Dr. Ryan Greenway
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My research integrates genomic data with experiments employing ecological, behavioral, and physiological methods to establish links between genotype, phenotype, and fitness in natural systems. Much of my research addresses two major questions: (1) how do particular ecological factors influence adaptation? and (2) what controls the repeatability of adaptation across levels of biological organization? To answer these questions I study a variety of systems, often focusing on replicated populations adapting to clearly defined ecological regimes in natural or semi-natural conditions. Such systems include poeciliid fishes adapting to extremely toxic hydrogen sulfide springs, stickleback and zooplankton evolving in response to variation in predation pressure, and cichlid species experiencing various interspecific interactions.
Research Experience and Academic Background:
Awards and Grants:
Conference presentations:
Invited Talks
Society Memberships:
American Society of Naturalists (ASN)
Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
American Genetic Association (AGA)
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- 2021 to present: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Universität Konstanz, Germany
- 2019 to 2021: Postdoc in Fish Ecology and Evolution, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland
- 2014 to 2019: Ph.D., Kansas State University Division of Biology, USA
- 2011 to 2014: B.S. Zoology, Oklahoma State University, USA
Awards and Grants:
- 2021 Academic Transition Grant (EAWAG) “Adaptation to biotic interactions in nature”
- 2019 Alvin and RosaLee Sarachek Predoctoral Honors in Molecular Biology Fellowship (KSU)
- 2018 Biology Graduate Student Association Research Grant (KSU), “Hybridization and phenotypic trait evolution in Thorichthys species”
- 2018 University Distinguished Professors Graduate Student Award (KSU), “Hybridization and phenotypic trait evolution in Thorichthys species”
- 2018 American Society of Naturalists Student Research Award, “The role of mitonuclear incompatibilities during ecological speciation in extremophile poeciliid fishes”
- 2018 Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grant – Rosemary Grant Advanced award, “The role of mitonuclear incompatibilities during ecological speciation in extremophile poeciliid fishes”
- 2017 Ohio Cichlid Association Jim Smith Endowment Fund Grant, “Hybridization and phenotypic trait evolution in Thorichthys species”
- 2016 American Livebearer Association Vern Parish Fund Award, “Mechanisms of reproductive isolation driving ecological speciation between three independent population pairs along the same environmental gradient”
- 2016 Friends of Sunset Zoo Conservation Scholar Program Grant, “Conserving three highly endemic fish populations inhabiting a unique and highly threatened environment in tropical Mexico”
- 2016 American Museum of Natural History Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund, “Mechanisms of reproductive isolation driving ecological speciation between three independent population pairs along the same environmental gradient”
- 2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- 2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship - Honorable Mention
- 2014 Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies Research Grant Award, “Biodiversity assessment in Costa Rican freshwater sulfide springs”
- 2013-2014 Lew Wentz Research Grant (OSU)
- 2012-2013 Niblack Research Scholar Award (OSU)
Conference presentations:
Invited Talks
- 03/19 Greenway, R. Speciation in extreme environments: using sulfide spring fishes to study the origins of biological diversity. Aquatic Ecology & Macroevolution Seminar, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
01/19 Greenway, R., J.C. Havird, J.L. Kelley, and M. Tobler. The role of mitonuclear incompatibilities during ecological speciation in extremophile poeciliid fishes. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2019. Tampa, FL
04/18 Greenway, R., J.L. Kelley, and M. Tobler. Molecular mechanisms underlying the convergent evolution of toxicity tolerance in extremophile fishes. Kansas State University Division of Biology 50th Anniversary Symposium. Manhattan, KS
04/18 Greenway, R. Speciation in extreme environments: using sulfide spring fishes to study the origins of biological diversity. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Society Memberships:
American Society of Naturalists (ASN)
Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
American Genetic Association (AGA)
Publications:
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