B.S. in Marine Biology, Long Island University - Southampton Campus, 1995

Supervisors:

John Bates and Shannon Hackett (birds)

Current Research:

Genetic diversity of birds from Madagascar and the Amazon basin.

Phylogenetic study of the tropical bird family Piridae (Manakins).

Past Research:

Phylogenetic study of the basal fern families Hymenophyllaceae (filmy ferns) and Marsileaceae (water ferns).

Phylogeny, character evolution, and diversification of extant ferns and basal tracheophytes.

Publications:

Hunt, J.S., E. Bermingham, and R.E. Ricklefs. 2001. The molecular systematics and biogeography of antillean thrashers, tremblers, and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae). Auk 118(1):35-55. (original painting) (Auk cover)

Cover Art by Michal Skakuj

Hackett, S.J., J.M. Bates, S.M. Goodman, J.S. Hunt, and M. McLachlin. In press. Different patterns of morphology and molecules in two co-distributed lineages of Malagasy passerines. Natural History of Madagascar (S. M. Goodman and J. Benstead, Eds.). University of Chicago Press.

Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, A.R. Smith, R. Cranfill, P.G. Wolf, J.S.Hunt, & S.D. Sipes. 2001. Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants. Nature 409:618-622. (cover)

Pryer, K.M., A.R. Smith, J.S. Hunt, & J.-Y. Dubuisson. 2001. rbcL data reveal two monophyletic groups of filmy ferns (Filicopsida: Hymenophyllaceae). American Journal of Botany 88:1118-1130. (cover)

Smith, A.R., H. Tuomisto, K.M. Pryer, J.S. Hunt & P.G. Wolf. 2001. A second species of Metaxya and unexpected genetic variation in the previously monospecific tree fern family Metaxyaceae. Systematic Botany 26:480-486.

Published Abstracts and Scientific Contributions:

Hunt, J.S., K.M. Pryer, A. Vaghani, A.R. Smith, and P.G. Wolf. 1999. "Fern DNA Database": using FileMaker Pro to coordinate DNA-availability, DNA-sequence data, and voucher and source information for large-scale and collaborative phylogenetic studies. XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts:720. St. Louis, MO.

Bates, J.M.*, K.J. Zimmer, J.M. Cardoso Da Silva, and J.S. Hunt. On the discovery of the Chapada Flycatcher ("Suiriri" islerorum) and molecular evidence for its surprising systemtatic position. American Ornithologists' Union.  Seattle, Washington. (2001).

Dubuisson, J.-Y., J.S. Hunt, K.M. Pryer, and A.R. Smith. Phylogeny of filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae). XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts:91. St. Louis, MO.

Hackett, S.J.*, S.M. Goodman, J.S. Hunt, and J.M. Bates. Preliminary assessments of genetic diversity in Malagasy birds. American Ornithologists' Union. Ithaca, NY. (1999)

Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, J.S. Hunt, L. Sappelsa, P.G. Wolf, S. Sipes, and A.R. Smith. Phylogeny of basal tracheophytes and ferns inferred from four large data sets: morphology, 18S nrDNA, rbcL, and atpB. XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts:91. St. Louis, MO.

Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, A.R. Smith, P. G. Wolf, R. C. CranfillL, J.S. Hunt & S.D. Sipes. 2000. The closest living relative to seed plants: insights from four genes and morphology. American Journal of Botany 87 (Suppl): 151.

Pryer, K.M., H. Schneider, J.S. Hunt, L. Sappelsa, P.G. Wolf, S. Sipes, and A.R. Smith. 1999. Basal tracheophytes and the phylogeny of "pteridophyte" lineages - inferred from four large data sets: morphology, 18S nrDNA, rbcL, and atpB. Invited symposium presentation sponsored by the Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group, Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (presentation part of educational videotape to be distributed by Mexican Botanical Society.)

Schneider, H., K.M. Pryer, J.S. Hunt, L. Sappelsa, P.G. Wolf, S. Sipes, and A.R. Smith. 1999. Phylogeny of basal tracheophytes and ferns inferred from four large data sets: morphology, 18S nrDNA, rbcL, and atpB. 18th meeting of the Willi Hennig Society. Gottingen, Germany.

Current Position:

www.lab.si.edu/index.html