I'm an experimental evolutionary biologist. To put it simply, I perform experiments that allow me to observe evolution-in-action. I work primarily with digital organisms – computer programs that replicate, mutate, compete, and evolve in virtual environments. Using computers allows me to work with populations that evolve for tens or even hundreds of thousands of generations rapidly. I use these experiments to test ideas about evolution that would be difficult to investigate otherwise. I’m also interested in evolution education, philosophy of science, and scientific applications of multimedia technology.
Selected Publications:
1. (preprint) “How the footprint of history shapes the evolution of digital organisms.” Jason N. Bundy, Charles Ofria, and Richard E. Lenski. bioRxiv; 2021.
2. (dissertation) “Replaying Life’s Tape: Examining the Role of History in Experiments with Digital Organisms.” Jason N. Bundy, Michigan State University, 2021
3. “Sustained fitness gains and variability in fitness trajectories in the long-term evolution experiment with Escherichia coli.” Richard E. Lenski, et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2015 282 20152292; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2292. Published 16 December 2015
4. (thesis) "Total Sexual Selection on Men's Voices." Jason N. Bundy, The Pennsylvania State University, 2013
Website: www.jaybundy.com
