Alexander Walton

Dr. Alexander Walton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Concordia University of Edmonton. His research focuses on understanding how nutrition and physiological states regulate cooperative and aggressive behaviors in social insects, particularly bees and wasps, and how environmental stressors like climate change and wildfires impact their behavior and survival in northern ecosystems.

Education:

• PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Iowa State University
• BA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona

Dr. Walton's work bridges behavioral ecology with molecular biology, employing functional genomics tools like RNA-interference to study gene-behavior associations in diverse species. His recent publications explore topics such as social stress protection, nutritional inequalities in division of labor, and hormonal regulation of reproduction in social insects.