Past and Current Projects
1. Connectivity and local adaptation in marine fishes across their ranges
Current study species include southern flounder, golden tilefish and gafftopsail fish.
2. Genetic diversity of small populations
Conservation Genetics focuses on small populations, past study species include white sharks, silversides, sturgeon, and winter flounder, ongoing research includes salmon and bullsharks.
3. Population level effects of a large-scale oil spill on the genetic diversity of demersal fishes
How did the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oilspill affect golden tilefish, and other demersal species?
4. DNA Fingerprinting
DNA fingerprinting can be used to identify individuals and their relationships to each other with a variety of applciations, including aquaculture.
5. Mixed stock analysis
Mixed stock analysis can be used to determine the contribution of individual rivers and estuaries that form the natal habitat and/or nurseries of juveniles recruiting to populations offshore.
6. Genetic Barcoding
Genetic barcoding for species identification ... gut content analaysis, wildlife forensics and other applications.