Dr Jeff Streicher

Dr Jeff Streicher

Senior Curator in Charge, Amphibians and Reptiles

Department: Life Sciences
Division: LS Vertebrates Division
Specialisms: Phylogenetics, Herpetology, Molecular Evolution, Systematics, Genomics, Biogeography
Email: j.streicher@nhm.ac.uk
  • Phone: 020 7942 5690

Summary

I help curate the amphibian and reptile collections of the Natural History Museum. These collections are used by an international research community to understand the historical and future drivers of biodiversity. My research explores diversification and speciation via analyses of high-throughput DNA sequences, morphology, and spatial data.

Qualifications

Degrees

  • PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, United States, 2007 - 2012
  • MS, George Mason University, United States, 2004 - 2007
  • BA, George Mason University, United States, 1999 - 2004

Academic

  • Research Associate, University College London, Department of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, United Kingdom, 2024 - ongoing
  • Principal Curator, The Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, United Kingdom, 2017 - ongoing
  • Senior Curator in Charge, Amphibians and Reptiles, The Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, United Kingdom, 2017 - ongoing
  • Curator, Amphibians, The Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, United Kingdom, 2015 - 2017
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, United States, 2013 - 2014
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Biology, United States, 2012 - 2013

Highlighted publications

  • Alujević K, Streicher JW, Garcia RA, Riesgo A, Taboada S, Logan ML, Clusella-Trullas S (2023) Mismatches between phenotype and environment shape fitness at hyperlocal scales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0865
  • Portik DM, Streicher JW, Wiens JJ (2023) Frog phylogeny: A time-calibrated, species-level tree based on hundreds of loci and 5,242 species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 188, 107907 - 107907. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107907
  • Streicher JW (2023) The global relevance of zoological research. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199, 1 - 2. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad117
  • Labisko J, Bunbury N, Griffiths RA, Groombridge JJ, Chong‐Seng L, Bradfield KS, Streicher JW (2022) Survival of climate warming through niche shifts: Evidence from frogs on tropical islands. Global Change Biology 28, 1268 - 1286. doi: 10.1111/gcb.15997
  • Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Streicher JW (2020) Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern and breeding ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, 20201393 - 20201393. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1393
  • Streicher JW, Wiens JJ (2017) Phylogenomic analyses of more than 4000 nuclear loci resolve the origin of snakes among lizard families. Biology Letters 13, 20170393 - 20170393. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0393

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