insights and future perspectives. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284: 20162806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2806.

• Morris, M. R., Friebertshauser, R. J., Rios-Cardenas, O., Liotta, M. N. & Abbott, J. K. (2016) The potential for disruptive selection on growth rates across genetically influenced alternative reproductive tactics. Evolutionary Ecology 30(3):519-533. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-016-9823-x.

• Tazzyman, S. J. & Abbott, J. K. (2015) Self-fertilization and inbreeding limit the scope for sexually antagonistic polymorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(3):723-729. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12592.

• Katayama, N., Abbott, J. K., Kjærandsen, J., Takahashi, Y., & Svensson, E. I. (2014) Sexual selection on wing interference patterns in Drosophila melanogaster. PNAS, 111(42):15144-15148.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407595111.

• Abbott, J. K., Innocenti, P., Chippindale, A. K., & Morrow, E. H. (2013) Epigenetics and sex-specific fitness: an experimental test using male-limited evolution in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One, 8(7): e70493. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070493.

• Abbott, J. K. (2011) Intralocus sexual conflict and sexually antagonistic genetic variation in hermaphroditic animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278:161-169. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1401.

• Abbott, J. K., Bensch, S., Gosden, T. & Svensson, E. I. (2008) Patterns of differentiation in a colour polymorphism and in neutral markers reveal rapid genetic changes in natural damselfly populations. Molecular Ecology, 17(6):1597-1604. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03641.x.

• Sexual antagonism and sex chromosome evolution in hermaphrodites

• X-Y coevolution in Drosophila

• Female-limited X-chromosome evolution

• Intralocus tactical conflict in Xiphophorus multilineatus

• Applying statistical models to definitions of life

• Swedish Ecological Society Oikos (secretary/treasurer)

• European Society for Evolutionary Biology

• Member of panel of experts on popular science TV show Fråga Lund http://www.svt.se/fraga-lund/

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170526084533.htm

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/10/23/female-fruit-flies-prefer-mates-with-dazzle-dullards-neednt-bother/?utm_term=.aa432c438d97

• http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=b9%5F20841461%5F82%5F06%2D09%2D2015%5F

Additional interests

• Swedish Research Council panel member 2016 – 2017

• Co-ordinator for multidisciplinary project "A Plurality of Lives" at the Pufendorf Institute for Advances Studies, 2016 – 2017

• Subject editor at Oikos

• Reviewing editor at Journal of Evolutionary Biology

• Editorial Board Member at Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Soft Skills

• Active supporter of popular science

Other activities and achievements/family

• Family currently consists of husband, two daughters, one dog, two cats, two guinea pigs, fish, and stick insects.

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