Jamie Oaks, PhD
Education
PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas 2013
MSc in Biological Sciences Louisiana State University 2007
BSc in Biology University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 2004
Professional Experience
2016–present: Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles, Museum of Natural History, Auburn University
2022–present: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
2016–2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
2022–2024: Senior Manager of Computational Biology, Adaptive Biotechnologies
2013–2016: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Washington
Innovation
Interested in developing evolutionary models and applying them to data from natural populations of organisms to learn about processes that drive biological diversification.
Engagement
I participate in outreach events for the AU Museum of Natural History
I teach biology classes at Alabama state correctional facilities in collaboration with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project
