David M. Post is Visiting Wong Ngit Liong Professor at Yale-NUS College. Professor Post earned his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and his PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University. He conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. He joined the faculty of Yale University in 2002 where he is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Professor Post is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. He is a recipient of the 2003 IRPE Prize, which is given to a young ecologist (<40 yrs) who has published uniquely independent, original and/or challenging research representing an important scientific breakthrough, and the 2002 Raymond L. Lindeman Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography for an outstanding paper by a young (<35 yrs) aquatic scientist (for Post et al. 2000. Nature 405:1047-1049).

Professor Post studies food web structure and dynamics, interactions between contemporary evolution and ecology, conservation and management of aquatic resources, climate change, and the ways that animal movement links ecosystems. He has made fundamental contributions to the use of stable isotopes across ecology and evolutionary biology. He has conducted research around the world and has active research projects in lakes and streams in Connecticut, USA, and in the Mara River basis in Kenya.

Professor Post has published over 100 publications. A full list is available on his Google Scholar page.

Recent publications include:

Handler, K. A.L. Subalusky, C. Kendall, C.L. Dutton, E.J. Rosi, and D.M. Post. 2021. Temporal resource partitioning of wildebeest carcasses by scavengers after riverine mass mortality events. Ecosphere 12:e03326. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3326

Subalusky, A.L., E.P. Anderson, G. Jiménez, D.M. Post, D. Echeverri Lopez, S. García, L.J. Nova León, J.F. Reátiga Parrish, A. Rojas, S. Solari, and L.F. Jiménez Segura. 2020. Potential ecological and socio-economic effects of a novel megaherbivore introduction: the hippopotamus in Colombia. Oryx. 55:105-113 doi:10.1017/S0030605318001588

Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. K. Hamilton, E.C. Bayer, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2020. Alternative biogeochemical states of river pools mediated by hippo use and flow variability. Ecosystems. 10.1007/s10021-020-00518-3

Masese, F.O., M.J. Kiplagat, C. Romero, A.L. Subalusky, C.L. Dutton, D.M. Post, and G.A. Singer. 2020. Hippopotamus are distinct from domestic livestock in their resource subsidies to and effects on aquatic ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287:20193000 doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.3000

Reid, K., J.C. Garza, S.R. Gephard, A. Caccone, D.M. Post, E.P. Palkovacs. 2020. Restoration mediated secondary contact leads to introgression of alewife ecotypes separated by a colonial-era dam. Evolutionary Applications 13:652-664 doi:10.1111/eva.12890

Subalusky, A.L., C.L. Dutton, E.J. Rosi, L.M. Puth, and D.M. Post. 2020. A river of bones: wildebeest skeletons leave a legacy of mass mortality in the Mara River, Kenya. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:31 doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00031

Beston, S.M., J. L. Dudycha, D.M. Post, and M.R. Walsh. 2019. The evolution of eye size in response to increased fish predation in Daphnia. Evolution 73:792-802. doi:10.1111/evo.13717

Dutton, C.L, A.L. Subalusky, T.D. Hill, J.C. Aleman, E.J. Rosi, K.B. Onyango, K. Kanuni, J.A. Cousins, A.C. Staver, D.M. Post. 2019. A 2000-year sediment record reveals rapidly changing sedimentation and land use since the 1960s in the Upper Mara-Serengeti Ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 664:148-160. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.421

Schoelynck, J., A.L. Subalusky, E. Struyf, C.L. Dutton, D. Unzué-Belmonte, B. Van de Vijver, D.M. Post, E. J. Rosi, P. Meire, P. Frings. 2019. Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius): the animal silica pump. Science Advances 5:eaav0395. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav0395

Subalusky, A.L., and D.M. Post. 2019. Context dependency of animal resource subsidies. Biological Reviews 94:517-538. doi:10.1111/brv.12465

Boel, M., J. Brodersen, H. Baktoft, A. Koed, and D.M. Post. 2018. Incidence and phenotypic variation in alewife alter the ontogenetic trajectory of young-of-the-year largemouth bass. Oikos 127:1800-1811. doi:10.1111/oik.05556

Brodersen, J., D.M. Post, and O. Seehausen. 2018. Upward Adaptive Radiation Cascades: Predator Diversification Induced by Prey Diversification. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 33:59-70. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2017.09.016

DeLong, J.P., T. C. Hanley, J.P. Gibert, L.M. Puth, and D. M. Post. 2018. Life history traits and functional processes generate multiple pathways to ecological stability. Ecology 99:5-12. doi:10.1002/ecy.2070

Des Roches, S., D.M. Post, N.E. Turley, J.K. Bailey, A.P. Hendry, M.T. Kinnison, J.A. Schweitzer, E.P. Palkovacs. 2018. Ecological effects of intraspecific variation. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2:57-64. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0402-5

Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. K. Hamilton, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. Organic matter loading by hippopotami causes subsidy overload resulting in downstream hypoxia and fish kills. Nature Communications 9:1951. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04391-6

Dutton, C. L., A. L. Subalusky, S. C. Anisfeld, L. Njoroge, E. J. Rosi, and D. M. Post. 2018. The influence of an arid catchment and large wildlife on suspended sediments in the Mara River, Kenya. Plos One 13:e0192828. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192828

Littrell, K.A., D. Ellis, S.R. Gephard, A.D. MacDonald, E.P. Palkovacs, K. Scranton, and D.M. Post. 2018. Evaluating the potential for pre‐zygotic isolation and hybridization between landlocked and anadromous alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) following secondary contact. Evolutionary Applications 11:1554-1566 doi:10.1111/eva.12645

Okamoto, K.W., D.M. Post, D.A. Vasseur, and P.E. Turner. 2018. Managing the emergence of pathogen resistance via spatially-targeted antimicrobial use. Evolutionary Applications 11:1822-1841 doi:10.1111/eva.12683

Park, J.S., and D.M. Post. 2018. Evolutionary history of Daphnia drives divergence in consumption preference and alters temporal community dynamics of producers. Ecology and Evolution 8:859–865. doi:10.1002/ece3.3678

Subalusky, A.L., C.L. Dutton, E.J. Rosi, and D.M. Post. 2018. Organic matter and nutrient inputs from large wildlife influence ecosystem function in the Mara River, Africa. Ecology 99:2558-2574 doi:10.1002/ecy.2509