Student Information
Graduate Student
Evolutionary Biology
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Dylan is an Evolutionary Biologist at the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. His research examines the evolution of the life history among vertebrates and invertebrates. In this context, he uses phylogenetic comparative methods to generate hypotheses and draw broad conclusions that can be applied to wide ranges of taxa. He is particularly interested in studying the evolution of foraging mode and its connection to some life-history traits, such as adult body size, reproductive effort, age of first reproduction, etc.
In addition, he conducts experimental evolution studies in populations maintained in the laboratory. Specifically, he examines the frequency of alleles with underlying effects on the foraging behavior of individuals evolving under different selective pressures, which enables him to make strong inferences concerning phenotypic and genetic responses to selection.
Education
M.S. - Evolutionary Biology, Arizona State University (ASU), 2023, United States.
M.S. - Ecology and Evolution, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019, Brazil.
BSc - Biology, Universidad del Atlantico (UA), 2016, Colombia.
Research Interests
Genomics
Population genetics
Programming (R software)
Courses
2022 Spring
2021 Fall
2021 Spring