Dr. Jessica Light - Mammals, Morphology, and Mapping a Way through Graduate School

Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!

In this episode, Emmarie and Sarah talk to Dr. Jessica Light, a professor and curator of mammals in the Ecology and Conservation Biology department at Texas A&M University. She received her B.S. in Biology and Resource Ecology and Management at the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in Zoology at Louisiana State University. Her lab uses molecular and morphological data to study the evolution of distantly related taxa, such as between mammals and their parasites.

If you want to know more about the research discussed in this episode or about the Genetics program at Texas A&M, please visit the following websites:

Jessica Light: https://eccb.tamu.edu/people/light-jessica/ 

Light Lab Website: https://lightjessica.weebly.com/ 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=QVd0d7IAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate 

Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu 

Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu