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I am an Assistant Professor of Biology at Ball State University.
In our lab, we construct evolutionary trees of living organisms, mainly plants, known as phylogenies. We utilize DNA and morphological trait data to build these phylogenies. By analyzing these phylogenies, we investigate the how, where, and when different groups of plants (and animals) have evolved over macroevolutionary timescales. Additionally, we contribute to organizing the vast diversity of living organisms into distinct groups based on their evolutionary relationships, a field known as systematics.
Areas of research in our lab include Plant Systematics, Phylogenetics Theory & Comparative Methods, Bioinformatics, and Macroevolutionary Processes.
I am an Assistant Professor of Biology at Ball State University.
In our lab, we construct evolutionary trees of living organisms, mainly plants, known as phylogenies. We utilize DNA and morphological trait data to build these phylogenies. By analyzing these phylogenies, we investigate the how, where, and when different groups of plants (and animals) have evolved over macroevolutionary timescales. Additionally, we contribute to organizing the vast diversity of living organisms into distinct groups based on their evolutionary relationships, a field known as systematics.
Areas of research in our lab include Plant Systematics, Phylogenetics Theory & Comparative Methods, Bioinformatics, and Macroevolutionary Processes.
