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Sushma Reddy's Lab

Our research covers a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology including phylogenetics, biogeography, molecular evolution, and conservation. We focus on the evolution and diversity of birds using DNA, morphology, and geography.

Reddy Lab affiliations
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 
Bell Museum of Natural History
Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation Biology
​Ecology, Evolution, Behavior graduate program
Conservation Sciences graduate program 
Field Museum of Natural History 

Dr. Sushma Reddy

​Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology
Curator of Birds, Bell Museum of Natural History
Associate Professor,
Dept Fisheries, Wildlife, Conservation Biology
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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Recent Highlights

PUBS

Oong, Z.,* SA. Jansa, S. Reddy. 2026. Biogeographic regions within Indomalaya: an integrated approach using bird distributions. Journal of Biogeography. 53:e70155.     
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Reddy, S., K. Wacker, M. Fahmy, E. Hekkala, J. Bates, SM. Goodman, S. Hackett, MJ. Raherilalao, JD. Maddox,. 2025. VoronaGasyCodes: a public database of mitochondrial barcodes for Malagasy birds. Molecular Ecology Resources 25:e70027.

Auerbach, ALB.*, EHJ. Lim*, S. Reddy. 2025. Tempo and mode of evolution across multiple traits in an adaptive radiation of birds (Vangidae). Evolution 79: 1710–1726. 
 
Lahiri, S.* and S. Reddy. 2025. Correspondence: India’s grasslands are not “wastelands”. Science. 387: 726-727. 
 
Reddy, S. 2025. Advances in the Avian Tree of Life and Biogeography in the 21st Century. In: New Perspectives in Ornithology. Edited by: S. V. Edwards and J. M. Reed, Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197787670.003.0007

TALKS

2026. Integrative Ecology in the Global South. Invited speaker: Using natural history collections for integrative biodiversity studies and to promote inclusive communities.

2025. British Ornithologists’ Union – A Day at the Museum: collections based ornithological research in a changing world. Keynote: Using natural history collections to build community.

2025. University of Minnesota, Conservation Sciences. The real birds of Madagascar, and penguins too!

2025. The Linnean Society of London. The dramatic evolution of birds on Madagascar.
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