Our research covers a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology including phylogenetics, biogeography, molecular evolution, and conservation. We focus on the evolution of birds using DNA, morphology, and geography. We strive to improve knowledge of  biodiversity across the avian tree of life. 

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News

• Jan 2016: Heather Skeen defends her thesis.
• Nov 2015: Jane Younger started as a postdoc in the lab.
• May 2015: Sushma received a NSF Award for her project "Comparative Biogeography and Diversification of Birds on Madagascar"!
• Another paper with 3 former undergrads in the Reddy Lab is in press: Reddy, S., S. Sharief*, L. Yohe*, J. Witkowski*, P. A. Hosner, A. S. Nyari, R. Moyle. Untangling diversification patterns of the Streak-breasted Scimitar Babblers (Timaliidae: Pomatorhinus ruficollis complex) in China. 2015. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82A: 183–192. *undergraduate co-authors

• Laurel Yohe, a former Undergrad in the Reddy Lab, published a paper from her Fulbright Fellowship: Yohe, L. R., Flanders, J., Duc, H. M., Vu, L., Phung, T. B., Nguyen, Q. H., & Reddy, S. (2014). Unveiling the impact of human influence on species distributions in Vietnam: a case study using babblers (Aves: Timaliidae). Tropical Conservation Science. A press release was posted on Mongabay.com Congratulations Laurel!

• September 2014: Heather, Lynika, and Sushma attended the AOU meeting in Estes Park CO. Heather gave a talk entitled "Origin and Diversification of African Leucocytozoon in a global context." Lynika's talk was "Cryptic diversification in widespread species on Madagascar." Sushma was invited to participate in a symposium on Molecular Biogeography and the Classification Crisis and contributed a talk entitled "One step forward, two steps back: taxonomic confusion in tropical Asia."

Contact

Dr. Sushma Reddy
Assistant Professor
Biology Department
Loyola University Chicago
email: sreddy6[at]luc.edu

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