ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department Of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
University of Nevada, Reno
Mail Stop 186
1664 North Virginia Street
Reno, NV. 89557
Office: 775-784-4621
Fax: 775-784-4583
Email: mmatocq@cabnr.unr.edu
Building: 220D Max Fleischmann Agriculture
EDUCATION
B.S., 1992, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
M.S., 1996, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Berkeley, California
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH INTEREST
Projects in our lab focus on studying patterns of geographic population genetic
structure and the processes underlying such patterns. Because the current geographic
distribution of genetic diversity is determined by a complex interplay of ecology,
demography, and population history, our studies are performed at various spatial
and temporal scales. To study the processes underlying patterns of genetic diversity
and subdivision, we combine modern molecular genetic techniques with morphological
and field studies.
My research program is focused on a number of ecological and evolutionary questions
at the interface of intra- and interspecific processes. My research program is heavily
collections-based and integrates traditional field and morphological data with molecular
and genomic methods to elucidate pattern and process at several spatial and temporal
scales. The majority of my work continues to focus on members of the Neotoma fuscipes
species complex.