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I am an evolutionary biologist broadly interested in how biodiversity arises, how it changes through time and space, what are the genetic basis of phenotypes under natural and sexual selection, and how to incorporate evolutionary history as a priority to define extinction risks and species conservation strategies. To this end, I integrate genomics, phylogenetics, macroecological and macroevolutionary analyses of species diversification, biogeography, community ecology, and present-day extinction risk. My research focuses on local and macroscale questions that demand gathering large amounts of molecular, ecological, and phenotypic data from the literature, databases, museum collections, and through my own fieldwork and genomic sequencing for ongoing projects. The result is the generation of novel information and new avenues for research questions and enhances the value of voucher specimens in natural history collections. Furthermore, this approach provides opportunities to train undergraduates and graduate students, help them feel comfortable acquiring baseline information from specimens, as well as use bioinformatics pipelines and techniques necessary to analyze different sources of genomic and biodiversity data.
I am an evolutionary biologist broadly interested in how biodiversity arises, how it changes through time and space, what are the genetic basis of phenotypes under natural and sexual selection, and how to incorporate evolutionary history as a priority to define extinction risks and species conservation strategies. To this end, I integrate genomics, phylogenetics, macroecological and macroevolutionary analyses of species diversification, biogeography, community ecology, and present-day extinction risk. My research focuses on local and macroscale questions that demand gathering large amounts of molecular, ecological, and phenotypic data from the literature, databases, museum collections, and through my own fieldwork and genomic sequencing for ongoing projects. The result is the generation of novel information and new avenues for research questions and enhances the value of voucher specimens in natural history collections. Furthermore, this approach provides opportunities to train undergraduates and graduate students, help them feel comfortable acquiring baseline information from specimens, as well as use bioinformatics pipelines and techniques necessary to analyze different sources of genomic and biodiversity data.
Photo: Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
João F. R. Tonini
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