Research
Current Projects
Reconstructing the Quaternary diversity in the Caribbean with aDNA and fossils and extant taxa.
Quaternary fossil sites are abundant across now species-poor Caribbean islands. These fossil sites exquisitely preserved the historical diversity of the region. The focus of this work is to understand the evolutionary relationships of extinct species and living taxa to understand the prehuman biogeography of the region.
Collaborators: Min Zhao, David Steadman, Julie Allen, Brian Stucky, Michelle LeFebvre, Rob Guralnick
Funding: 02/01/2021 - current: NSF DEB: Collaborative Research: Origins and drivers of extinction of Caribbean avifauna. Budget: $416,352 of $755,260. Award Number: 2034316
Role: UNR Co-PI.
Developing morphological and genomic datasets to identify highly trafficked bird species. These projects are largely focused on hornbills and parrots.
Identifying trafficking trends and conservation impacts on targeted species.
Collaborators: USFWS National Forensic Lab staff and many others in the academic and conservation community. - To save species we need to collaborate and know how to communicate with each other.
Reconstructing the Quaternary diversity in the Caribbean with aDNA and fossils and extant taxa.
Quaternary fossil sites are abundant across now species-poor Caribbean islands. These fossil sites exquisitely preserved the historical diversity of the region. The focus of this work is to understand the evolutionary relationships of extinct species and living taxa to understand the prehuman biogeography of the region.
Collaborators: Min Zhao, David Steadman, Julie Allen, Brian Stucky, Michelle LeFebvre, Rob Guralnick
Funding: 02/01/2021 - current: NSF DEB: Collaborative Research: Origins and drivers of extinction of Caribbean avifauna. Budget: $416,352 of $755,260. Award Number: 2034316
Role: UNR Co-PI.
Developing morphological and genomic datasets to identify highly trafficked bird species. These projects are largely focused on hornbills and parrots.
Identifying trafficking trends and conservation impacts on targeted species.
Collaborators: USFWS National Forensic Lab staff and many others in the academic and conservation community. - To save species we need to collaborate and know how to communicate with each other.
Previous research
See Publications and Press.
See Publications and Press.
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Fieldwork in the Beni, Bolivia. August 2015.
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