Research
Leveraging challenging DNA for wildlife conservation and management
My research group answers timely questions by tapping into information in the DNA that organisms leave behind.
We do so using sophisticated genetic sequencing methods, some of which are newly emerging. Our foci are outlined below.
Topics
Species from Feces: Biodiversity discovery, host and diet identification, and pathogen detection
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Bat Species from Feces Initiative
One Health
Rabies in an Urban Interface
Population genetics
Mines and windfarms
Biology of cryptic and endangered species
Responses to habitat fragmentation
Responses to foundation species
Tools
Environmental DNA (eDNA): water, soil, vegetation, air
DNA metabarcoding
Illumina sequencing
Nanopore sequencing
Taxa
Mammals and then some (birds, plants, microbes)
