Kristin Winchell

Kristin Winchell

Assistant Professor of Biology

Education

  • 2018 PhD (Biology), University of Massachusetts Boston
  • 2011 MA (Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology), Columbia University
  • 2006 BS (Biology, Mathematics), University of San Francisco

Areas of Research/Interest

Evolutionary ecology, urban evolution, herpetology, tropical ecology

Fields of Study

Genomics & Systems Biology, Evolution, Ecology, & Environmental Biology

Publications

1. Winchell, K.M., S.C. Campbell-Staton, J.B. Losos, L.J. Revell, B.C. Verrelli, A.J. Geneva. (2023) Genome-wide parallelism underlies contemporary adaptation in urban lizards. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences US 120(3): e2216789120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216789120 

2. Winchell, K.M., J.B. Losos, B.C. Verrelli. (2023) A Shifting Lens: Urban Evolution Brings Exaptation Into Focus. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38(8):719-726. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.03.006

3. Winchell, K.M., K.J. Aviles-Rodriguez, E.J. Carlen, L S. Miles, A. Charmantier, L.F. De León, K.M. Gotanda, L.R. Rivkin, M. Szulkin, B.C. Verrelli. (2022) Moving past the challenges and misconceptions in urban adaptation research. Ecology & Evolution 12(11):e9552. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9552

4. Winchell, K.M., K. Schliep, D.L. Mahler, L.J. Revell (2020) Phylogenetic signal and evolutionary correlates of urban tolerance in a widespread neotropical lizard clade. Evolution 74(7): 1274–1288. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13947

5. †Campbell-Staton S.C., †K.M. Winchell, N. Rochette, J.R. Fredette, I. Maayan, J. Catchen (2020) Selection on thermal plasticity facilitates adaptation of city lizards to urban heat islands. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4: 652–658. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1131-8

6. Winchell, K. M., A.C. Battles, T.Y. Moore (2020) Terrestrial locomotor evolution in urban environments. In Urban Evolutionary Biology, eds. M. Szulkin, J. Munshi-South, and A. Charmantier. Oxford University Press. pp. 197–216. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198836841.003.0012

7. Winchell, K.M., I. Maayan, *J. Fredette, L.J. Revell (2018) Linking locomotor performance to morphological shifts in urban lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20180229. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0229

8. Winchell, K.M., R.G. Reynolds, *S.R. Prado-Irwin, A.R. Puente-Rolón, L.J. Revell (2016) Phenotypic shifts in urban areas in the tropical lizard Anolis cristatellus. Evolution 70: 1009–1022. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12925