个人简介
1987-1991 PhD Parasite Systematics, University of Bristol
1986-1987 MSc Biological Computation, University of York
1980-1984 BSc Applied Biology, Liverpool Polytechnic
Career
2007-present Associate Professor of Molecular Systematics, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter
2004-2007 Reader in Molecular Systematics, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter
2001-2004 Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter
1998-2001 Wellcome Trust Research Fellow (Biodiversity), School of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter
1996-1998 Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester/School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
1993-1996 Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
1992-1993 Charge de Recherche, Laboratoire Genetique Moleculaire des Parasites et des Vecteurs, UMR CNRS/ORSTOM 9926, Montpellier, France
1987-1991 Research Assistant, MRC Trypanosomiasis Research Group, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bristol
研究领域
The unifying theme of my research is molecular ecology. Within this subject area, two distinct strands of research are being undertaken: (i) fish population genetics, (ii) parasite systematics and evolution. See our research group (MEEG) web pages for further information.
Much of our current research focuses on the population genetics of salmon and trout in the rivers of England and Wales, for which we employ a range of population-level molecular techniques including: microsatellite, SNPs and mitochondrial DNA analysis. Current projects aim to evaluate the genetic diversity of trout across southern Britain to inform management practices aimed at conserving these fish in rivers under increasing anthropogenic and environmental pressures. This work is within the broader framework of a multi-partner European Union funded project: Atlantic Aquatic Resource Conservation (AARC). We also have ongoing projects focusing on temporal stability in Atlantic salmon and patterns of metal tolerance in trout. The findings of all studies have direct relevance to fish conservation and stock management across Britain and Europe, and benefit from substantial EU and Environment Agency funding. We are also grateful to the following for financial and logistical support: The Westcountry Rivers Trust, The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Atlantic Salmon Trust.
We also contribute to a number of previous EU-funded multi-agency projects on salmonids, including the Atlantic Salmon Arc Project (ASAP, INTERREG IIIB projects 040 + 203) and SALSEA-Merge, an FP7 project, both of which have sought to develop a genetic baseline for salmon in their natal rivers, to facilitate identification and tracking of migrating salmon in the marine environment. These projects are trans-national and aimed to characterise genetic differences between salmon populations across western European, from Norway to northern Spain. This genetic information is now being used to address one of the remaining uncertainties in salmon ecology, namely at-sea mortality. The identification of distinct populations, and assignment of fish caught by marine fisheries to their river of origin will help identify levels of individual stock exploitation and facilitate improved management of this threatened species.
More recently, research within the group has expanded to undertake studies on genetic connectivity in marine invertebrates. In partnership with Prof Peter Mumby (University of Queensland/University of Exeter) and others, we have recently published an evaluation of patterns of connectivity in the dominant Caribbean reef-building coral, Montastrea annularis; this uses both empirical data and ocean current modelling. The work has been critical in demonstrating how, while marine connectivity (as measured by gene-flow) is correlated with distance, physical barriers, including oceanic currents and river outflows, can play key roles in shaping both macro and micro (local) patterns of marine connectivity. His group is a partner in the EU FP7 project, Future of Reefs in a Changing Environment (FORCE); Exeter is the lead partner in this project and the laboratory is participating in genetic connectivity analysis. The group has also been contracted by Natural England on a 4-year project to analyse marine connectivity in temperate marine octocoral species. The aim of this work is to provide genetic data on gene flow to supplement existing data on larval dispersal and oceanographic currents. Together these data will be used to inform decisions on the designation of candidate marine protected areas in UK waters.
Parasitological research within the group continues and includes projects on the evolution of trypanosomes, the causative agents of African Sleeping Sickness and Chagas disease, and other protozoa, and on a range of arthropod ectoparasites, including blowflies, screwworm flies and mites. This research has been supported by the NERC and the IAEA.
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Dillon MJ, Bowkett AE, Bungard MJ, Beckman K, O'Brien M, Bates K, Fisher MC, Stevens JR, Thornton CR (In Press). Tracking the amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans by using a highly specific monoclonal antibody and lateral-flow technology. Microbial Biotechnology Full text.
Finnegan AK, Griffiths AM, King RA, Machado-Schiaffino G, Porcher J-P, Garcia-Vasquez E, Bright D, Stevens JR (In Press). Use of multiple markers demonstrates a cryptic western refugium and postglacial colonisation routes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in northwest Europe. Heredity, 111(1), 34-43. Abstract.
Goodwin JCA, Andrew King R, Iwan Jones J, Ibbotson A, Stevens JR (2016). A small number of anadromous females drive reproduction in a brown trout (Salmo trutta) population in an English chalk stream. Freshwater Biology, 61(7), 1075-1089. Abstract. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 4
Sherman KD, Dahlgren CP, Stevens JR, Tyler CR (2016). Integrating population biology into conservation management for endangered Nassau grouper Epinephelus striatus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 554, 263-280. Abstract. Full text.
King RA, Hillman R, Elsmere P, Stockley B, Stevens JR (2016). Investigating patterns of straying and mixed stock exploitation of sea trout, Salmo trutta, in rivers sharing an estuary in south-west England. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 23(5), 376-389. Abstract. Full text.
Hamilton PB, Cowx IG, Oleksiak MF, Griffiths AM, Grahn M, Stevens JR, Carvalho GR, Nicol E, Tyler CR (2016). Population-level consequences for wild fish exposed to sublethal concentrations of chemicals – a critical review. Fish and Fisheries, 17(3), 545-566. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 13
Hall MJ, Wall RL, Stevens JR (2016). Traumatic Myiasis: a Neglected Disease in a Changing World. Annu Rev Entomol, 61, 159-176. Abstract. Author URL. Full text.
McDonagh LM, West H, Harrison JW, Stevens JR (2016). Which mitochondrial gene (if any) is best for insect phylogenetics?. INSECT SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTION, 47(3), 245-266. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 4
Kennedy EV, Foster NL, Mumby PJ, Stevens JR (2015). Erratum to: Widespread prevalence of cryptic Symbiodinium D in the key Caribbean reef builder, Orbicella annularis. Coral Reefs
Pountney A, Filby AL, Thomas GO, Simpson VR, Chadwick EA, Stevens JR, Tyler CR (2015). High liver content of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Chemosphere, 118, 81-86. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 2
Paris JR, King RA, Stevens JR (2015). Human mining activity across the ages determines the genetic structure of modern brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) populations. Evolutionary Applications Abstract. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 18
Hume BCC, D'Angelo C, Smith EG, Stevens JR, Burt J, Wiedenmann J (2015). SYMBIODINIUM THERMOPHILUM SP NOV. a THERMOTOLERANT SYMBIOTIC ALGA PREVALENT IN CORALS OF THE WORLD'S HOTTEST SEA, THE PERSIAN/ARABIAN GULF. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, 50, 58-58. Author URL.
Hume BC, D'Angelo C, Smith EG, Stevens JR, Burt J, Wiedenmann J (2015). Symbiodinium thermophilum sp. nov. a thermotolerant symbiotic alga prevalent in corals of the world's hottest sea, the Persian/Arabian Gulf. Sci Rep, 5 Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 212
Kennedy EV, Foster NL, Mumby PJ, Stevens JR (2015). Widespread prevalence of cryptic Symbiodinium D in the key Caribbean reef builder, Orbicella annularis. Coral Reefs Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 56
Selly SLC, Hickey J, Stevens JR (2014). A tale of two hatcheries: Assessing bias in the hatchery process for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Aquaculture, 434, 254-263. Abstract.
Bowkett AE, Jones T, Rovero F, Nielsen MR, Davenport TRB, Hawkins DM, Plowman AB, Stevens JR (2014). Distribution and genetic diversity of the Endangered Abbott's duiker Cephalophus spadix in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH, 24(2), 105-114. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 2
Stevens JR (2014). Free-living bodonids and derived parasitic trypanosomatids: but what lies in between?. Trends Parasitol, 30(3), 113-114. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 2
Horreo JL, Machado-Schiaffino G, Griffiths AM, Bright D, Stevens JR, Garcia-Vazquez E (2014). Long-term effects of stock transfers: Synergistic introgression of allochthonous genomes in salmonids. Journal of Fish Biology
Hamilton PB, Nicol E, De-Bastos ES, Williams RJ, Sumpter JP, Jobling S, Stevens JR, Tyler CR (2014). Populations of a cyprinid fish are self-sustaining despite widespread feminization of males. BMC Biol, 12 Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 24
Bowkett AE, Jones T, Laizzer RL, Plowman AB, Stevens JR (2013). Can molecular data validate morphometric identification of faecal pellets in Tanzanian forest antelope species?. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES, 5(4), 1095-1100. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 1
Berry CM, Wall R, Morgan E, Stevens J (2013). Identifying ticks. Veterinary Record, 172(8).
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