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News
- Comings and Goings:
New Folks: Gideon Bradburd joined the lab as a new Ph.D. student in October. Ben Johnson,
aka Treadmill Ben (UCD class of 09) stayed on as the salamander PGR, and Cathy Newman (from Leslie Rissler's lab at Alabama) joined us to
help with turtle genetics.
Triumphant finishes: Wesley Savage finished his Ph.D on long toed salamander evolution, and moved to a postdoc at
Lehigh. PGRs Anthony Barley (KU), Levi Gray (UNM), Steven Micheletti (SFSU) and Beck Wehrle (CSU Northridge) all moved on to new graduate
programs -- we miss you!
- Brad is on sabbatical at the MCZ at Harvard through March 2010, where he is the Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology.
About the lab
Research in our lab revolves around both conceptual and organismal themes. Conceptually,
we generally take a historical or genetic approach to understanding organismal form, function, and diversity.
We often, but not always, use molecular tools to establish a phylogenetic or population genetic framework to
explain the history of a clade of organisms. Then, we use genetic, ecological, and morphological approaches to
probe the ways in which members of that clade have diversified to exploit new habitats and life histories. MORE> |
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Recruiting
If you are an undergraduate, a potential graduate student, or a postdoc with strong interests in
applying evolutionary, ecological, or conservation theory to real world organisms, we may be a home for you. We
are always interested in new lab members, particularly if you have a strong academic record, enjoy a demanding
but productive work environment, and are interested in organismal biology. Many of our recruits have strong
molecular and phylogenetic skills, although some of our recent graduates have never handled an pippeteman (and never want to).
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