Campus Address:
Environmental Science Center (ESC) 164
21 Sachem Street
Mailing Address:
Yale University
Box 208105
New Haven, CT 06520-8105 USA
I am an evolutionary ornithologist with broad
interests in diverse topics, including phylogenetics, behavior,
feathers, structural color, evolution and development, sexual
selection, and historical biogeography.
My recent research has focused on theoretical
and molecular studies of the development and evolution of
feathers, developing and applying new tools for the study
of the physics and evolution of structural coloration, and
continued efforts in phylogenetic ethology of polygynous birds
(Link to Research page). I have conducted field work throughout
the Neotropics and in Madagascar, and have studied fossil
theropods in China. I am Curator of Ornithology in the Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History and Head Curator
of Vertebrate Zoology.