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Terry Grande

Professor, Graduate Program Director

Disciplines

  • Biology

Research Interests

  • My research focuses on understanding the evolutionary relationships and historical biogeography of teleost fishes using morphology, paleontology, molecular biology as data sources. A group called the Ostariophysi has been the focus of my work because of its importance both economically and scientifically. It is a group consisting of over 75% of all freshwater fish species, it has a world wide geographic distribution and an fossil record dating to the Early Cretaceous (over 60 million years). An understanding of this group is central to an understanding of fish evolution in general.

Sushma Reddy

Assistant Professor

Disciplines

  • Biology

Research Interests

  • My research covers a broad range of topics related to evolution and genetics, primarily using birds as the subject. To date, these subjects include molecular evolution, phylogenetics, biogeography, diversification, patterns of diversity, and conservation. In terms of evolutionary genetics, my research scope includes divergences within species groups to the entire class Aves, utilizing both genomic-scale data and ancient/historical DNA techniques. My two main research programs involve deciphering the deep branches of the avian tree of life and using genetic data to examine species-limits and diversification across tropical Asia. Additional interests focus on issues of biogeography, particularly the geography of speciation, and biodiversity conservation. In my lab, we use DNA sequence data to reconstruct evolutionary history. We also compare the genetic signal to other aspects such as morphological characters to examine the correlation of genotype and phenotype as well as species ranges to examine gene flow, distributional patterns, and the potential impact of the various geological and climatic changes on diversification.

Discipline

    1. Business 25
    2. Psychology 23
    3. English Language and Literature 23
    4. Nursing 19
    5. Education 18

Research Interest

    1. globalization 3
    2. Catholic school leadership development 2
    3. Modern Europe 2
    4. Philosophy of Education 2
    5. Public History 2

Organization

    1. Quinlan School of Business 26
    2. Department of Psychology 23
    3. Department of English 20
    4. School of Education 19
    5. Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing 18

Position

    1. Faculty Member 294
    2. Emeritus Faculty 6
    3. Adjunct Faculty Member 5
    4. Librarian 4
    5. Non-Academic Position 2