Interests: Plant evolutionary ecology, pollinator conservation and climate change.
My lab focuses on the effects of anthropogenic change on plant and animal communities from local to continental scales.We are currently working on the effect of wildfire on pollinator communities, the impacts of climate warming on urban pollinators and the montane meadow pollinators.
My Lab's Research focuses Include Molecular Mechanisms of Cell-Cell and Cell-Environment Communications in Plant Development, Vitamin B6 and Ultraviolet B (UV-B) Signaling, Plant Stress Physiology.
I did my undergraduate work in Biology at the University of Rochester, and obtained a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology at Purdue University in 1981. Turning to human genetics, I completed two fellowships in Medical Genetics, one at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, the other at the University of Washington in Seattle. I joined the faculty at San Francisco State University in 1988, where I am currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology.
B.Sc. University of Toronto, Mathematics/Biology, 1987
M.Sc. York University, Biology: Supervisor: Dr. K.G. Davey, 1990
Ph.D. University of Toronto, Zoology: Supervisor: Dr. I. Orchard, 1998
Education
University of California, Irvine B.S. 1987 Biological Sciences
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D 1995 Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley Fellow 1997 Integrative Biology
Positions and Employment
BS, Biology: Concentration in Botany, San Francisco State University, 1983
MA, Ecology and Systematic Biology, San Francisco State University, 1985
PhD, Botany: Mycology, University of Tennessee, 1989
BA in Biology from New College, Florida
MS in Biology from Florida State University
PhD in Biology from Florida State University
Postdoctoral research at Oxford University
Dr. Connor's research focuses on ecology and evolutionary biology particularly statistical inference from field data in community ecology and the evolution of insects-plant interactions.
