Marc Tatar
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Davis

I study life history evolution with an emphasis on senescence. Senescence intrigues
because it seems counter-intuitive to the process of natural selection. How can physiological and demographic functions deteriorate with age in the face of selection that relentlessly increases mean fitness? And, how has evolution led to the tremendous variation in life span we observe among individuals, species and taxa? The solutions to these questions lie in understanding the way selection acts on age-structured populations, and in discovering how gene expression affects fitness. My research uses multiple approaches to develop a basic understanding of the genetics, mechanisms and evolution of senescence.

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Education
1980	B.A. Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana (Biology)
1986	M.A. University of California, Davis (Zoology)
1994	Ph.D. University of California, Davis (Ecology)
Positions
2003-present 2001-2003	Associate Professor of Biology, Brown University Manning Assistant Professor, Brown University
1997-present	Assistant Professor, Brown University
1994-1997	Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota
Honors
2002	Participant in National Academy of Sciences/Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium
2001-Present	Manning Assistant Professor, Brown University
1999-2003	Ellison Medical Foundation, New Scholar Award
1997-1998	American Federation of Aging Research, Research Fellowship
Service
Professional	Referee to Nature, Science, Nature Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, Proceedings Royal Society, Experimental Gerontology, Journal Insect Ecology, Oecologia, Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Journal of Gerontology, Genetica, Genetical Research. Journal Insect Physiology, J. Experimental Biology, Molecular Ecology, Trends in Genetics
	Reviewer (ad hoc) NSF-BSR and NSF-EEP
	NIH Special Emphasis Review Panels: 2000, 2001, 2002
	Editorial Review Board: Demographic Research (1998- present), Mechanisms of Aging and Development (1999-present)
	Joint Editor-in-Chief: Aging Cell (Blackwell, launched October, 2002)
	American Federation of Aging Research, National Scientific Advisory Council (2002)
University	Co-organized colloquium “Biology of Human Aging” (1998-2002)

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