Evolutionary Biologist

Scientific Focus

Invasive Species

Studying the damage and risks invasive species impose on native communities and ecosystems to formulate management plans.

Uncovering and describing the diversity and variation of reptile taxa across the globe via integrative taxonomy.

Reptile Diversity

Conservation Genetics

Evaluating the genomic health of threatened taxa, identifying their threats, and exploring evolutionary potential for their conservation.

Hybridization

Reconstructing the evolutionary, natural, and population genomic history of hybrid taxa and revealing drivers of hybridization.

Demographic Inference

Employing genomic tools to investigate recent demographic history of focal taxa and linking it to environmental factors.

Arachnid Diversity

Exploring the vast diversity of arachnid taxa, cataloging areas of interest, and describing species new to science