Jocelyn Colella
- Curator, Mammals Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
- Robert W. and Geraldine Wilson Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Biography —
Dr. Jocelyn P. Colella is an evolutionary biologist interested in the genomics of adaptation and hybridization among mammals.
Education —
with distinction
Research —
Jocelyn P. Colella is an evolutionary biologist interested in genomic mechanisms of adaptation and hybridization among mammals, with an acute interest in biodiversity conservation. Dr. Colella completed her graduate education at the University of New Mexico, where she was classically trained in scientific collecting and curation at the Museum of Southwestern Biology. Her dissertation research focused on the evolutionary and conservation consequences of post-glacial secondary contact and hybridization among high-latitude mustelids. Her postdoctoral research at the University of New Hampshire aimed to identify genomic mechanisms of dehydration-tolerance in desert adapted rodents by pairing fieldwork with in-lab physiological experiments to characterize complex mammalian responses to their environment. Dr. Colella’s current research program utilizes museum collections (both old and new) to understand how organisms change through time by integrating genomics, morphometrics, physiology and ecology.
Selected Publications —
Colella, J. P., A. Tigano, and M. D. MacManes. “A Linked‐read Approach to Museomics: Higher Quality de Novo Genome Assemblies from Degraded Tissues.” Journal Articles. Molecular Ecology Resources 20, no. 4 (March 10, 2020): 856–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13155.
Tigano, Anna, Jocelyn P. Colella, and Matthew D. MacManes. “Comparative and Population Genomics Approaches Reveal the Basis of Adaptation to Deserts in a Small Rodent.” Journal Articles. Molecular Ecology 29, no. 7 (2020): 1300–1314. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15401.
Colella, Jocelyn P., Sandra L. Talbot, Christian Brochmann, Eric B. Taylor, Eric P. Hoberg, and Joseph A. Cook. “Conservation Genomics in a Changing Arctic.” Other. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.09.008.
Burgin, Connor J., Jocelyn P. Colella, Philip L. Kahn, and Nathan S. Upham. “How Many Species of Mammals Are There?” Journal Articles. Journal of Mammalogy 99, no. 1 (2018): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx147.
Colella, Jocelyn P., Ellie J. Johnson, and Joseph A. Cook. “Reconciling Molecules and Morphology in North American Martes.” Journal Articles. Journal of Mammalogy 99, no. 6 (2018): 1323–35. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy140.
Dawson, Natalie G., Jocelyn P. Colella, Maureen P. Small, Karen D. Stone, Sandra L. Talbot, and Joseph A. Cook. “Historical Biogeography Sets the Foundation for Contemporary Conservation of Martens (Genus Martes) in Northwestern North America.” Journal Articles. Journal of Mammalogy 98, no. 3 (2017): 715–30. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx047.
McLean, Bryan S., Kayce C. Bell, Jonathan L. Dunnum, Bethany Abrahamson, Jocelyn P. Colella, Eleanor R. Deardorff, Jessica A. Weber, Amanda K. Jones, Fernando Salazar-Miralles, and Joseph A. Cook. “Natural History Collections-Based Research: Progress, Promise, and Best Practices.” Journal Articles. Journal of Mammalogy 97, no. 1 (2016): 287–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv178.
Colella, J. P., L. M. Frederick, and J. A. Cook. “Extrinsically-Reinforced Hybrid Speciation within Holarctic Ermine (MustelaSpp.) Produces an Insular Endemic .” Journal Articles. Diversity & Distributions, Submitted/In Review.
Memberships —
American Society of Mammalogists
Society of Systematic Biologists
Society for the Study of Evolution