James F. Parham
California State University, Bakersfield
I am a broadly trained biologist who studies the biodiversity and evolution of reptiles. My academic history includes an undergraduate degree in geology, a dissertation in paleontology, and postdoctoral appointments in genomics and bioinformatics. My research answers pressing questions through empirical investigations involving fieldwork, comparative morphology, genetics, and specimen-based research. I have active research projects that are solving problems in the Caribbean, South America, China, the Middle East, and USA (especially California).