​Michael P. Moore
 
​Biodiversity Post-Doctoral Fellow
Living Earth Collaborative 
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

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I'm a biologist working at the intersection of evolution, ecology, physiology, and behavior. I have broad interests in life-history evolution and sexual selection, and my research centers on understanding how organisms evolve when natural selection differs between life-cycle stages. 

Check out more details about my work on the Research and Publications pages!

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NEWS & UPDATES

2019
August

• My paper on temperature and sexual selection in dragonflies got 2nd place in the 2019 CWRU Department of Biology Graduate Outstanding Paper Award
• Started my new position as a Biodiversity Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Living Earth Collaborative - a new biodiversity center at Washington University, the St. Louis Zoo, and the Missouri Botanical Garden

July

• Paper with Ryan on the evolution of carry-over effects accepted to Journal of Animal Ecology

June

• Paper with Howard and Ryan on the strength of maternal effects in animal populations accepted to Ecology Letters
• Presented a talk on adaptive decoupling and a poster on the thermal effects of sexual coloration at Evolution 2019
• Had an awesome time seeing the odonates of SE Ohio and giving the keynote address at the 2019 Ohio Dragonfly Conference

May

• Defended my dissertation (and passed)​

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