Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Biology
·
2010 - Present
Biology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Gene flow between Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins in three lineages of deep-sea clams (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae: Pliocardiinae) and subsequent limited gene flow within the Atlantic
Journal Article Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography · March 1, 2017 Pliocardiin (vesicomyid) clams rely on microbial symbionts for nutrition and are obligate inhabitants of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. Unlike many other invertebrate hosts of chemosynthetic microbes, pliocardiin clams are found in every ocean in a va ... Full text CiteEvolution of life cycle, colony morphology, and host specificity in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria).
Journal Article Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · December 2012 Biased transitions are common throughout the tree of life. The class hydrozoa is no exception, having lost the feeding medusa stage at least 70 times. The family hydractiniidae includes one lineage with pelagic medusae (Podocoryna) and several without (e.g ... Full text CiteHistorical effects on beta diversity and community assembly in Amazonian trees.
Journal Article Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · May 2012 We present a unique perspective on the role of historical processes in community assembly by synthesizing analyses of species turnover among communities with environmental data and independent, population genetic-derived estimates of among-community disper ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Genetics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020Collaborative Research: Connectivity in Western Atlantic Seep Populations: Oceanographic and Life-History Processes Underlying Genetic Structure
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2010 - 2015Collaborative Research: Assembling the Tree of Life-An Integrative Approach to Investigating Cnidarian Phylogeny
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2005 - 2010View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Yale University ·
1991
Ph.D.
Yale University ·
1983
B.S.