Alison M. Bell
Assistant Professor

Department of Animal Biology
School of Integrative Biology
Institute for Genomic Biology

University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
433 Morrill Hall
505
South Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801
Phone:  217/ 265-5469
FAX:  217/ 244-4565
email:
alisonmb@life.uiuc.edu

 

Employment

  • Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, 2006-

  • Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Davis. 2005-2006

  • Postdoctoral fellow, University of Glasgow. 2003-2005

Education

  • 2003 University of California, Davis, Ph. D. Population Biology

  • 1996 University of Chicago, B.A. History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Science & Medicine

Fellowships

  • American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2006

  • National Science Foundation International Research Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2005

  • STAR Fellow. Environmental Protection Agency, 2001-2003

  • Pre-Doctoral Fellow. National Science Foundation, 1997-2000

  • Honors Scholar. University of Chicago, 1992-1996

Grants and Awards

  • Using microarrays to identify genes associated with risk-taking behavior in threespined sticklebacks. NIH R01 2008-2015.

  • Women in International Scientific Cooperation Travel Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2003.

  • Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation 2001.

  • Research Grant from the Animal Behavior Society 2001. 

  • Center for Population Biology Research Grants University of California, Davis 1998-2001.

  • Phi Beta Kappa, University of Chicago 1996.

  • Student Marshal, University of Chicago 1996.

 Professional Organizations

  • Animal Behavior Society

  • International Society for Behavioral Ecology

  • American Society of Naturalists

  • Phi Beta Kappa

Department of Animal Biology
School of Integrative Biology
Institute for Genomic Biology
University of Illinois

Updated 02/20/2009