Joshua B. Plotkin is an evolutionary biologist and applied mathematician. He is the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Plotkin's research includes the study of the evolution of adaptation in populations, virus ecology, genetic drift,

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, and social norms. He serves on the editorial boards for Science Magazine and Cell Reports.

External links

Plotkin Research Group website

References

Living people Mathematical ecologists 21st-century American biologists American ecologists University of Pennsylvania faculty Walter H. Annenberg Professor Mathematicians at the University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Department of Biology faculty Princeton University alumni Harvard University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) University of Pennsylvania Department of Computer and Information Science faculty {{ecologist-stub