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Jeffrey W. Streicher, PhD
I am a curator in the herpetology group at the Natural History Museum, London. I study amphibians, reptiles, and evolution. My research programme includes laboratory and field components and is rooted in a deep appreciation of natural history (learn more @ projects). Contact: j.streicher [at] nhm.ac.uk Natural History Museum Google Scholar Research Gate |
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Kate N. Thomas, PhD
Katie is co-hosted with Dr David Gower from the NHM. She is a visual ecologist studying the evolution of anuran amphibian vision. Her research is funded by NERC. Website Google Scholar Research Gate |
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Stephen Mahony, PhD
Steve is co-hosted with Dr Emma Teeling from University College Dublin. He is a herpetologist studying biogeography and archival DNA sequencing. His research is funded by a CAROLINE fellowship. Google Scholar Research Gate |
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Marcello Mezzasalma, PhD
Marcello is co-hosted with Dr Natalie Cooper and Dr Simon Loader from the NHM. He is a cytogeneticist and herpetologist studying diversification in reptiles from Madagascar. His research is funded by a Marie Curie fellowship. Research Gate |
PhD Students
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Karla Alujević, MSc
Karla is co-supervised by Dr Susana Clusella-Trullas from Stellenbosch University and Dr Michael Logan from University of Nevada, Reno. She is studying a species of lizard (Agama atra) from South Africa with laboratory physiological assays, field observations of behaviour and population genomics. Her research at the NHM is funded by National Research Foundation (South Africa) and the Systematics Association. Website |
Masters Students
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Amartya Tashi Mitra, BSc
Amartya is investigating lens shape evolution across ontogeny and phylogeny in anuran amphibians as part of his University College London MRes course. He is co-supervised by Dr Kate Thomas and Dr David Gower from the NHM. Research Gate |
Alumni
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Marco Crotti, MSc
Marco completed his MSc in Taxonomy and Biodiversity at Imperial College London in 2015 and was co-supervised by Dr David Gower from the NHM. His project was entitled 'Genome-wide RAD sequence data from an east African frog species: the impact of missing data and assembly methods on phylogeographic inference' which was the basis for a recently published manuscript in Zoologica Scripta! He is currently a PhD student at University of Glasgow in the laboratory of Dr Kathryn Elmer. Research Gate |
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Naomi Berkowitz, MRes
Naomi completed an University College London MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution & Conservation focused on georeferencing natural history specimens from South America. She was co-supervised by Dr Natalie Cooper from the NHM. |
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Ryan F. A. Brewer, MRes
Ryan completed a University College London MRes project entitled 'Phylogeny of the Caeciliidae based on fresh and vintage DNA' and was co-supervised by Dr. Mark Wilkinson from the NHM. |
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Jack Davies, MRes
Jack completed his MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation Biology at University College London in 2017. He was co-supervised by Dr Natalie Cooper from the NHM with a project entitled 'Assessing the accuracy of IUCN range maps of amphibians using amphibian type locality data of collections at the Natural History Museum, London'. |
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Shakuntala Devi Gopal, MRes
Devi completed her MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation Biology at University College London in 2015 and was co-supervised by Dr Bruno Simóes from University of Adelaide. Her project was entitled 'Geographic variation in vision genes from closely related North American frog populations with comments on rhodopsin evolution in amphibians'. After a temporary teaching position in Micronesia, she moved back to the USA and is currently a program coordinator for Futures and Options in New York City. Linked-In |
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Tom J. M. Jameson
Tom is completed his MPhil at Cambridge University, Sidney Sussex College and was co-supervised by Dr Jason Head. He studied direct-developing frogs from Mexico in a dissertation project entitled 'Diversity, Conservation and Evolution of the Craugastor mexicanus species series'. He also worked at Chester Zoo! Tom is currently a PhD student at Cambridge University. |
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Luigi Manuelli, MRes
Luigi completed his MRes in Biosystematics at Imperial College London in 2017. His project was entitled 'Taxonomy and molecular systematics of the frog species group Craugastor mexicanus'. We also collaborated on a phylogenetic study of another frog (Genus Niceforonia) that was recently published in Zootaxa! He is currently a PhD student at Kings College London studying tooth regeneration in snakes. Research Gate |
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Christopher McCabe, MRes
Chris completed his MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation Biology at University College London in 2016. He was co-supervised by Dr. Simon Maddock from University of Wolverhampton with a project entitled 'Separated by a mountain? Comparative phylogeography of herpetofauna in a Honduran national park'. He is currently a PhD student at University of Bristol studying the evolution of mammal venom with Prof. Emily Rayfield. |
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Longson Pang, MRes
Longson completed his MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation Biology at University College London in 2016. His project was co-supervised by Dr Jesse Meik from Tarleton State University and entitled 'Mitogenomic evolutionary dynamics in insular speckled rattlesnakes'. His research formed the basis for a poster that was presented at SMBE 2017 in Austin, Texas. |
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Alice Pawlik, MRes
Alice completed her MRes in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at Imperial College London in 2018. Her project was co-supervised by Dr Natalie Cooper from the NHM and was entitled,'Using museum specimens and spatial data to inform conservation management of salamanders: An investigation utilising the Natural History Museum's collection and the IUCN Red List'. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Exeter. Reaearch Gate |
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Melissa Reid, MRes
Mel completed her MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation Biology at University College London in 2017. She was co-supervised with Dr David Gower from the NHM with a project entitled 'Phylogeography of filesnakes (Acrochordidae), using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA' |
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Anwesha Saha, MRes
Mimi completed her MRes in Biodiversity Evolution and Conservation Biology at University College London in 2015 and was co-supervised by Dr Eleanor Adamson from the Fishmonger's Company. Her project was entitled 'Population genetics of Seychelles caecilian amphibians using microsatellites developed from Next Generation Sequence data' and was the basis for a paper published in Conservation Genetics Resources! She worked at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment in Bangalore, India and is currently a PhD student at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Research Gate |
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Samuel Shrimpton, MRes
Sam completed a University College London MRes project entitled 'The developmental scaling of eye size in frogs' and was co-supervised by Dr Kate Thomas and Dr David Gower from the NHM. |
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Sarah-Jane Smith, MRes
Sarah-Jane completed her MRes in Biosystematics at Imperial College London in 2018. She was co-supervised by Dr Christian Cox from Georgia Southern University and her project was entitled 'Morphological adaptations to dietary specialism in Tantilla and relatives (Squamata: Colubridae)'. Research Gate |
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Andrea L. Varela-Jaramillo, MRes
Andrea completed her MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation Biology at University College London in 2017. She worked on a project entitled 'Sequence capture of ultraconserved elements can detect cryptic diversity among South American hylid frogs' which was an extension of her undergraduate work from Ecuador. Currently, she is an associate investigator at Museo de Zoologia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito. Andrea's laboratory work with UCEs also contributed to a study on microhylid anurans that has been accepted for publication in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. |
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Tom Weeks, MSc
Tom completed his MSc at University College London in 2018. He was co-supervised by Dr Natalie Cooper from the NHM with a project entitled 'Mismatches in East African amphibian type-localities and current distributions' |
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Interested in joining our research group?
All positions in our group are funded from outside the museum. Please contact Jeff if you are interested in collaborating on a proposal to fund a new position. Interested in other opportunities?
Our research group is nested within the herpetology section at the Natural History Museum. This is a diverse group with multiple investigators whose research interests span many areas. We are also always happy to discuss opportunities for gaining curatorial experience in the amphibian and reptile collection. |
