Christopher C. Witt

Photo: Christopher C. Witt

Professor

Director, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Curator, Division of Birds, Museum of Southwestern Biology

he/him
Email: 
cwitt@unm.edu
Phone: 
505-277-8169
Office: 
CERIA 228, Lab: CAST 152, 153, 156

Education:
Ph.D. (Biological Sciences) Louisiana State University, 2004

 
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Research Area(s)

Animal Ecology,  Comparative Biology,  Conservation Biology,  Evolutionary Biology,  Molecular Evolution,  Systematics/Phylogenetics,  Vertebrate Biology

Research Interests:

Avian systematics and molecular evolution; evolutionary inference using phylogenetic comparative methods; biogeography of the Neotropics; hummingbird evolution and comparative physiology; high-altitude adaptation; integrative ornithology.