skip to content skip to navigation skip to sub-navigation Duke | UNC | NCSU | NSF 

2024 W. Main Street, Suite A200
Durham, NC 27705-4667
Tel: (919) 668-4551
Fax: (919) 668-9198
info@nescent.org

Current Postdoctoral Scholars

Name Project
Gordon Burleigh, Ph.D
jgb12@duke.edu
919-668-4580

A phylogenetic database for comparative biology in land plants
Kirsten Fisher, Ph.D.
kfisher@nescent.org
919-668-4582

The phylogenomics of desiccation tolerance in the land plants
Ganesh Ganapathy, Ph.D.
gsgk@nescent.org
919-668-4583

New DCM methods for ML, and pattern identification in biogeography
Einat Hazkani-Covo, Ph.D.
einat@duke.edu
919-668-4580

Numt variation in metazoan genomes: gain, loss, duplication and possible function
David Kidd, Ph.D.
dk@nescent.org
919-668-4583

Phylogeographical information science: Linking phylogenies and earth history
L.W. McCall, Ph.D.
lwmccall@nescent.org
919-668-9107

Building a framework for the study of cultural evoluiton
Brian O'Meara, Graduate Student
bcomeara@nescent.org
919-668-9109

Methods to examine trait evolution on trees: advancing the field
Samantha Price, Ph.D.
sprice@nescent.org
919-668-4583

Cetartiodactyl evolution: Understanding the evolutionary transition from the terrestrial to the aquatic biome
Brian Sidlauskas, Ph.D.
bls16@duke.edu
919-668-9107

Understanding parallel morphological diversification in sister fish faunas
Paula Spaeth, Ph.D.
paula.spaeth@nescent.org
919-668-9109

Competition and meso-evolutionary change in the mammalian fossil record
Amy Zanne, Ph.D.
azanne@nescent.org
919-668-9107

Hydraulic efficiency and safety: Do tradeoffs have an evolutionary basis in the rosids?
Derrick Zwickl, Ph.D.
zwickl@nescent.org
919-668-9109

Implementation of a wide range of codon and amino acid models in Bayesian phylogenetic software

Previous Postdoctoral Scholars

Name Project
Jim Balhoff, Ph.D.
balhoff@nescent.org
919-668-4864

Duke phylogenetic consultant
Joshua Granek, Ph.D.
josh@duke.edu
919-668-4582

Comparative genomic studies of the sequences responsible for the regulation of gene expression
Joe Hereford, Ph.D.
hereford@umd.edu


Adaptive divergence between natural populations
Jason Hoeksema, Ph.D.
jhoeksema@nescent.org
919-668-4582

What is the relative importance of biotic vs. abiotic local adaptation?
Samantha Hopkins, Ph.D.
shopkins@nescent.org
919-668-9109

The evolution of mammalian fossoriality: Causes and consequences