Research
My research program is focused on understanding the speciation process from start to finish. This means studying everything from biogeography to conservation/extinction genomics. Most projects leverage avian museum specimens for genomic and phenotypic data. Below you can read more about three of the major research foci of the lab:
Island populations
Island populations provide ‘peripheral isolates’ that allow us to study the speciation process from beginning to end
Hybrid zones
Hybrid zones provide a natural experimental framework mimicking the classical crossing experiments performed by geneticists across decades
Human-mediated translocations
Human-mediated translocations allow us to observe and study the very first stage (physical isolation) of the speciation process, in real time