Maydianne Andrade

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Maydianne Andrade
Born
Jamaica
NationalityCanadian
Alma materSimon Fraser University (BSc)
University of Toronto at Mississauga (MSc)
Cornell University (PhD)
Spouse(s)Andrew Mason
Scientific career
FieldsEcology
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto at Scarborough

Maydianne Andrade is a Jamaican-born Canadian ecologist. She is known for her work on the mating habits of spiders, in particular spiders belonging to the Latrodectus species.[1] In 2005, she was named one of the Brilliant 10 by Popular Science magazine.[2] In 2007, she was named a Canadian Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology.[3] Her best known work is about the mating habits of Australian redback spiders where the most successful males often increase the amount of time they spend mating while being cannibalized by female redbacks.[4] She appeared in the second episode of Season 4 of Nova ScienceNow.[5] In 2020 she was featured in and presented an episode of CBC's The Nature of Things with David Suzuki about recent discoveries at the Burgess Shale, called "First Animals",[6] and was interviewed for Quirks & Quarks on her research and work towards racial equity in STEM.[7]

Personal life[]

Andrade was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated with her parents to Vancouver, Canada when she was three years old.[8] She works in a lab adjacent to that of her husband, Andrew Mason.[2]

Early life and education[]

Andrade earned her BSc in 1992 from Simon Fraser University before pursuing a MSc in Zoology in 1995 from the University of Toronto at Mississauga.[8] Her MSc thesis was entitled "Mating behavior and constraints on reproductive success in a spider with male sexual sacrifice".[9] Andrade then gained her PhD from Cornell University in 2000 under the co-supervision of Stephen T. Emlen and Paul W. Sherman, investigating "Sexual selection and male mating behavior in a cannibalistic spider."[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Infantry, Ashante (2012-11-03). "Jamaica T.O.: Maydianne Andrade, biologist, studies spiders". The Star. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Harbison, Martha (2005-10-01). "PopSci's Fourth Annual Brilliant 10". Popular Science. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  3. ^ Gratton, Mary Ann (2007-10-30). "Biology professor named Canada Research Chair". Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  4. ^ Andrade, Maydianne C.B. (2003). "Risky mate search and male self-sacrifice in redback spiders". Behavioral Ecology. 14 (4): 531–38. doi:10.1093/beheco/arg015.
  5. ^ Neil DeGrasse Tyson (host) (2009-07-07). Profile: Marydianne Andrade (television production). Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  6. ^ David Suzuki (host) (2020-07-18). First Animals (television production). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Maydianne Andrade on black widow spiders and fighting for racial equity in science". CBC.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Woman of the Week: Dr. Marydianne Andrade". Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  9. ^ "Graduate Students". pages.nbb.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  10. ^ Andrade, Maydianne Christine (2000). Sexual selection and male mating behavior in a cannibalistic spider. Cornell University. ISBN 9780599840560.

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