Armand Marie Leroi

Armand Leroi
Born (1964-07-16) 16 July 1964 (age 60)
Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality
  • New Zealand
  • Dutch
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
Institutions
ThesisThe origin and evolution of life history trade-offs (1993)
Doctoral advisorMichael R. Rose[1]
Websitewww3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.leroi

Armand Marie Leroi (born 16 July 1964)[2] is a New Zealand-born Dutch author, broadcaster, and professor of evolutionary developmental biology at Imperial College in London.[3][4][5] He received the Guardian First Book Award in 2004 for his book Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body. He has presented scientific documentaries on Channel 4 such as Alien Worlds (2005) and What Makes Us Human (2006), and BBC Four such as What Darwin Didn't Know (2009), Aristotle's Lagoon (2010), and Secret Science of Pop (2012).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference leroiphd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Professor Armand Leroi". Knight Ayton Management. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ^ Chippindale, Adam K.; Leroi, Armand M.; Kim, Sung B.; Rose, Michael R. (1993). "Phenotypic plasticity and selection in Drosophila life-history evolution. I. Nutrition and the cost of reproduction". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 6 (2): 171–193. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1993.6020171.x. S2CID 44697297.
  4. ^ Leroi, A. M.; Bennett, A. F.; Lenski, R. E. (1994). "Temperature acclimation and competitive fitness: an experimental test of the beneficial acclimation assumption". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91 (5): 1917–1921. Bibcode:1994PNAS...91.1917L. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.5.1917. PMC 43275. PMID 8127906.
  5. ^ Lauder, George V.; Leroi, Armand M.; Rose, Michael R. (1993). "Adaptations and history". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 8 (8): 294–297. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.378.1893. doi:10.1016/0169-5347(93)90258-Q. PMID 21236172.