B.S. University of Illinois-Chicago, 1997
M.S. Illinois State University, 2001

Awards:

Phi Sigma Society, R.D. Weigel grant
Illinois State Academy of Sciences grant

Current Research:

My dissertation research is focused on the phylogeography of East African rodents. I will be examining the genetic diversity of the Lophuromys flavopunctatus species complex in the Albertine Rift region. I am using mtDNA sequence data to investigate relationships within and among the montane and lowland populations of this species. By examining the phylogenetic patterns among these populations I hope to gain insight into the evolutionary history of this very biologically diverse region.

Publications:

Huhndorf, M.H., J.C. Kerbis Peterhans, S.S. Loew. Comparative phylogeography of three endemic rodent species from the Albertine Rift, east-central Africa. Molecular Ecology. (in review).

Kityo, R.M., J.C. Kerbis Peterhans and M.H. Huhndorf. Noteworthy records of Casinycteris argynnis  (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and new additions to the bat fauna of Uganda and Rwanda. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage. (in review).