I am an evolutionary biologist and herpetologist. I am fascinated by the processes that generate biodiversity and the evolutionary forces that generate unique traits. I work in remote parts of the world to track-down, develop, and study exceptional natural experiments using cutting-edge genomic methods..

 

I employ genomic tools to investigate evolutionary relationships, speciation, biogeography, and the genetic basis of traits.  This includes the evolutionary processes that generate biodiversity and cause morphological and physiological diversity to develop, as well as linking genotype to phenotype through genome scans, transcriptomics, functional anatomy, and comparative genomics.​
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I am currently based in Dr. Ian Wang's Lab