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
Summary
I help curate the amphibian and reptile collections of the Natural History Museum. These collections are used by an international community of scientists to conduct herpetological research. My own research sits at the interface of ecology and evolution. Our group uses tools from the fields of genomics, population genetics, systematics, physiology, ecological monitoring, comparative anatomy and natural history to address fundamental questions about the origins of biodiversity.
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
- Sherlock MB, Wilkinson M, Maddock ST, Nussbaum RA, Day JJ, Streicher JW (2025) Submerged Corridors of Ancient Gene Flow in an Island Amphibian. Molecular Ecology 34, doi: 10.1111/mec.17742
- Streicher JW, Lambert SM, Méndez de la Cruz FR, Martínez‐Méndez N, García‐Vázquez UO, Nieto Montes de Oca A, Wiens JJ (2024) What Predicts Gene Flow During Speciation? The Relative Roles of Time, Space, Morphology and Climate. Molecular Ecology 33, doi: 10.1111/mec.17580
- 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, Wiens JJ, Jocqué M, García-Vázquez UO, Smith EN (2023) Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal both underestimation and overestimation of species diversity in northern rain frogs (Craugastor). Journal of Vertebrate Biology 72, doi: 10.25225/jvb.23072
Highlighted publications
- Sherlock MB, Wilkinson M, Maddock ST, Nussbaum RA, Day JJ, Streicher JW (2025) Submerged Corridors of Ancient Gene Flow in an Island Amphibian. Molecular Ecology 34, doi: 10.1111/mec.17742
- Streicher JW, Lambert SM, Méndez de la Cruz FR, Martínez‐Méndez N, García‐Vázquez UO, Nieto Montes de Oca A, Wiens JJ (2024) What Predicts Gene Flow During Speciation? The Relative Roles of Time, Space, Morphology and Climate. Molecular Ecology 33, doi: 10.1111/mec.17580
- 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, Wiens JJ, Jocqué M, García-Vázquez UO, Smith EN (2023) Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal both underestimation and overestimation of species diversity in northern rain frogs (Craugastor). Journal of Vertebrate Biology 72, doi: 10.25225/jvb.23072