Jeff Hutchings

CRC Tier II in Evolution and Ecology  
Professor, Biology

Education

1991 Ph.D. Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland

1985 M.Sc. Biology Memorial University of Newfoundland

1980 B.Sc. Zoology University of Toronto

Academic Synopsis
2010: Adjunct Professor, Centre For Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo
2004: Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University
2002: Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation & Biodiversity
1995: Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University
1992-94: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Fisheries & Oceans, St. John's, Newfoundland
1991-92: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Professional Experience Synopsis
In addition to my responsibilities to undergraduate and graduate teaching, supervision of postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and the undertaking of basic and applied research, my professional experience and responsibilities have included the following: Member (2001-2012) and Chair (2006-2010), Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC; www.cosewic.gc.ca), the national independent body responsible for advising the federal Minister of the Environment on the status of species at risk in Canada; Chair, Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel on Ocean Climate Change and Biodiversity (2010-2011; www.rsc.ca); Vice-President (2010-2011) and President (2012-2013) of the Canadian Society For Ecology and Evolution (www.ecoevo.ca); Editor of Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences (2002-07); Member (2003-05) and Co-Chair (2005-06) of the Evolution & Ecology Grant Selection Committee of NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; www.nserc.ca); Chair (2008-2009) of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Selection Committee of NSERC; Editorial Board Member for Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2009-present), Evolutionary Applications (2007-present; www.blackwellpublishing.com/eva), and Environmental Reviews (2008-present); and Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology (2000-01; www.rsc.ca) and Scientific Advisory Committee (2008-present). I am also a Charter Member of the Research Advisory Panel of the Science Media Centre of Canada (www.sciencemedia.ca), an independent, not-for-profit organization that exists to raise the level of public discourse on science in Canada by helping journalists gain access to the experts and evidence-based research they require to cover science in the news.

2009-present Editorial Board Proceedings of the Royal Society B

2008-present Editorial Board Environmental Reviews

2007-present Editorial Board Evolutionary Applications

2007 Guest Subject Editor Ecological Applications

2004-2007 Editorial Board Functional Ecology

2003-2007 Editor Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

1997-2002 Associate Editor Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

1999-2001 Associate Editor Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Website
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E-mail: Dr. Jeff Hutchings

            
     Evolutionary ecology and
 conservation biology in fishes

My research centres on questions pertaining to the life history evolution, behavioural ecology, population dynamics, and conservation biology of marine and anadromous fishes, particularly Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). From an applied perspective, this work has bearing on questions pertaining to: the collapse, recovery and sustainable harvesting of marine fishes; interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic salmon; population consequences of fisheries-induced evolution; and the biodiversity of Arctic and sub-Arctic fishes.