Jay Taylor Assistant Professor School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Arizona State University Office: PSA 447 Phone: 480-965-2641 e-mail: jtaylor@math.asu.edu URL:http://math.la.asu.edu/~jtaylor

Other affiliations: Center for Evolutionary Medicine and Informatics (CEMI)

Research in my group focuses on the application of mathematical modeling and analysis to problems in population genetics and evolutionary biology. In particular, much of our work is concerned with understanding the combined effects of demographic and environmental stochasticity on patterns of genetic variation and divergence, and the implications that these have for adaptation. Some specific areas of interest include:

• the population genetics of fluctuating selection;

• the effect of life history and demography on genealogies;

• the evolutionary genetics of chronic infectious disease;

• antigenic variation and gene family evolution in African trypanosomes.

Ocelot seen in the Huachuca Mountains of southern AZ (8 Feb. 2011).