Burke, Terry, Professor

Professor Terry Burke

School of Biosciences

Chair in Molecular Ecology

t.a.burke@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0096

Profile

BSc (1979) University of Wales, Bangor; PhD (1984) University of Nottingham
NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and "Special" Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1984-88)
SERC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1988-90)
Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Leicester (1990-93)
Lecturer and Reader in Zoology, University of Leicester (1993-97)
Professor of Molecular Ecology, University of Leicester (1997-98)
Professor of Molecular Ecology, University of ��«Ӱҵ (1998-present)
Head, NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility–��«Ӱҵ (1998-present)
(formerly known as ��«Ӱҵ Molecular Genetics Facility)
Director, NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility [UK-wide] (2008–present)
Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow (2015–17)

Research interests

My research falls into three themes:

Mating systems and sexual selection
Ecological and evolutionary genetics
Molecular and quantitative genetics in birds

Publications

Journal articles

Hillary LS, Farkas K, Maher KH, Lucaci A, Thorpe J, Distaso MA, Gaze WH, Paterson S, Burke T, Connor TR , McDonald JE et al (2021) . Water Research, 200.
Kim K-W, Jackson BC, Zhang H, Toews DPL, Taylor SA, Greig EI, Lovette IJ, Liu MM, Davison A, Griffith SC , Zeng K et al (2019) . Nature Communications, 10.
Hammers M, Kingma SA, Spurgin LG, Bebbington K, Dugdale HL, Burke T, Komdeur J & Richardson DS (2019) . Nature Communications, 10.
Sánchez-Tójar A, Nakagawa S, Sánchez-Fortún M, Martin DA, Ramani S, Girndt A, Bókony V, Kempenaers B, Liker A, Westneat DF , Burke T et al (2018) . eLife, 7.
Eberhart-Phillips LJ, Küpper C, Carmona-Isunza MC, Vincze O, Zefania S, Cruz-López M, Kosztolányi A, Miller TEX, Barta Z, Cuthill IC , Burke T et al (2018) . Nature Communications, 9(1).
Kim K-W, Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Hurley LL, Griffith SC, Burke T, Birkhead TR & Slate J (2017) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, 1168-1176.
Schroeder J, Hsu Y-H, Winney I, Simons M, Nakagawa S & Burke T (2016) . The American Naturalist, 188(2), 219-230.
Mundy NI, Stapley J, Bennison C, Tucker R, Twyman H, Kim K-W, Burke T, Birkhead TR, Andersson S & Slate J (2016) . Current Biology, 26(11), 1435-1440.
Kim K-W, Griffith SC & Burke T (2016) . Heredity, 116(4), 409-416.
Küpper C, Stocks M, Risse JE, dos Remedios N, Farrell LL, McRae SB, Morgan TC, Karlionova N, Pinchuk P, Verkuil YI , Kitaysky AS et al (2015) . Nature Genetics, 48(1), 79-83.
Hsu Y-H, Schroeder J, Winney I, Burke T & Nakagawa S (2015) . Molecular Ecology, 24(7), 1558-1571.
Schroeder J, Nakagawa S, Rees M, Mannarelli M-E & Burke T (2015) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(13), 4021-4025.
Spurgin LG, Wright DJ, van der Velde M, Collar NJ, Komdeur J, Burke T & Richardson DS (2014) . Evolutionary Applications, 7(9), 1134-1143.
Hsu YH, Schroeder J, Winney I, Burke T & Nakagawa S (2014) . Evolution, 68(10), 2873-2884.
van Dijk RE, Kaden JC, Argüelles-Ticó A, Dawson DA, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2014) . Ecology Letters, 17(9), 1141-1148.
Bielby J, Donnelly CA, Pope LC, Burke T & Woodroffe R (2014) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 111(25), 9193-9198.
Wright DJ, Spurgin LG, Collar NJ, Komdeur J, Burke T & Richardson DS (2014) . Mol Ecol, 23(9), 2165-2177.
Whitlock R, Stewart GB, Goodman SJ, Piertney SB, Butlin RK, Pullin AS & Burke T (2013) . Environmental Evidence, 2, 13.
Hammers M, Komdeur J, Richardson DS & Burke T (2013) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Dugdale HL, Pope LC, Newman C, Macdonald DW & Burke T (2011) . Molecular Ecology, 20(15), 3261-3274.
Ekblom R, French L, Slate J & Burke T (2010) . Genome Biology & Evolution, 2, 781-790.
Whitlock R, Grime JP & Burke T (2010) . Ecology, 91(5), 1344-1354.
Frantz AC, Pope LC, Etherington TR, Wilson GJ & Burke T (2010) . Molecular Ecology, 19(8), 1663-1674.
Frantz AC, Cellina S, Krier A, Schley L & Burke T (2009) . Journal of Applied Ecology, 46(2), 493-505.
Dugdale HL, Macdonald DW, Pope LC, Johnson PJ & Burke T (2008) . Molecular Ecology, 17(7), 1815-1827.

Professional activities and memberships

2017 Chair, Molecular Ecology Prize Committee
2017 Member, Institut Universitaire de France, professorial fellowships jury
2016– Member, Royal Society Newton International Fellowship committee (Biological Sciences)
2016– Member, University of Liverpool Centre for Genomic Research Science Advisory Board
2015 Chair, NERC CDT in Smart and Autonomous Observation Systems for the Environmental Sciences – Assessment Panel
2013 Member, NERC PRC Panels D&E Appointments Panel
2012–15 Member, NERC Training Advisory Group
2012 Member, STFC Global Challenges Concepts and Networks Panel
2012 Member, Research Councils UK Capital Investment Strategic Framework External Advisory Group
2010–13 Member, NERC Science and Innovation Strategy Board
2010–13 Member, NERC Evaluation Advisory Group
Editorial Board International Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2009–
Editorial Board International Journal of Zoology 2008–
Editorial Review Board Conservation Genetics 2000–
Editorial Review Board Journal of Animal Ecology 2000–2003
Joint Founding Editor Molecular Ecology, 1992–95; Chief Editor 1996–99
Editorial Board Heredity 1991–1996
Head of Service, NERC ��«Ӱҵ Molecular Genetics Facility, 1999-present
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Programme Development Group on Biodiversity, 1999-present
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Programme Review Group on Monitoring, Data, Assessment and Valuation, 1996-99
NERC Terrestrial Sciences Programme Review Committee, 1997-98
NERC Terrestrial Sciences Research Grants and Training Awards Committee, 1995-97
NERC Advisory Board on the Aberdeen Molecular Genetics in Ecology Initiative, 1995-99

Recent Invited Lectures include:

2017 Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College.
2016 Edward Grey Institute, U Oxford.
2015 GeLIFES, U Groningen.
2013 Celebration of Alec Jeffreys’ Career, U Leicester.
Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. (2012) 175th Anniversary Symposium, Institute of Zoology, University of Greifswald, Germany. (2011)
15th Annual Convention of ADNAT (Association for Promotion of DNA Fingerprinting and Other Technologies), Hyderabad, India. (2011)
Innovation in modelling insect-vector population and disease dynamics, Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics (RAPIDD) Workshop, Oxford. (2010)
Speciation workshop, Losehill Hall. (2010)
Workshop on Genome Mapping in Natural Bird Populations, Sigtuna, Sweden. (2006)
Centre for Evolutionary Biology, University of Uppsala, Sweden. (2004)
Symposium on Organisms Interacting with their Environment, University of Bristol. (Plenary lecture) (2004)
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, University of Sussex. (2004)
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Annual Rebellion, University of E Anglia. (2004)
Symposium on Molecular Ecology – the Genomic Basis of Adaptations, University of Lund, Sweden. (Plenary lecture) (2003)
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. (2003)
4th International Symposium on Physiology and Behaviour of Wild and Zoo Animals, Berlin, Germany. (2002)
Wilhelmine Key Lecture, American Genetics Association, University of Yale, USA (2000);
Department of Animal Genetics and Conservation, University of Porto, Portugal (1999);
Institute of Ecology, Paris (1998);
Conference on Evolution and Behaviour of Birds, University of Queensland,Australia (1996)
Co-organiser, Population Genetics Group Conference, University of ��«Ӱҵ, January 2015.
Organiser, Population Genetics Group Conference, University of ��«Ӱҵ, January 2001.

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School of Biosciences

School of Biosciences

Professor Terry Burke

Journal articles

Recent Invited Lectures include: