| Simon P. Lailvaux Current address |
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| Functional Morphology Laboratory | |
| Department of Biology | |
| University of Antwerp, Campus 'Drie Eiken' | |
| Universiteitsplein 1 | |
| Wilrijk, B-2610 | |
| Belgium | |
| Phone: ++ 32 38202293 | |
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slailvaux@gmail.com
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| Academic career | |
| 2006-Present FWO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Antwerp, Belgium | |
| 2002-2005 PhD, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA | |
| 2000-2001 MSc, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa | |
| 1999 BSc(Hons), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa |
| Awards and fellowships |
| 1999-2001 Postgraduate Merit Award, University of the Witwatersrand (tuition and stipend) |
| 2003 Sigma Xi grant-in-aid-of-research ($500) |
| 2004 Tinker Foundation summer research grant ($899) |
| 2004 Cuban & Caribbean Studies Institute summer research award, Tulane University ($300) |
| 2005 Graduate Relief Fellowship ($10 0000) |
| Symposia organized |
| Ecological Dimorphisms, SICB, Phoenix 2007 (Co-organizer with S. Vincent, A. Herrel and E. Taylor). |
| Reviewer for |
| African Journal of Herpetology, African Zoology, Animal Behaviour, Behavioral Ecology, Biology Letters, Ethology, Functional Ecology, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of Zoology |
| Invited talks |
| (1) 7th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 2004. Ontogenetic changes in performance: implications for vertebrate male mating strategies |
| (2) Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. 2004. Rumble in the jungle: male fighting ability and the evolution of territoriality in Caribbean Anolis lizards |
| (3) Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, USA. 2007. The evolution of sex differences in locomotor performance and thermal physiology in lizards. |
| (4) 8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France. 2007. The evolution of fighting ability in Caribbean and European lizards: contrast or convergence? |
| Professional memberships |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists |
| Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology |
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