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Mark Stukel, PhD
About Me
I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Bond Lab in the UC Davis Entomology & Nematology department and the Forthman Lab at the California Department of Food and Agriculture. My research interests are in phylogenomics, systematics, hybridization, and biogeography, with a special interest in insects of the order Hemiptera.
News
March 2025
- Dissertation chapter on phylogenetic network methods and New Zealand cicada hybridization is now available on BioRxiv!
February 2025
- Presented dissertation research on world-wide cicada dated phylogeny and biogeography at the 28th Annual New Zealand Phylogenomics Meeting in Kaikōura, New Zealand.
January 2025
- Officially joined the Bond and Forthman labs as a Postdoctoral Scholar!
October 2024
- Successfully defended PhD dissertation titled “Phylogenomics and Evolution of Cicadidae: Insights from New Zealand and Across the Globe”
July 2024
- Presented dissertation research on New Zealand cicada hybridization at the Evolution Meetings in Montreal.
April 2024
- Gave an invited keynote presentation on cicada research at the Connecticut Entomological Society Annual Meeting.
February 2024
- Gave a speed talk at the UConn EEB Graduate Student Symposium.
December 2023
- Said goodbye to New Zealand (for now), returning to UConn.
November 2023
- Presented preliminary results of New Zealand cicada hybridization research at the University of Auckland Centre for Computational Evolution monthly seminar series.
- First dissertation chapter on New Zealand cicada phylogenomics is published in Systematic Entomology!
February 2023
- Presented New Zealand cicada phylogenomics research at the New Zealand Phylogeneomics Meeting in Napier, New Zealand.
January 2023
- Arrived in Auckland, New Zealand to begin Fulbright fellowship!