I am interested in highly motivated and independent graduate students who wish to conduct research addressing questions in population and evolutionary biology (e.g., phylogeography, speciation & species delimitation, phylogenetics), particularly involving amphibians and reptiles. I am also open to graduate students working on other organisms if the research questions compliment the research interests of the lab. Whereas most of the past and current students of my lab have primarily used molecular methods for their graduate research, I am also interested in students wishing to use morphological data and GIS-based niche modeling methods. Besides projects addressing questions related to lineage diversification and phylogenetic inference, at the moment I am particularly interested in prospective students that would like to use existing phylogenetic information and comparative methods to address ecological and evolutionary questions (e.g., clade diversification patterns, historical biogeography, ecomorphology, life history evolution). M.S. Students.—Students wishing to work in my lab to obtain an MS degree should apply to do so through the Evolutionary Biology Program Area within the Department of Biology. Ph.D. Students.—The Department of Biology at SDSU and the University of Califorinia at Riverside has recently developed a joint PhD program in Evolutionary Biology. For this relatively new joint-PhD program I am interested in students wishing to pursue research projects related to population and evolutionary biology. Our department and the University of California at Davis also offers a joint Ph.D in Ecology. For the Ecology program, I am interested in students wishing to pursue molecular ecology/population biology oriented projects. |