Susan Kalisz

Dr. Susan Kalisz is recognized for her contributions to the study of natural selection, including empirical studies that employ demographic approaches for the study of life history evolution. Her work catalyzed a new research direction that merged natural history, ecology, and evolutionary biology. She is also a leader in the study of plant mating system evolution, publishing influential empirical studies, organizing working groups that have produced a number of synthetic reviews and developing the genus Collinsia as a model for mating system studies. Finally, her long-term, demographic studies of an invasive herb illustrate the complex ecological interactions that affect population spread.