CV — The McLaughlin Lab

**BS:** Wildlife Biology and Conservation, 2014. University of Alaska Fairbanks
**MS:** Biological Sciences, 2017. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Advisor: Dr. Kevin Winker. Thesis topic: Speciation and gene flow in Beringian birds.
Thesis available to read here
**PhD:** Biology, 2022, University of OklahomaAdvisor: Dr. Matthew Miller. Dissertation topic: Speciation in Neotropical birds.
Dissertation available to read here
**Postdoctoral positions:**
2021-2023, University of California Berkeley. Advisor: Dr. Ian Wang. Comparative genomics of anole ecomorphs.
2023-present: University of Massachusetts Amherst. Advisors: Drs. Lisa Komoroske and Andy Danylchuk. Riverscape genomics of golden dorado and applications of Oxford Nanopore in conservation.
CV (PDF)

Canyon Wren caught at Black Mesa State Park at the 2017 Oklahoma Bioblitz.

I started out wanting to be a wildlife biologist focusing on Arctic mammals. I became fascinated by birds and avian genetics not too far into my undergrad, though, and have been hooked ever since. I still love being in the field, but am equally at home at the bench testing library prep techniques, in front of the computer developing bioinformatic pipelines, and at the museum prepping specimens.

Currently, I’m working on comparative genomics of anoles and riverscape genomics of golden dorado fish, expanding my research questions beyond birds.

Vintage Jess: Learning how to track elk with radio telemetry, Wind Cave National Park, SD, 2010.

Conducting point counts in Enashiva Nature Refuge, northern Tanzania, 2013.

Solitary Sandpiper caught at Creamer’s Field Migration Station, Fairbanks, AK, 2017.

Presenting Panama results at the 2019 American Ornithology meeting, Anchorage, AK.