John Phillips, Ph.D.

The Phillips lab seeks to understand patterns and processes underlying speciation and diversification. In particular, we address several key questions:   -What are the causes and consequences of speciation and biodiversity?   -How does biodiversity manifest in isolated systems? (islands, mountains, caves)   -How 'biologically' connected are the cave and aquifer systems? (e.g. if you are a salamander!)   -How does connectivity/lack thereof impact speciation?    We are also excited to explore various evolutionary and ecological phenomena (especially in a genomic context) as members of the lab have worked on diverse animals including reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and mollusks!  If you are interested in any of our work, please reach out!