Basic Info
Frank T. Burbrink, Ph.D.
Contact Information:
Frank T. Burbrink, Ph.D.
Department of Herpetology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
Tel: 212-769-5862.
https://sites.google.com/view/frank-burbrink-website/
Primary appointment:
Curator
Frank T. Burbrink, Ph.D.
Department of Herpetology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
Chair of Vertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
Additional appointments:
Faculty
Richard Gilder Graduate School
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
Columbia University
10th Floor Schermerhorn Ext
1200 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavioral Biology
Biology Program
The Graduate Center
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016 USA
Professor Permanante
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Centro de Biociências - DBEZ
Campus Universitário - Lagoa Nova
59078-900 - Natal, RN - Brasil
Education:
Postdoc - Biology. Louisiana State University (May 2000)—Advisor: David Pollock
Ph.D. - Zoology Louisiana State University (May 2000) —Advisor: Jim McGuire
MS - Biology University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana; August 1995) —Advisor: Chris Phillips
BS - University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana; May 1993)
Previous Appointments:
2010-2015: Chair of the Ecology, Evolutionary and Behavioral Doctoral Subprogram at the CUNY Graduate Center
2010-2015: Professor in the Biology Department, College of Staten Island/ City University of New York (CUNY)
2007-2009: Associate Professor in the Biology Department, College of Staten Island/ City University of New York (CUNY)
2002-2006: Assistant Professor in the Biology Department, College of Staten Island/ City University of New York (CUNY)
Research Interests:
1) Molecular systematics and statistical phylogenetics
2) Speciation and population genetics
4) Comparative evolutionary biology
5) Historical Ecology
6) Evolutionary history and ecology of reptiles and amphibians
Scholarly Statistics (Google Scholar 18 September 2023):
h-index: 48
i10-index: 99
Number Citations: 11,685
Current Doctoral Students
Leroy Nuñez - Phylogenomics, Ecological, and Morphological Evolution of Thamnophiini.
Dylan DeBaun - Deep Time Reticulation In Gemsnakes using Whole Genomes.
Briana Mims (co-advised with Chris Raxworthy) - Phylogenomics and evolution of arboreality in Neotropical snakes.
Daniela Garcia Cobos - Genomic and morphological adaptations in freshwater snakes.
Former Doctoral Students:
Arianna Kuhn. Comparative phylogeography of Malagasy gemsnakes. Finished 2021. Assistant Curator of Herpetology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History/
Edward Myers. Snake Community Divergence at North American Biogeographic Barriers. Finished 2016. CurrentlyResearch Scientist at the California Academy of Sciences
Xin Chen. Adaptive radiation in ratsnakes. Finished 2014.
Sara Ruane (Ph.D. Student). Species tree relationships within milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum). Finished 2012. Assistant Curator of Herpetology at the Field Museum of Natural History.
Tim Guiher (Ph.D. Student). Comparative molecular phylogeography and demography within New World venomous snakes of the genus Agkistrodon. Finished 2011.
Alex Pyron (Ph.D. Student). Systematics and historical biogeography of lampropeltinine snakes. Finished 2010. Assistant Professor at the George Washington University.
Frank Fontanella (Ph.D. Student). Phylogeography of the ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus). Finished 2009. Associate Professor at the University of West Georgia.
Former Master's Students:
Jamie Burgoon. 2012-2016. Speciation in Coluber contrictor at the Florida Peninsula and Continental US Connection.
Margaret O’Brien 2016-2017 (MS Student, Columbia, co-advised w/Nancy Simmons). Hibernation in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) did not evolve through positive selection of leptin.