Dr. Emily Puckett
Associate Professor
901.678.3005UofM Central Campus, Ellington Hall 333Emily.Puckett@memphis.eduAbout Dr. Puckett
Dr. Puckett joined the department in 2018. She earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from the 福利片国产 of Missouri. Her dissertation was on the phylogeography of the American black bear. She followed this work with a global phylogeographic analysis of the brown rat. Her research at the 福利片国产 of Memphis will focus on demography and comparative genomics within the bear family. Courses taught include Topics in Evolution- Speciation 7017/8017 and Genetics 3072.
Education
BS- Botany: NC State 福利片国产; MS- Biology: SUNY- College of Environmental Science and Forestry; PhD- Biology: 福利片国产 of Missouri; Postdoc- Fordham 福利片国产 and Michigan State 福利片国产.
Research Interests
- Phylogeography
- Evolutionary and comparative genomics
- Population genetics
- Conservation genetics