MELANIE LACAVA
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I use molecular techniques to study wildlife populations with the goal of informing conservation and management. I investigate evolutionary and ecological processes underlying the relationships between spatiotemporal patterns of genomic variation and behavior, demographics, landscape characteristics, disease, and more.

I am currently a postdoctoral scholar in the Genomic Variation Lab at UC Davis working on conservation genetics for the endangered Delta smelt.

I earned my PhD in Ecology from the University of Wyoming in the Wildlife Genomics and Disease Ecology Lab working on Wyoming ungulate population genomics and disease ecology.
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  • Home
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Outreach
  • Photography
    • Rocky Mountain West
    • Barbary macaques
    • Life in the Galapagos
    • Ecuadorian cloud forest
    • Central America
    • California
    • Colombia
  • Contact