Marlene Zuk
Marlene Zuk | |
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Zuk in Palmerston North City Library, 2014 | |
| Born | May 20, 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara University of Michigan |
| Spouse | John Rotenberry |
| Awards | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology |
| Institutions | University of California, Riverside University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | Sexual selection, mate choice and gregarine parasite levels in the field crickets Gryllus veletis and G. pennsylvanicus (1986) |
Marlene Zuk (born May 20, 1956) is an American evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist. She worked as professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) until she transferred to the University of Minnesota in 2012. Her studies involve sexual selection and parasites.