Contact information

Email
- madeline.peters@mail.utoronto.ca
Github
- madelineapeters

Education

University of Toronto, Hon. BSc., September 2013 - June 2017
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Specialist

University of Toronto, PhD, September 2017 - Current
Evolutionary parasitology, theoretical biology

Research

Mideo Lab, University of Toronto September 2017 - Present
PhD student

Weis Lab, University of Toronto August 2015 - August 2017
  • Research courses: EEB395 (2015-2016), EEB498 (2016-2017)
  • Funded projects: NSERC-USRA (2016), UTEA (2017)
    • My work in the Weis Lab has focused on theoretical population genetics. Using a combination of mathematical and computational approaches, my projects investigate the maintenance of genetic variation in pollen competitive ability in mixed-mating systems as well as the interplay of isolation-by-distance and isolation-by-time in flowering plant populations. My work has been done primarily in R, with some reliance on Visual Basic and Mathematica.

    Awards

    NSERC-CGSM 2017-2018

    Faculty of Arts and Science Top Doctoral Fellowship 2017-onwards
    University of Toronto

    Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award 2017
    University of Toronto

    Robert Bruce Memorial Scholarship 2016
    New College, University of Toronto

    Samuel Cukier Memorial Prize 2016
    Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Toronto

    New College Council In-Course Scholarship 2015
    New College, University of Toronto

    Publications

    Selection for pollen competitive ability in mixed mating systems
    Madeline A.E. Peters and Arthur E. Weis
    Evolution (Accepted)

    Communication

    Ontario Ecology, Ethology and Evolution Colloquium - presenter, primary author
    May 2016 - University of Toronto
    Modelling maintenance of genetic variation in pollen competitiveness

    Atwood Colloquium - presenter, primary author
    April 2017 - University of Toronto
    Extending Wright's isolation-by-distance into the temporal dimension

    Evolution - primary author
    June 2017 - Portland, Oregon
    Taking isolation-by-distance into the temporal dimension

    MidWest PopGen - presenter, primary author
    August 2017 - Michigan State University
    Taking isolation-by-distance into the temporal dimension

    Skills

    Languages
    Proficient in R, Matlab and Mathematica, with basic skills in bash
    Ongoing learning in Python, C++ and HTML

    Non-computer languages
    English and Hebrew