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
Employment history
Academic
- 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, (2000) The Royal Societydoi: 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, Elsevier BV : 107907 - 107907. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107907
- Streicher JW (2023) The global relevance of zoological research. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, (1) Oxford University Press (OUP) : 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, (4) Wiley : 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, (1935) The Royal Society : 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, (9) The Royal Society : 20170393 - 20170393. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0393