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Joshua S. Reece

Research Interests:

My research primarily focuses on the integration of molecular genetics and life-history ecology to make conservation recommendations for listed and endangered species. I am particularly interested in multidisciplinary approaches that work synergistically to improve conservation planning. My work currently focuses on the role of historical processes such as climate change and sea level rise in shaping population structure. I work primarily on wide-ranging species and currently focus on marine turtles in the Atlantic and moray eels with particular emphasis on Indian Ocean populations.

 

 

 

 

Contact Information:

Joshua S. Reece
Ph.D. Candidate
Campus Box 1137
Department of Biology
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
314-935-5302 (office) 314-620-9366 (cell)

Education:

  • B.S. University of Central Florida, May 2002
  • M.S. Biology University of Central Florida May, 2005
  • Ph.D. Candidate Washington University St. Louis, expected graduation May 2009

Publications:

Reece J, Castoe TA, Parkinson CL (2005) Historical perspectives on population genetics and conservation of three marine turtle species. Conservation Genetics, 6, 235-251.

Reece J, Ehrhart LM, Parkinson CL (in press) Mixed stock analysis of juvenile loggerheads in Indian River Lagoon, Florida: Implications for conservation planning. Conservation Genetics.

 

Background:

I started my academic career with a Bachelors Degree in Biology at the University of Central Florida. I completed my Master's degree at that same institution under Dr. L. M. Ehrhart and Dr. C. L. Parkinson. I am currently a doctoral student at Washington University working under Dr. Allan Larson. I consider myself a broadly trained vertebrate ecologist/molecular geneticist with an emphasis on conservation of natural populations. I have worked with Florida grasshoppper sparrows, Indigo snakes, gopher tortoises, several species of marine turtles, numerous moray eel species and the Sherman's fox squirrel.

Acknowledgments:

I would like to thank Mel Stark and the Caribbean Conservation Corporation for their continued funding and support of my research.