Scott Taylor (biologist)
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. Prior to achieving this position, his Ph.D. at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada consisted of applying genomics to natural hybrid zones to study the architecture of reproductive isolation. Life and academic career Taylor was raised in southern Ontario. Taylor received his undergraduate degree in wildlife biology at the University of Guelph, later pursuing a graduate degree at Queen's University. 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. His 2019 speech at the Story Collider Event at Evolution highlights the parallels between coming out as gay not only as an adult but also as a scientist. 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