Caitlin C. Mothes

I received two B.S. degrees from North Carolina State University in Zoology and Conservation Biology. As an undergrad I was a lab research assistant in the Biodiversity Lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, conducting research on mammal tracking and performing GIS analysis, and also took on an independent research project in the lab of Dr. Martha Burford Reiskind on comparative genomics of the Southern Flounder. After graduating in 2016 I joined the Searcy Lab at the University of Miami to pursue my interests in conservation ecology. Previously working with mammals and fish, my research is now focused on reptiles and amphibians. My current projects include species distribution modeling of both invasive and threatened species, landscape genomics of invasive species, and community ecology of pond breading amphibians and predatory non-native lizards. The overarching goal of my research is to produce scientific results that can lead to meaningful conservation and management actions.