• Source: Dale Clayton

      • Dale Hartwell Clayton (born October 23, 1957), a parasitologist and professor of evolution at the University of Utah. Clayton is the taxonomist of Strigiphilus garylarsoni.


      Information


      Dale Clayton named the new species of feather louse after his favorite cartoonist, Gary Larson. Clayton has been interested in the relationships between parasites and their hosts since he was in high school. He was so intrigued with these relationships that he was able to use the research that he gathered in a high school science fair project in his Ph.D. thesis. The information was on the impact of parasites on avian conditions. He is specifically interested in the factors that allow parasite specificity, specification, co-specification, competition, and adaptive radiation. Thus far, his favorite research has been on birds and their feather-feeding lice.


      Career


      Dale Clayton teaches the following classes:

      Ecology and Evolution
      Ornithology
      Advanced Field Ornithology
      Grad Core Seminar: Ecology and Evolution


      Education


      Dale Clayton has received his education from the following institutions:

      NSF-NATO Postdoc, Oxford University (England), 1990–91
      Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 1989
      M.S. in Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1983
      B.A. in Biology (Psychology minor), Hartwick College, NY, 1979


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      Tropical Ecology (O.T.S.), Universidad de Costa Rica, 1984
      General and Med-Vet Acarology, Ohio State University, 1985


      Honors


      Dale Clayton has received the following honors:

      Nominee: University of Utah Distinguished Innovation & Impact Award, 2011
      Griswold Lecture, Cornell University, 2010
      Nominee: University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award, 2009
      Henry Baldwin Ward Medalist, American Society of Parasitologists, 2008
      E. Paul Catts Memorial Lecture, Washington State Univ., 2008
      Fellow, American Ornithologists’ Union, 2007
      Secretary, Society for the Study of Evolution, 2006–2008
      Strickland Memorial Lecture, Univ. Alberta, 2004
      NSF-CAREER Award, 1997
      Elective Member, American Ornithologists' Union, 1996
      NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship – Oxford University, 1990
      American Ornithologists’ Union Council Award, 1988


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