Evolutionary Genomics Lab

Welcome to the Evolutionary Genomics Lab at the Department of Biology, George Mason University. Our lab uses evolutionary genomics methods to study how geography, ecology and history interact to create, maintain, and distribute biological diversity. Students in my lab work on a wide variety of study systems, including: systematics and phylogeography of mouse-deer, conservation genomics, skin pathogens and microbiome of snakes, bee pathogens, microbiome of the GI tracts of a variety of animals (grouse, bees, etc).

The focus of my research is on diversification, speciation and population genomics of birds, especially those from Southeast Asia. I study the relationship between avian evolution and factors such as geological history of a region, changes in climate through glacial cycles, environmental gradients, landscape features and life-history traits (e.g., dispersal limitation and visual constraints) of species.

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