Scott Taylor

Scott A. Taylor is an associate professor at the University of Colorado, where he teaches topics such as hybridization, speciation, evolutionary ecology, and population genomics within different species of birds. Taylor serves as a member of their Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Taylor’s research studies reproductive isolation as it pertains to speciation, and the subsequent traits that contribute to the speciation process. Such data is relevant to climate change, evolution, and varying species distributions. Traditionally, the LGBTQ+ community has been under-represented within the scientific community, and as such, Taylor serves as an exemplar of the addition of EDI within evolutionary biology.

Publications and contributions In addition to speaking at the 2019 Story Collider Event, Taylor was also a recipient of the Young Investigator prize under the American Ornithological Society.

His most cited publications are: D Toews, SA Taylor, R Vallender, A Brelsford, B Butcher, P Messer, Irby Lovette Plumage Genes and Little Else Distinguish the Genomes of Hybridizing Warblers Current Biology 26 (17), 2313–2318 (Cited 278 times, according to Google Scholar ) SA Taylor, EL Larson Insights from genomes into the evolutionary importance and prevalence of hybridization in nature (Nature ecology & evolution 3 (2), 170-177 Cited 175 times, according to Google Scholar. ) S Taylor, E Larson, R Harrison Hybrid zones: windows on climate change Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Cited 160 times, according to Google Scholar. ) SA Taylor, TA White, WM Hochachka, V Ferretti, RL Curry, I Lovette Climate-mediated movement of an avian hybrid zone Current Biology 24 (6), 671-676 (Cited 156 times, according to Google Scholar. )