Robert Fleischer
Robert Fleischer
National Zoo Senior Scientist and Head of the Center for Conservation Genomics
Senior Scientist and Center Head, Center for Conservation Genomics, National Zoo
Graduate Program Affiliation
- BISI-Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics (BEES)
Research Interests
My primary research interests are in the evolutionary and conservation biology of birds and mammals, including studies of the genetic aspects of interactions of pathogens with their vectors and hosts, phylogeography and systematics, and the application of molecular markers to studies of kinship and behavior.
Education
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1983, Evolutionary genetics
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978, Biology
