Research in the mammal and parasite lab group is focused broadly in evolutionary biology with a focus on systematics, population genetics, and coevolutionary associations between distantly related organisms, particularly mammals and their parasites. In general, our research relies on field work and specimens from natural history collections. We use molecular and morphological data from recently collected and historical specimens to help elucidate broad evolutionary processes operating in distantly related taxa. Please see the Projects and Publications page for more examples of ongoing research in the lab group.

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News!
News Archive
April 2025
  • Stay tuned for some newly accepted manuscripts......
March 2025
  • Congratulations to EIS presentation winners! Brandy & Haley won best graduate student poster presentation and Carlo was awarded best undergraduate poster presentation. Great job team!!
  • By my count, between Texas A&M Student Research Week and the Ecological Integration Symposium, the lab had 3 oral and 8 poster presentations. Well done, team! Pictures here.
  • Spring break mode, but not really. Ali and Oluwaseun have been busy writing grant proposals and the lab is gearing up for the Texas A&M Ecological Integration Symposium. The lab will be giving multiple oral and poster presentations.
  • March is March Mammal Madness time!
  • Grant proposal submitted by Danielle. Congrats and good luck!
Contact Information
Texas A&M University
Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
​Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
Mailing address: 534 John Kimbrough Blvd., TAMU 2258; College Station, TX 77843
JEL Office: 268 Wildlife, Fisheries and Ecological Sciences (Building 1537). 979-458-4357
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This website was last updated 31 March 2025