Stephen C. Stearns

Stephen C. Stearns (born December 12, 1946, in Kapaau, Hawaii and raised in Hawi, Hawaii)^[1] is an American biologist, and the Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Emeritus at Yale University. He is known for his work in life history theory and evolutionary medicine.^[2]

Stephen C. Stearns

December 12, 1946 (1946-12-12) (age 77)

Kapaau, Hawaii, United States

Yale University, University of Wisconsin, University of British Columbia

Life history evolution, evolutionary medicine

Beverly Peterson Stearns

Justin K. Stearns, Jason Stearns

Evolutionary biology, life history theory, evolutionary medicine

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University

A comparison of the evolution and expression of life history traits in stable and fluctuating environments: Gambusia affinis in Hawaii (1975)

Dieter Ebert

stearnslab.yale.edu

BA 1967

Yale University

MSc 1971

University of Wisconsin, Madison

PhD 1975

University of British Columbia

Miller Fellow 1978

University of California, Berkeley

Helped to found the (ESEB) in 1987.^[3] He later served on its council and as its president.

European Society for Evolutionary Biology

Founded the ,^[4] ESEB's main journal,^[3] served as its first managing editor from 1986 to 1991, and later served on its Editorial Board.^[3]

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

With , founded the Tropical Biology Association in 1991.^[5]

Tim Clutton-Brock

Founded the online open-access journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health in 2013.

[6]

1987: Elected Fellow of the .

American Association for the Advancement of Science

1993: European Chair of Biology at the École normale supérieure, Paris.

2000: Clarion Award from the for a book he wrote with his wife, Beverly Peterson Stearns, Watching, from the Edge of Extinction.

Association for Women in Communications

2000: Distinguished Ecologist, .

University of Michigan

2004: Raymond Pearl Memorial Lecturer, Human Biology Association.

2005: Fellow, Konrad Lorenz Institute.

2005: Fellow, Rockefeller .

Bellagio Conference and Study Center

2005: Honorary Member of the .^[7]

Swiss Zoological Society

2007: Fellow, European Society for Evolutionary Biology.

[8]

2011: DeVane Medal for distinction in undergraduate teaching, Yale University Phi Beta Kappa.

[9]

2011–2012: Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin

2015: Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zurich.

[10]

2021: Yale College Harwood F. Byrnes/Richard B. Sewall Teaching Prize

1978–1983: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology,

Reed College

1983–2000: Professor of Zoology, .^[11]

University of Basel

1986–1991: Managing Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Biology

1991–1998: President, Tropical Biology Association.

1994–1998: Chair, Program in Population Biology.

European Science Foundation

1995: Vice president of the

Society for the Study of Evolution

1995–1996: Dean, Faculty of Science,

University of Basel

2002–2005: Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

2000–present: Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,

Yale University

The Evolution of Sex and its Consequences (Birkhaeuser 1987) 978-3-0348-6273-8

ISBN

The Evolution of Life Histories (Oxford University Press 1992) 978-0-19-857741-6

ISBN

Evolution in Health and Disease (Oxford University Press 1999, 2nd Ed with Jacob Koella 2007) 978-0-19-920746-6^[12]

ISBN

(first author Beverly Peterson Stearns, Yale University Press 1999) ISBN 978-0-300-07606-6^[13]^[14]

Watching, from the Edge of Extinction

Evolution, an Introduction (with Rolf Hoekstra, Oxford University Press 2000, 2nd Ed 2005) 978-0-19-925563-4^[15]

ISBN

Evolutionary Medicine (with Ruslan Medzhitov, Sinauer 2016) 978-1-60535-260-2

ISBN

at Yale University

Stearns' web site

at Open Yale Courses

Stearns' introductory course Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

Evolution and Medicine (2015) with Stephen Stearns, YouTube

at Oxford University Press

Stephen C. Stearns