John Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick is a Professor at the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, leading the Fitzpatrick Lab. His research integrates experimental and phylogenetic comparative approaches to study sexual selection's role in animal evolution, focusing on pre-mating competition, mate choice, sperm competition, and co-evolutionary dynamics between sexes.

• Department of Zoology: Ethology
• Wallenberg Academy Fellow
• President-elect, International Society for Behavioral Ecology
• Co-organizer, Biology of Spermatozoa biennial meeting

Key Research Areas:

• Trade-offs among sexual traits in halfbeak fishes
• Macroevolution of reproductive behaviors in sharks, rays, and mammals
• Sperm behavior evolution across animal phyla
• Coloration evolution under natural and sexual selection

Scientific Leadership:
Editor, Behavioral Ecology (2014-2018)
Board of Reviewing Editors, Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2011-2015)

Collaborative Networks:
Collaborations with National University of Singapore, University of Manchester, University of Western Australia, and Stockholm University's Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences department for pollen evolution studies.

Awards:

• Wallenberg Academy Fellowship