Maydianne Andrade

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 2007, she was named a Canadian Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology.[2]

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

Early life and education

Andrade was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated with her parents to Vancouver, Canada when she was three years old.[3]

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.[3] Her MSc thesis was entitled "Mating behavior and constraints on reproductive success in a spider with male sexual sacrifice".[4] 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."[5]

Career

Research

Andrade is a professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough, whose research explores how the reproductive behaviours of males and females evolve through the interaction of sexual and natural selection in different ecological contexts.[6] 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.[7]

She is the Canada Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology and is the vice-dean of faculty affairs and equity at the University of Toronto Scarborough.[8] Andrade serves as special adviser to the Dean at the University of Toronto Scarborough.[9] She has published over 75 academic publications, which have been cited over 3,000 times, resulting in a h-index and i10-index of 36 and 51 respectively.[10]

Public Engagement

In 2005, Andrade was named one of the Brilliant 10 by Popular Science magazine.[11] She appeared in the second episode of Season 4 of Nova ScienceNow.[12] In 2020 Andrade 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",[13] and was interviewed for Quirks & Quarks on her research and work towards racial equity in STEM.[14] She was the 2021 Carleton University's Discovery Lecturer.[9] Andrade also hosts the weekly podcast "The New Normal."[8]

Andrade is the co-founder and president of the Canadian Black Scientists Network, and recently led the group to host a virtual conference, called BE‑STEMM 2022, to highlight Black Canadians in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.[15][16][17] Over 1,500 individuals were in attendance.[15] Andrade also co-chairs the Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence, and serves on the Steering Committee for the University of Toronto's Black Research Network.[9][18][19]

Personal life

She works in a lab adjacent to that of her husband, Andrew Mason.[11]

Selected Academic Publications
  • Maydianne C.B. Andrade. Sexual selection for male sacrifice in the Australian redback spider. Science. 1996.
  • Maydianne C.B. Andrade. Risky mate search and male self-sacrifice in redback spiders. Behavioral Ecology. 2003.
  • Damian O Elias, Michael M Kasumovic, David Punzalan, Maydianne CB Andrade, Andrew C Mason. Assessment during aggressive contests between male jumping spiders. Animal behaviour. 2008.

References
  1. Infantry, Ashante (2012-11-03). "Jamaica T.O.: Maydianne Andrade, biologist, studies spiders". The Star. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. Gratton, Mary Ann (2007-10-30). "Biology professor named Canada Research Chair". Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  3. "Woman of the Week: Dr. Marydianne Andrade". Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. "Graduate Students". pages.nbb.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  5. Andrade, Maydianne Christine (2000). Sexual selection and male mating behavior in a cannibalistic spider. Cornell University. ISBN 9780599840560.
  6. "Maydianne Andrade | Department of Biological Sciences". www.utsc.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. 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.
  8. "The New Normal: A weekly podcast with U of T's Maydianne Andrade". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  9. "2021 Discovery Lecture: From Black Widows to Helping Young Academics". Carleton Newsroom. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  10. "Maydianne C.B. Andrade". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  11. Harbison, Martha (2005-10-01). "PopSci's Fourth Annual Brilliant 10". Popular Science. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  12. Neil DeGrasse Tyson (host) (2009-07-07). Profile: Marydianne Andrade (television production). Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  13. David Suzuki (host) (2020-07-18). First Animals (television production). Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  14. "Maydianne Andrade on black widow spiders and fighting for racial equity in science". CBC.
  15. "Virtual conference draws Black scientists, inspires university students". CBC News. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  16. "BE-STEMM: Conference highlighting Black excellence in sciences draws participants from across Canada". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  17. "CityNews". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  18. Lees, Max (2022-02-01). "UofT launches Canada's first Black Research Network". The Strand. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  19. "Groundbreakers: U of T initiative brings together experts to address major societal issues". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
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