The National Science Foundation awarded $414,000 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The fellowship funding will support integrative research investigating the intersection of genomes, environments, and phenotypes in elevational migrant bird species across the Andes and Himalayas.
The fellow will generate valuable museum specimens including frozen tissues and genomic, physiological, and migration data. Comparative analyses will assess patterns of molecular evolution and physiological plasticity in low-altitude residents, high-altitude residents, and elevational migrant bird populations. Broader impacts include mentoring undergraduate students from underrepresented groups, teaching specimen preparation workshops in Peru, and contributing to natural history collection growth and outreach. The research aims to further understanding of animal adaptations to profound environmental changes.
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