Dr Tammy Steeves
Position
Senior Lecturer in Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics
Qualifications
PhD (Queen's University, Canada)
MSc (American University, USA)
BSc (University of Calgary, Canada)
Room
von Haast Room 441
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7074
Fax: +64 3 364 2590
Email: tammy.steeves@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal Address: School of Biological Sciences, University
of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
Research and Publications
Tammy's UC Research Profile
My main research interests focus on the evolutionary processes that contribute to the divergence of populations and the ultimate formation of new species. I am specifically interested in the roles of physical and non-physical barriers to gene flow in the diversification of highly mobile taxa such as shorebirds and seabirds. The novelty of my research stems from my use of state of the art genetic approaches combined with non-genetic data to test explicit hypotheses regarding the evolutionary histories of natural populations.