Suzanne H. Alonzo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Campus address: 427A Osborn Memorial Labs                               165 Prospect Street                               New Haven, CT 06511 USA Mailing address:   Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology                               P. O. Box 208106                               Yale University                               New Haven, CT 06520-8106 USA Phone:                  (203) 432 0690 Fax:                       (203) 432 3854 Email:                    Suzanne.Alonzo@yale.edu

In the Alonzo lab, we study the evolution and ecology of reproduction.

Topics include:  Sexual selection and conflict, alternative reproductive behaviors, life history patterns, evolution of sex change and the ecology of mating systems.

A behavioral and evolutionary ecologist by training, I am interested more generally in the intersection of evolution and ecology and the connection between data and theory. I use a combination of mathematical models and empirical data to determine how interactions within and between groups of individuals affect evolutionary and ecological dynamics at higher levels. 

My research focuses on the evolution and ecology of reproductive traits.  However, I have studied variety of topics including sexual selection, alternative reproductive patterns, mating systems, fisheries management and predator-prey interactions. I do field work in Corsica (on the ocellated wrasse) and in Connecticut (on a freshwater stream fish, the tessellated darter) and use phenotypic and genetic modeling approaches to understand the evolution and ecology of reproduction.