莎朗-B-艾默生 生物学家

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Sharon B. Emerson
Biologist | Class of 1995
Title
Biologist
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
Age
50 at time of award
Area of Focus
Ecology and Evolutionary/Environmental Biology
Published July 1, 1995
ABOUT SHARON'S WORK
Sharon Emerson is a biologist with broad interests in evolution and ecology.

Her work has centered on an exploration of the origin of morphological novelties and understanding the biodiversity of form from various points of view.  Routinely crossing disciplinary boundaries between systematics, functional morphology, molecular genetics, behavioral and physiological ecology and conservation biology, Emerson examines organisms as potentially integrated morphological units, having demonstrated that selective significance is most interestingly considered in the context of other features.  Studying frog morphology through a series of research questions focused on various tropical frogs in Borneo, she has shown that evolution has occurred in systematic ways that are only partly related to ecological function.  Her model of analysis for determining the effects of different aerodynamic conditions on a specific type of frog’s flying abilities helped to define the emerging field of ecomorphology.

BIOGRAPHY
Emerson is a research professor emeritus at the University of Utah.  She has also worked as a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Emerson received a B.A. (1966) from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.S. (1968) and a Ph.D. (1971) from the University of Southern California.

Last updated January 1, 2005



莎朗-B-艾默生
生物学家 | 1995级
职称
生物学家
工作地点
盐湖城，犹他州
年龄
获奖时为50岁
重点领域
生态学和进化/环境生物学
发表于1995年7月1日
关于莎朗的工作
莎朗-艾默生是一位对进化和生态学有广泛兴趣的生物学家。

她的工作主要集中在探索形态学上的新颖性，以及从不同角度理解形态的生物多样性。 她经常跨越系统学、功能形态学、分子遗传学、行为和生理生态学以及保护生物学之间的学科界限，将生物体作为潜在的综合形态单元进行研究，并证明在其他特征的背景下考虑选择性意义是最有趣的。 通过对婆罗洲各种热带青蛙的一系列研究问题来研究青蛙的形态，她表明进化是以系统的方式发生的，而这些进化只是部分地与生态功能有关。 她确定不同空气动力学条件对特定类型青蛙飞行能力的影响的分析模型，帮助定义了新兴的生态形态学领域。

个人简历
艾默生是犹他大学的荣誉研究教授。 她还曾在芝加哥的菲尔德自然历史博物馆担任研究助理。

艾默生在加州大学伯克利分校获得学士学位（1966年），并在南加州大学获得硕士学位（1968年）和博士学位（1971年）。

最后更新于2005年1月1日