Moore Lab staff and students have expertise in bird biodiversity, genomics, geographic information systems, and the analysis of big biodiversity data.
Our team includes professors, staff, undergraduate students, and volunteers all advancing our mission of understanding biodiversity and its conservation. The Director/Curator holds a joint appointment in the Biology Department and several of our staff teach Biology courses.
Dr. McCormack uses museum specimens and genomes to study the evolutionary history of birds, focusing especially on how both ancient landscape changes and more recent human-caused environmental changes affect birds’ distributions, appearance, and DNA.
Dr. Maley is an expert in ornithology and museum collections. His research on secretive wetland birds called rails helped us understand how species sometimes hybridize and led to the recognition that California’s local rail was even more distinctive than previously thought.
Genetics of Garibaldi fish off the Southern California coast
Phenotypic differentiation in Yellow-winged Caciques
Mexican Bird Resurvey Project
Mexican Bird Resurvey Project
Mexican Bird Resurvey Project
Mexican Bird Resurvey Project
Mexican Bird Resurvey Project
Museum Collections
Campus Juncos
Divergence in Orange-fronted Parakeets
Phenotypic differentiation in Striped Sparrows
3D bird modeling
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