Dist. Prof. Peter Dunn (pdunn@uwm.edu)
Research interests: Sexual Selection, Immunogenetics, & Climate Change impacts on birds
PhD. Univ. of Alberta (1989) MS Colorado State Univ. (1984) BS Univ. of Maine (1981)
Collaborators and Recent Graduates
Dr. Nick Sly, Post-doctoral Research Associate. Studying the genomics of ornaments in common yellowthroats. Currently working at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology for “Birds of the World”.
Dr. Ambi Henschen, PhD May 2018. Studied ornament expression and oxidative stress in common yellowthroats. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant awardee, Jan 2016. Currently a Post-doc at the Smithsonian Institution.
Dr. Ke He,
College of Animal Science and Technology,
Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, China.
Visiting Scholar (Nov 2018- Nov 2019).
Studying MHC variation in birds.
Prof. Piotr Minias, Univ. Of Lodz, Poland. Visiting Fulbright Fellow (Oct 2014 – July 2015) Studying MHC variation in birds.
Dr. Zach Bateson, PhD May 2016. Studied MHC variation in prairie-chickens. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant awardee, Jan 2015.Currently working at the National Agricultural Genotyping Center, Fargo, ND.