Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
The University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
TEL: (662) 915-6647
FAX: (662) 915-5144
Email: dreed@olemiss.edu

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1998. University of Houston, Ecology and Evolution
B.B.A. 1988. Lincoln Memorial University, Economics and Statistics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor -- The University of Mississippi (2002 - present)
Visiting Assistant Professor -- Missouri State University (2001 - 2002)
Postdoctoral Fellow -- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (1999 - 2001)
Lecturer -- Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Phoenix Arizona (1998 - 1999)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Conservation Biology, Conservation Genetics, Ecological Genetics, Evolutionary Ecology, Population Ecology, and Population Genetics.

My primary interest is at the interface of evolutionary genetics and ecology, with a special emphasis on application to biodiversity conservation. How does the environment interact with genetic processes in determining population persistence and evolutionary potential? Since starting graduate school I have been especially interested in the extinction process. Most previous work on extinction has focused on only one or two extinction forces at a time. However, in the real world, demographic, deterministic, ecological, evolutionary, and genetic factors operate simultaneously and synergistically. I attempt to understand these factors, and their interactions, using a combination of computer/mathematical models, field work, laboratory experiments, and increasingly molecular genetic tools (e.g., microsatellites, SNPs).

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