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Jesse Taylor

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School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Associate Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1804
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Assoc Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1804
School of Life Sciences
Assoc Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1804
Graduate faculty from other departments
Assoc Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1804
Center for Evolution & Medicine
Assoc Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1804
School of Math & Stat Sciences
Assoc Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 1804
Biography

Jay Taylor is an evolutionary biologist who uses both mathematical models and genetic sequence analysis to understand how populations evolve in complex and changing environments. He is particularly interested in the evolution of parasites that cause chronic infectious diseases such as malaria (Plasmodium spp.) and African sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei). These organisms have evolved elaborate strategies such as antigenic variation which allow them to survive despite being targeted by their hosts' immune systems. Taylor also conducts field and laboratory-based studies of the biogeography and genetics of mites living in ant colonies in the sky islands of southern Arizona. Despite being exceptionally abundant in some colonies, these mites are poorly studied and probably include many undescribed species.

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Education

PhD, 2003, University of Arizona, Tucson

Jay Taylor's faculty webpage

Publications
  • Muehlenbein MP, Pacheco MA, Taylor JE, Prall SP, Ambu L, Nathan S, Alsisto S, Ramirez D, Escalante AA. Accelerated diversification of non-human primate malarias in Southeast Asia: adaptive radiation or geographic speciation?. Molecular Biology and Evolution (2015).
  • J. E. Taylor, M. A. Pacheco, D. J. Bacon, M. A. Beg, R. L. Machado, R. M. Fairhurst, S. Herrera, J.-Y. Kim, D. Menard, M. M. Povoa, L. Villegas, Mulyanto, G. Snounou, L. Cui, F. Y. Zeyrik, A. A. Escalante. The evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax as inferred from mitochondrial genomes: parasite genetic diversity in the Americas. Molecular Biology and Evolution (2013).
  • Taylor, J. E. The effect of fluctuating selection on the genealogy at a linked site. Theoretical Population Biology (2013).
  • Hernandez-Ceron, N., Mubayi, A., and Taylor, J. E. The Effects of Epidemic Dynamics on MHC Diversity. MTBI Technical Report (2012).
  • Stanne, T. M., Kushwaha, M., Wand, M., Taylor, J. E., and Rudenko, G. TbISWI regulates multiple Pol I transcribed loci and is present at Pol II transcription boundaries in Trypanosoma brucei. Eukaryotic Cell (2011).
  • Etheridge, A., Griffiths, R. C. and Taylor, J. E. A coalescent dual process in a Moran model with genic selection, and the lambda coalescent limit. Theoretical Population Biology (2010).
  • Hutzenthaler, M. and Taylor, J. E. Time Reversal of the Pseudo-hitchhiking Model and Some Related Jump-Diffusion Processes from Population Genetics. Journal of Applied Probability (2010).
  • Tang, W., Taylor, J. E., and Mahalov, A. Lagrangian dynamics in stochastic inertia-gravity waves. Physics of Fluids (2010).
  • Taylor, J. E. The Genealogical Consequences of Fecundity Variance Polymorphism. Genetics (2009).
  • Taylor, J. E. and Veber, Amandine. Coalescent Processes in Subdivided Populations Subject to Recurrent Mass Extinctions. Electronic Journal of Probability (2009).
Research Activity
Teaching Website
https://math.la.asu.edu/~jtaylor/
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
STP 425Stochastic Processes
BIO 471Ornithology
MAT 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
AML 792Research
Summer 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
STP 421Probability
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 498Pro-Seminar
BIO 545Populations Evolution Genetics
AML 792Research
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 340General Genetics
STP 421Probability
MAT 495Undergraduate Research
AML 792Research
Spring 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
STP 421Probability
BIO 493Honors Thesis
AML 792Research
Fall 2015
Course NumberCourse Title
MAT 394Special Topics
STP 421Probability
AML 792Research
Spring 2015
Course NumberCourse Title
STP 421Probability
BIO 493Honors Thesis
APM 504App. Prob. and Stochastic Proc
AML 792Research
Fall 2014
Course NumberCourse Title
STP 421Probability
MAT 492Honors Directed Study
MAT 494Special Topics
AML 792Research
Spring 2014
Course NumberCourse Title
ASM 394Special Topics
MAT 394Special Topics
MAT 494Special Topics
MAT 499Individualized Instruction
AML 792Research
Fall 2013
Course NumberCourse Title
STP 421Probability
MAT 492Honors Directed Study
MAT 494Special Topics
APM 541Stochastic Modeling in Biology
AML 792Research
Spring 2013
Course NumberCourse Title
MAT 394Special Topics
MAT 493Honors Thesis
MAT 494Special Topics
MAT 499Individualized Instruction
MAT 591Seminar
AML 792Research
Fall 2012
Course NumberCourse Title
STP 421Probability
STP 425Stochastic Processes
MAT 492Honors Directed Study
MAT 494Special Topics
MAT 591Seminar
AML 792Research
Presentations
  • Jay Taylor, Ananias Escalante. Workshop on Population Genetics: Coalescent Theory and Molecular Epidemiology. 2014 ICEMR Meeting (Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru) (Aug 2014).
  • Jay Taylor. Fluctuating Selection in Subdivided Populations. Colloquium talk for the Applied Mathematics Program, University of Arizona (Oct 2013).
  • Jay Taylor. Fecundity Variance and Genealogies in Fluctuating Environments. Colloquium talk for the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UCSD (Nov 2012).
  • Jay Taylor. Fecundity Variance and Genealogies in Fluctuating Environments. MTBI summer program (Jul 2012).
  • Jay Taylor. Coalescent Theory and Genealogies. MTBI advanced student lecture (Jul 2012).
  • Jay Taylor. Environmental Variation and Genetic Drift in Subdivided Populations. MTBI summer program (ASU) (Jun 2011).
  • Jay Taylor. Substitution Processes in Molecular Evolution. Arizona Days (UA) (Apr 2011).
  • Jay Taylor. Diffusions, Genealogies, and Substitution Processes at Selected Loci. Colloquium talk for the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Georgetown University (Oct 2010).
  • Jay Taylor. The Genealogical Consequences of Fecundity Variance Polymorphism. Math Biology Seminar (School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences) - 4 Dec. 2009 (Dec 2009).
  • Jay Taylor. Genealogical consequences of fecundity variance polymorphism. Workshop: New Mathematical Challenges from Molecular Biology and Genetics (BIRS) (Sep 2009).
  • Jay Taylor. Fluctuating Selection, Fecundity Variance Polymorphism and Coalescent Processes. Informal seminar in the School of Life Sciences (ASU) - 26 Sept. 2009 (Sep 2009).
  • Jay Taylor. The Genealogical Consequences of Fecundity Variance Polymorphism and Fluctuating Selection. Invited Talk (Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona) (Mar 2009).
  • Jay Taylor. Diffusions and Structured Coalescents. Workshop: Recent Developments in Coalescent Theory (Uppsala University) (Mar 2009).
Service
  • PLoS Pathogens, referee (2014 - Present)
  • Theoretical Population Biology, referee (2014 - Present)
  • Journal of Mathematical Biology, referee (2014 - Present)
  • Genetics, referee (2014 - Present)
  • Genetics, referee (2013 - Present)
  • Steering Committee for the Graduate Program in Evolutionary Biology (SoLS), member (2013 - Present)
  • MBI, attendee (2013 - Present)
  • Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, referee (2013 - Present)
  • Mathematical Population Studies, referee (2013 - Present)
  • Christmas Bird Count (run by the National Audubon Society), field observer (2012 - Present)
  • American Naturalist, referee (2012 - Present)
  • Mathematical Medicine and Biology, referee (2012 - Present)
  • MBI, attendee (2012 - Present)
  • Genetics, referee (2012 - Present)
  • Theoretical Population Biology, referee (2012 - Present)
  • Center for Evolutionary Medicine and Informatics (Biodesign Institute), Key faculty member (2010 - Present)
  • Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, volunteer docent (2014 - 2015)
  • eBird/Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology, field observer (2014 - 2014)
  • Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, volunteer docent (2013 - 2014)
  • SoMSS Colloquium/Distinguished Lecture Series, Co-chair (2012 - 2013)
  • SoMSS Colloquium/Distinguished Lecture Series, Co-chair (2010 - 2012)
  • Christmas Bird Count (run by the National Audubon Society), field observer (2011 - 2011)
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, member (2010 - 2011)
  • Christmas Bird Count (run by the National Audubon Society), field observer (2010 - 2010)
  • North American Migration Count, field observer (2010 - 2010)
  • Probability and Statistics Search Committee, member (2009 - 2010)
  • Secondary Mathematics Education (BAE) Major Map committee, committee member (2009 - 2010)
Expertise Areas
Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Biology
Probability
Statistics