I am interested in the relatedness and genetic diversity of Southeastern US endemics and how this relates to their conservation status and recovery goals. Recent work is looking into niche models to direct reintroduction of threatened species.
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Work on threatened habitats of the Southeastern US including temperate-pine deciduous hardwood forests to identify possible biotic indicators of ecosystem health and connectivity.Oak Mountain State park will be the site where the work will be done.
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In conjunction with the Clark Scholars Program at Samford University, we are training students and doing research in the rapidly growing field that is the nexus of modern genomic research and computational science.Training goes from sequenced data to completed analysis.
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