Research Interests:
Michael's research and teaching interests center on the application of population genetic principles towards furthering basic knowledge and understanding of marine population processes. Broadly, he's interested in genetic characterization of natural populations, fishery subjects and aquacultural species. He focuses chiefly on methods for resolving hybridized, admixed, or recently diverged populations, and statistical methods for determining component estimates for mixtures of such populations. Michael is particularly interested in evaluating the information content of alternate genetic marker types and resolving links between genetic loci and life history variance expressed within species.
Address:
Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station
Hatfield Marine Science Center
2030 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport OR 97365
Courses Taught:
Coastal Population Genetics (alternate years in the fall)
Degrees:
Ph.D. 1994, Population Genetics, University of California at Davis
M.Sc. 1988, Zoology, Louisiana Tech/University of Texas as Austin
H.E.D. 1982, Physics, Chemistry & Biology, University of Cape Town
B.Sc. 1981, Zoology & Marine Ecology, University of Cape Town
Personal Interests: Running, kayaking, fishing, music, ceramics, draft horses, husband to a sheep & flower farmer, and Dad of two great kids (mostly the latter now)
