Jacqui SHYKOFF

 last updated 22/11/2022 -   +33 (0)1 69 15 56 66
 jacqui.shykoff@universite-paris-saclay.fr
 Evolutionary genetics and ecology
 CNRS, Senior Research Scientist
 adaptation, host-parasite interactions, plant-mutualist and plant-pollinator interactions, reproduction system or breeding system evolution
 publications - orcid 

Team: Evolutionary genetics and ecology

Research interests

I am interested in adaptation. I study various host-parasite interactions and am branching into the study of mutualisms. My main interest is in the evolution of exploitation strategies – how parasites exploit their hosts and how hosts and mutualists exploit each other.

I work on a variety of systems, most of them plants and some kind of microbe (fungi, oomycetes, bacteria) but also plants and pollinators and cuckoos and their host species. I also maintain an active interest in the evolution of reproductive systems or breeding systems, mainly in flowering plants.

Key words: adaptation, host-parasite interactions, plant-mutualist and plant-pollinator interactions, reproduction system or breeding system evolution Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution Teaching

I am responsible for a module in the Master BEE called “Ecology in English” which is mainly about efficient communication of science. I also teach a number of doctoral courses on manuscript and project writing. Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution

Career path

• Bachelor: University of Toronto, Canada
• Masters: Bowling Green State University, USA
• Doctorate: Universität Basel, Switzerland
• Postdoc: Instituut voor Oecologisch Onderzoek, Heteren, The Netherlands.
• Junior Group Leader: Institut für Terrestrische Ökologie, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland
• CNRS Researcher: Ecologie, Systématique, Evolution, Orsay, France