Jon Evans
University of Western Australia
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Creates a collaborative learning environment.
Brings passion and energy to teaching.
Brings real-world examples to learning.
Fair, constructive, and always motivating.
Encourages students to think critically.
About Jon
Professor Jon Evans is a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Western Australia. He completed a BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology at the University of Liverpool from 1994 to 1997 and a PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews from 1997 to 2001. His academic career at UWA commenced with an Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship from 2003 to 2006, followed by an ARC Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Fellowship from 2006 to 2010. He served as Senior Lecturer from 2011 to 2012 before advancing to Associate Professor and subsequently to full Professor.
Evans' research centers on evolutionary biology, emphasizing post-copulatory sexual selection, sperm competition, ejaculate evolution, and paternal effects in poeciliid fishes such as guppies (Poecilia reticulata) and in terrestrial-breeding frogs. Key publications include "Directional postcopulatory sexual selection revealed by artificial insemination" (Evans et al., Animal Behaviour, 2003), "The ontogeny of courtship, colour and sperm production in male guppies" (Evans et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2002), "The effects of inbreeding on male courtship behaviour and coloration in guppies" (Mariette et al., Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2006), "Male phenotype and sperm number in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)" (Pitcher & Evans, Animal Behaviour, 2001), and "Sperm competition: linking form to function" (Humphries et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2008). He co-edited the book "Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes" (Pilastro, Evans & Schlupp, University of Chicago Press, 2011). Evans has made significant contributions through datasets on topics such as sperm traits' dependence on male condition, geographic variation in testes size and ejaculate traits, and fertilization success related to genetic relatedness. He has received prestigious ARC fellowships and a recent ARC grant to study causes and consequences of gamete trait variation. As a member of the Centre for Evolutionary Biology, he co-coordinates courses including Behavioural Ecology (ANIM3365) and The Darwinian Revolution (ANIM2001).
Professional Email: jonathan.evans@uwa.edu.au