Area of research
Genetics · Paleontology
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic diversity and population structure, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.
evolved: open software for teaching evolutionary biology through virtual inquiries
Emergence and Dynamics of Regional Species Pools
Adaptive radiation, ‘taxon murk’, and the reality of early burst speciation: an example from Australia’s scincid lizards
Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network
The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes.
Notes from the taxonomic disaster zone: Evolutionary drivers of intractable species boundaries in an Australian lizard clade (Scincidae: Ctenotus).
Morphological and genetic data challenge species and subspecies in the Lerista microtis group (Squamata: Scincidae)
Specimen collection is essential for modern science
Diversification dynamics in Caribbean rain frogs (<i>Eleutherodactylus</i>) are uncoupled from the anuran community and consistent with adaptive radiation.
Evolutionary time and species diversity in aquatic ecosystems worldwide.
Rapid increase in snake dietary diversity and complexity following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis
Ecological and biogeographic drivers of biodiversity cannot be resolved using clade age-richness data.
A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis.
A test for rate-coupling of trophic and cranial evolutionary dynamics in New World bats.
Macroevolutionary thermodynamics: Temperature and the tempo of evolution in the tropics.
Desert lizard diversity worldwide: effects of environment, time, and evolutionary rate
Congruence and Conflict in the Higher-Level Phylogenetics of Squamate Reptiles: An Expanded Phylogenomic Perspective
Speciation rate and the diversity of fishes in freshwaters and the oceans
An <scp>r</scp> package and online resource for macroevolutionary studies using the ray‐finned fish tree of life
An <scp>r</scp> package and online resource for macroevolutionary studies using the ray‐finned fish tree of life
The Western Amazonian Richness Gradient for Squamate Reptiles: Are There Really Fewer Snakes and Lizards in Southwestern Amazonian Lowlands?
Metabolically similar cohorts of bacteria exhibit strong cooccurrence patterns with diet items and eukaryotic microbes in lizard guts.
An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes
Speciation in the mountains and dispersal by rivers: Molecular phylogeny of <i>Eulamprus</i> water skinks and the biogeography of Eastern Australia
Is BAMM Flawed? Theoretical and Practical Concerns in the Analysis of Multi-Rate Diversification Models
Automatic Detection of Key Innovations, Rate Shifts, and Diversity-Dependence on Phylogenetic Trees
<scp>BAMM</scp>tools: an R package for the analysis of evolutionary dynamics on phylogenetic trees
Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds
Analysis and Visualization of Complex Macroevolutionary Dynamics: An Example from Australian Scincid Lizards
Collaborative Research: From demography to diversification: population-level drivers of phylogenetic speciation dynamics across squamate reptiles
Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: A phylogenomic window into trophic niche evolution in frogs
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Form, function, and modularity in the modern bat skull: understanding the evolution of phenotypic complexity
A macroevolutionary framework to study the assembly of continental biotas
NSF East Asia Summer Institutes for US Graduate Students