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Evolutionary implications of hybridization
Evolutionary implications of hybridization
Using the brown lemur genus, Eulemur, as a study system, my postdoctoral research in Katie Everson's lab (January 2025 - present) focuses on understanding the impacts of hybridization on species diversification.
Using whole-genome data, I aim to understand the extent of hybridization in Eulemur, and where signatures of introgression are concentrated in Eulemur genomes.
Immune gene evolution in marine turtles
Immune gene evolution in marine turtles
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) immune genes comprise the most polymorphic gene family in vertebrates. MHC diversity is linked to disease outcome in many species of vertebrates, but reptile MHC is historically understudied.
Using samples collected as part of the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group's forty year research program, high throughput sequencing technologies, and high performance computing resources, two chapters of my dissertation focused on:
1) understanding associations between MHC and sea turtle disease;
2) how MHC has evolved across sea turtle species and across gene copies.
Read about our findings on MHC class I in sea turtles here.
All research activities and photos permitted per FL MTP-171, FL MTP-231, FL MTP-225 , NMFS 19508, and predecessors
Disease and immunogenetics in amphibians
Disease and immunogenetics in amphibians
On-going
Measuring immune gene diversity across elevational gradients in the Andean terrestrial frog genus Pristimantis, in collaboration with Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad del Ecuador and Museo de ZoologĂa at Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Left: photo by V. L. Urgiles
Past projects
Museum specimens reveal a century of amphibian pathogens in Florida USA
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