Associate Professor 
Department of Biology
San Diego State University
Evolutionary Biology program area

Curator of Birds
SDSU Vertebrate Collections

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley (1996)
M.S., Louisiana State University (1991)
B.S., Texas A&M University (1988)

In the Burns lab, we use DNA sequence data to investigate the systematics and population genetics of birds.  Phylogenies and analyses of population history are used to study the evolution of morphology, behavior, ecology, and biogeography.

Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis)