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Kelly Zamudio

Associate Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • biodiversity
  • conservation biology
  • environmental sciences
  • evolution
  • genetics
  • zoology

Research Focus

I study patterns and processes of population differentiation with emphasis on the links between behavior, life history, and dispersal, and population structure in reptiles and amphibians.

Research Grants

  • BIOTIC SURVEY OF ATLANTIC COASTAL FOREST FROGS AND AN EMERGENT PATHOGEN IMPLICATED IN AMPHIBIAN DECLINES
  • COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EVOLUTION OF AMPHIBIAN MHC GENES AFTER AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK
  • BARRIERS TO INTRASPECIFIC GENE FLOW AMONG HIGHLY DIVERGENT SALMANDER LINEAGES