Research Associate
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Email: dickc@si.edu
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
830 North University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
https://cms.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/
BA Hampshire College (1990)
PhD Harvard University (1999)
Post-doctoral fellow, STRI (1999-2005)
I am interested in the ecology and evolution of tropical forest trees and in the biogeographic histories of tropical plant communities. In particular, I would like to know how biogeographic histories have shaped the species composition of trees at local to continental scales. My research uses techniques from molecular systematics and population genetics.