Paul J. Watson

Photo: Paul J. Watson

Adjunct Associate Professor

Adjunct Professor

Faculty Affiliate, University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Station

Email: 
pwatson@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-681-3391
Office: 
Marron Hall 235

Education:
Postdoc Oxford University, Zoology, with Dr. William D. Hamilton, 1990-91
Postdoc University of New Mexico Biology with Dr. Randy Thornhill, 1989
PhD, Cornell University, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, 1988
BA Zoology & BA Botany, University of Montana, 1981

 
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Other Links: 
https://flbs.umt.edu/newflbs

Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Evolutionary Biology,  Invertebrate Biology,  Microbial Ecology,  Terrestrial Ecology,  Vertebrate Biology

Research Interests:

Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary Psychology

Profile:

Current research activity involves arthropod sexual selection, including integrated individual development of personality and physical traits to optimize mating and fertilization success; the evolution of religiosity; the evolution of unipolar depression; integrating evolutionary psychology and traditional introspective methods for use as an enhanced path toward objective self-knowledge.

Selected Publications:

Please see https://www.drpjwatson.org/