Expertise

My principal research interests are in Phycology. My research program is focused on the biodiversity, phylogenomics, molecular systematics, and evolution of algae.

Areas of Research

  • REDToL
  • GRAToL
  • Trentepohliales
  • Seaweed biodiversity
  • Subaerial algae

Other related projects are seaweed biodiversity in the Gulf of Mexico and the subaerial microchlorophytes from tropical rainforests.

Research:

  • GRAToL: Assembling the Green Algal Tree of Life
  • REDToL: Phylogenetic and Genomic Approaches to Reconstructing the Red Algal (Rhodophyta) Tree of Life
  • Subaerial Microchlorophytes From Tropical Rainforests
  • Seaweed Diversity
Affiliations

Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama

School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University

Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama (past)
2013

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama (past)

Communities
Biological Science
Degrees
PhD, Louisiana State University, Plant Biology, 2000
MSc, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Biology, 1994
BS, University of Nuevo Leon, Biology, 1981
Keywords
phycology, algal evolution, phylogenomics, chlorophyta, rhodophyta, algal biodiversity, systematics
Honors

Arts and Sciences Leadership Board Fellow, The University of Alabama, 2013-2016

President, The Phycological Society of America, 2012

Associations
International Phycological Society
Phycological Society of America
Sociedad de Ficologia de Latin American y el Caribe