School of Biosciences

Professor Allen Moore

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Academic staff

Professor Allen Moore
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics

I am currently the Director of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Head of Biosciences (Cornwall), Deputy Head of School, and Professor of Evolutionary Genetics. My research focuses on evolutionary behavioural genetics, using quantitative and molecular genetic tools. I am particularly interested in the genetic influences on social behaviour. I am the head of the Evolutionary Genetics research group.

Qualifications

1983-1988 PhD University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
1979-1982 BS Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

Career

2009-present Deputy Head of School of Biosciences, University of Exeter
2007-present Head of Department and Director, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
2005-present
Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, University of Exeter, UK
2004-2005 Head of Department, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester
2002-2004 Deputy Dean for Education, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester
1999-2005 Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Manchester, UK
1998-1999 Program Director, Population Biology, Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation, Arlington VA USA
1990-1998 Asst. (90-95), Assoc. (96-97), Professor (98-99) of Evolutionary Genetics, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA
1989-1990 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Biology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
1988-1989 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
1984-1988 Behavioral Genetics Trainee, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

Contact details

EmailA.J.Moore@sw2zjvexeter.ac.uk
Tel+44 (0) 1326 371883
Fax+44 (0) 1326 253638
BuildingDaphne du Maurier
Office
AddressDaphne du Maurier
School of Biosciences
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
Penryn
Cornwall
TR10 9EZ
UK