Jeff DaCosta
M.S. Biology, Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas, 2006
B.S. Biology, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, 1998
Ph.D. student, Boston Univ., 2007-present
Advisor: Dr. Michael Sorenson
Director, Research Equipment Program
Neotropical Grassland Conservancy
617-353-6989
I am generally interested in the evolution, speciation, and biogeography of birds, and my research mainly uses molecular data to explore these broad issues.
My Ph.D. research is focused on the population structure of indigobirds (genus Vidua) in Tanzania. This is an extension of ongoing research into the evolutionary history of this group of brood parasitic birds.
