- Stuart West
:"This is about the biologist; for other uses, see
Stuart West (disambiguation) ."Stuart A. West (born 11 February 1970, United Kingdom) is a scientist, working in the field of
social evolution , as a Professor of Zoology at theUniversity of Edinburgh .His primary research interests are in the area of
social evolution ,sex allocation theory andmicrobial evolution . His research has attracted much media attention [ [http://westgroup.biology.ed.ac.uk/media.html Media.html ] ] , and has been published in high profile journals such asNature ,Science ,PNAS andCurrent Biology .He has won the Philip
Leverhulme Prize for Zoology (2006), the Scientific Medal of theZoological Society of London (2006) [ [http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/institutes/evolution/news.php News & Events - Institute of Evolutionary Biology - School of Biological Sciences ] ] and the rising star award [ [http://websiterepository.ed.ac.uk/news/060804chancellorawards.html News & Events - Academic Innovators to Accept Awards at Royal Dinner ] ] from theDuke of Edinburgh .He is known in scientific circles for his eccentric taste in clothes and hair styles Fact|date=June 2008, and particularly his "Jesus belts" and fondness for catholic icons [http://westgroup.biology.ed.ac.uk/calend/Feb(Stu).pdf] . He currently lives in
Edinburgh .References and links
* [http://westgroup.biology.ed.ac.uk/media.html]
* [http://websiterepository.ed.ac.uk/news/060804chancellorawards.html]
* [http://websiterepository.ed.ac.uk/news/060804chancellorawards.html]
* Scientific homepage [http://westgroup.biology.ed.ac.uk/]References
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