Dr. Sarah Otto

Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia

Evolution, mathematical modeling, population genetics, genomic evolution, evolution of sex, yeast experimental evolution

Media

COVID-19 in BC: Tracking the outbreak

Latest round of modelling data shows B.C. must stay the course

BC is once again bending the COVID curve

Rebuilding from a pandemic should strive to pay off Canada’s ecological debt

Explaining the numbers behind B.C.’s new COVID-19 restrictions

Biography

Dr. Sarah (Sally) Otto is a professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia and Director of the Canada-wide Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellowship program in conservation biology. Otto helped establish the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution and the Liber Ero program, and served as Director of the Biodiversity Research Centre at UBC. She has also served as President and Vice-President of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Vice-President of the American Society of Naturalists, Vice-President of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology as well as a member of several editorial boards. A highly acclaimed scientist, Otto received the coveted MacArthur Fellowship in 2011 — popularly known as the Genius Award — among many other honours. She received her Bachelor of Science and PhD from Stanford University.

Expertise

  • Evolution
  • Mathematical modeling
  • Population genetics
  • Genomic evolution
  • Evolution of sex
  • Yeast experimental evolution