***The Light Lab is seeking graduate students for Fall 2019. If you would like to join the Light Lab, please contact Jessica at jlight2@tamu.edu

Research in the Light lab is focused broadly in evolutionary biology with a focus on systematics, population genetics, and coevolutionary associations between distantly related organisms, particularly mammals and their parasites. In general, our research relies on field work and Museum specimens, and we use molecular and morphological data from recently collected and ancient specimens to help elucidate broad evolutionary processes operating in distantly related taxa. Please see the Projects and Publications page for more examples of ongoing research in the Light lab.

Forthcoming: Link to list of popular press articles documenting the importance of collections (as published in the Journal of Mammalogy)

News!
News Archive

August 2018

• Lots of great activity from the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections. Check out their facebook feed here: https://www.facebook.com/BRTCTAMU/
• It's August! You know what that means, right? Fall classes are just around the corner....

July 2018

• Posted on twitter, but posting here as well: Congratulations to Dr. Duane Schlitter on receiving the 2018 Jackson Award from the American Society of Mammalogists. This award recognizes Duane's service to the Society. Congrats, Duane! 
• Fourth of July is coming at a good time; time to decompress a bit from the summer meetings

Contact the Light Lab
Texas A&M University
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mailing address: 534 John Kimbrough Blvd., TAMU 2258; College Station, TX 77843
JEL Office: 268 Wildlife, Fisheries and Ecological Sciences (Building 1537). 979-458-4357

This website was last updated 21 August 2018