Research Interests in Brief: Molecular Systematics, Evolution, Biogeography, and Phylogeography:  Rates, patterns, and mechanisms of molecular evolution , including nucleotide sequence evolution and mitochondrial gene order change, and consequences for phylogenetic reconstruction and reconstruction of ancestral states.  Integration of molecular data with paleontological and morphological data.  Using phylogenies to address biological questions.

Courses: General Biology, II BSC 1011; Evolution, PCB 4674; Undergraduate Senior Seminar, BSC 4931; Applied Phylogenetics, PCB 5616; Graduate Thesis Proposal Seminar, BCH 5931; Glaser Seminar: The Biology of Tomorrow, BSC 5936; Automated DNA Sequencing, BCH 6133C; Advanced Phylogenetics, PCB 6990; Bioinformatics and Advanced Bioinformatics, BSC4434 and BSC 5459; Molecular and Organismal Evolution PCB 5615.