Dr. Daniel L. Graf

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
MH Bryant Hall, Box 870345
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL 35487 USA

email: dlgraf(at)bama.ua.edu
phone: 205.348.2537

I use macroevolutionary patterns such as spatial and temporal distributions coupled with phylogeny to test hypotheses of macroevolutionary process among freshwater mussels. That is, mollusks belonging to the order Unionoida. I have general interests in freshwater malacology, bivalve systematics, the methodology of the phylogenetic systematics, and biodiversity informatics. Click here to find out more about my research.

Students and post-doctoral researchers interested in conducting research in my laboratory should contact me via email.

I am currently seeking to recruit up to two graduate students to start in the fall of 2010. Click here for more information about graduate student opportunities at the University of Alabama.

My two principle undergraduate courses are BSC 483 Evolution and BSC 376 Invertebrate Zoology. Click here to get more information about my courses.

For the last few years, I have focused my attention on the freshwater mollusks of Africa. That work has not only included field trips various exotic localities on that continent but also museum work in mollusk collections across the United States and Europe (and Australia!).

MUSSELp icon Check out the MUSSEL Project Web Site to learn more about my malacological research, including recent publications & presentations, information about freshwater mussel biology, recent news and an online database of mussel taxonomy and specimen records.

The MUSSELp is a collaborative project with Kevin Cummings at the Illinois Natural History Survey in Champaign.

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email: dlgraf(at)bama.ua.edu

Last updated 16 October 2009