Fungal Diversity and Evolution
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Research Focus
My research integrates studies of fungal biodiversity and molecular phylogenetic analyses with data from such disciplines as genetics, ecology, and geography to address broad questions of how biological and physical processes interact to drive evolution. Our work focuses on the diversity, systematics, and evolution of understudied groups of fungi, fungal diversity studies of various habitats, region,s and ecosystems, foliar fungal endophytes, and fungal bioluminescence. I am also very interested in conservation biology and the roles that both mycology and phylogenetic systematics have to play in this field.
Fun Fact: I was an art major in college.