Editor-in-Chief

Simon, Chris

Interests: Interests: Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity: Reconstruction of evolutionary histories, especially species radiations on islands. Rates and mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA evolution. Evolution of rRNA sedondary structure. Insect systematics: phylogeny, biogeography, and character evolution including life history, ecology, and behavior.

Chris Simon
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
75 N. Eagleville Road
The University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-3043

Phone:

(860) 486-4640 Lab (860) 486-3947

List of Associate Editors 2001-2003

Baker, Allan J.

Interests: Coalescent analysis, population genetics, phylogeography, molecular systematics, and biogeography of birds.

Buckley, Thomas

Term as Associate Editor began October, 2003

Interests: Methods of phylogenetic analysis with an emphasis on the role of substitution model assumptions on phylogenetic accuracy and hypothesis testing. The study of molecular evolutionary processes and the incorporation of this information into phylogenetic analysis. Other interests include ribosomal RNA secondary structure, the origin, evolution, and biogeography of the New Zealand biota, and the systematics and phylogeography of the New Zealand cicadas.

Thomas Buckley
Landcare Research
Private Bag 92170
Auckland
New Zealand

Collins, Tim

Term as Associate Editor began March, 2003

Interests: molecular systematics, rates, patterns and mechanisms of molecular evolution, including nucleotide sequence evolution and mitochondrial gene order change, and consequences for phylogenetic reconstruction. Integration of molecular data with paleontological and morphological data. Metazoa, molluscs, snails, fish.

Tim Collins
Dept. Of Biological Sciences
Florida International University
OE 212 University Park
Miami FL 33199 USA

Express mail address:
Tim Collins
112th Ave. & SW 8 ST.
OE Bldg. RM 212
Miami FL 33199 USA

Crandall, Keith

Interests: Phylogenetic methods, intraspecific analyses, molecular evolution, cave biology and cave adapted organisms. Organismal expertise: crustacea, especially freshwater groups including crabs and crayfishes. Also viruses and bacteria, especially HIV, PTLV, and Neisseria; salamander population genetics and systematics.

Keith Crandall
574 Widtsoe Building
Department of Zoology
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602-5255, USA

Cunningham, Cliff

Interests: Systematics of invertebrates, and especially crustaceans and cnidarians. Ancestral state character reconstruction. Combining data and incongruence. Phylogeography and historical biogeography.

Cliff Cunningham
Department of Biology
Box 90325
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0325

cliff@acpub.duke.edu

Faith, Dan

Interests: phylogenetic inference methods, quantitative biodiversity assessment, philosophy of science, multivariate pattern analysis, experimental design, ecology.

Dan Faith
Australian Museum
6 College Street
Sydney, N.S.W. 2000 AUSTRALIA

Goldman, Nick

Interests: Analytical methods in phylogenetics, particularly methods of phylogenetic inference, mathematical models of molecular evolutionary processes and statistical inference issues.

Nick Goldman
EMBL - European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD
U.K

Kim, Junhyong

Interests: Systematics theory, developmental evolution, computational biology and statistical genomics

Junhyong Kim
Department of Biology and Penn Center for Bioinformatics
University of Pennsylvania
415 S. University Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018

Phone:

Kjer, Karl

Interests: rRNA secondary structure; Alignment of sequence data for phylogenetics; Higher level phylogenetics of Insecta (family level and above); Higher level phylogenetics of Anura. Research Taxa: Trichoptera; Odonata; Chrysomelidae

Karl Kjer
Cook College, Blake Hall
Rutgers University,
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources,
93 Lipman Dr.
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone (office):

732-932-9880

Linder, Peter

Interests: Biogeography, (adaptive) radiation, organismal interests: plants in general, monocots in particular. Geographical interests: Africa.

Peter Linder
Institute of Systematic Botany
University of Zurich
Zollikerstrasse 107
8008 Zurich
Switzerland

Lockhart, Pete

Interests: Plant, bacterial, algal phylogeny; plant molecular systematic; phylogenetic methodology for studying species complexes and Quaternary radiations (e.g. reduced median graphs, split decomposition); Substitution properties of sequence data that affect tree building. Evolution of photosynthesis and photosynthetic organisms. Study Taxa: Ranunculus (buttercups), Myosotis (forget me nots),Apiaceae (carrots), Nothofagus (beech), Polystichum (ferns) and Rhopalostylis (Nikau Palm), and Dicksonia (tree ferns).

Peter Lockhart
Institute of Molecular BioSciences
Massey University
Private Bag 11222
Palmerston North
New Zealand

Lutzoni, François

Interests: Mycology, especially lichen-forming fungi, symbiotic interactions, comparative phylogenetic methods, reconstruction of ancestral character states, homogeneity partition testing, and alignments of DNA sequences for phylogenetic studies. phylogenetic methods and theories from a user’s perspective.

François Lutzoni
Dept. of Biology
Duke University
Box 90338
Durham, North Carolina
USA 27708

Mason Gamer, Roberta

Interests: Empirical studies at low taxonomic levels (reticulate evolution and/or data set incongruence). Vascular plant systematics especially Poaceae and Asteraceae.

Roberta J. Mason-Gamer
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
M/C 066, 845 West Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607

Naylor, Gavin

Interests: Systematics of fishes, systematic theory (especially concerns relating to the influence of protein structure on phylogenetic inference), vertebrate paleontology

Gavin J.P. Naylor
Dept. of Zoology and Genetics
339 Science II
Iowa State University
Ames,
Iowa 50011-3223

Page, Rod

Interests: Phylogeny comparison, host-parasite cospeciation, gene trees and species trees, biogeography, louse phylogeny, RNA structure and alignment.

Roderic D. M. Page
Reader in Taxonomy
DEEB, IBLS
Graham Kerr Building
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QP
UK

Rannala, Bruce

Interests: Statistical theory of molecular phylogenetic inference, comparative genomics, population genetics, and human genetics.

Bruce Rannala
Department of Medical Genetics
8-39 Medical Sciences Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7
Canada

Sanderson, Mike

Term as Associate Editor ended January, 2003

Interests: I am interested in theoretical issues in phylogenetics, especially as they relate to statistical problems in tree reconstruction and rates of diversification and molecular evolution. I also am interested in phylogenetic systematics of Astragalus, legumes, and species-rich clades in general.

Mike Sanderson
Section of Evolution and Ecology
One Shields Ave.
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616

Schultz, Ted

Interests: Evolution and systematics of insects; evolution and systematics of ants, especially the fungus-growing ants (Myrmicinae: Attini). Phylogenetic reconstruction using both morphological and molecular characters under both parsimony and maximum likelihood criteria; historical ecology and macroevolution of behavior; reconstruction of ancestral character states.

Ted Schultz
Department of Entomology, MRC 188
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560-0188
USA

For all private carriers (e.g, Fed Ex, UPS, etc.),
use address below:

Ted Schultz
Department of Entomology, MRC 188
National Museum of Natural History
10th & Constitution Aves. NW
West Loading Dock
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560-018

Sites, Jack

Interests: Basic issues in evolutionary biology, including patterns & processes of speciation (and with this, empirical methods for testing species boundaries, hybrid zone dynamics); the use of several classes of markers to assess metapopulation structure and patterns of gene flow (from both basic and conservation perspectives), and the coding and use of several kinds of markers (allozymes, chromosomes, sequences, & morphological data) to reconstruct phylogenies (usually within families or within genera - nothing too deep). Specializes on amphibians and especially reptiles, taxa indigenous to the New and Old World tropics.

Jack W. Sites, Jr.
Department of Zoology
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Soltis, Pamela S.

Interests: molecular systematics of angiosperms, polyploidy, phylogeography, conservation biology, phylogeny and evolution of Lomatium (Apiaceae).

Pamela S. Soltis
Florida Museum of Natural History and the Genetics Institute
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611

Steel, Mike

Interests: Phylogenetic analysis and methodology, models of site substitution and genome evolution, speciation models and tree shapes.

Mike Steel
Biomathematics Research Centre
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand

Sullivan, Jack

Interests: Phylogenetic methods, especially molecular; Systematics of mammals, especially rodents; Historical biogeography, especially comparative phylogeography.

Jack Sullivan
Department of Biological Sciences
Box 443051
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-3051
USA

Thorne, Jeff

Interests: Phylogeny reconstruction, sequence alignment, statistical methods, and protein structure.

Jeff Thorne
1507 Partners II Building
Bioinformatics Research Center, Box 7566
Raleigh NC 27695-7566
Courier Address:
1507 Partners II Building
840 Main Campus Drive
Raleigh NC
27606

Yang, Ziheng

Interests: theoretical molecular systematics and molecular evolution.

Ziheng Yang
Department of Biology
University College London
Darwin Building
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
England