Britt A. White

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin co-advised by Kelly Zamudio and Justin Havird studying spatial and environmental patterns of genetic and phenotypic variation. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of New Mexico, an accomplishment I am proud of as a low-income, first-generation college student. From there I went on to spend two years as a lab manager and researcher in the fungal ecology lab of Dr. Lee Taylor. I use landscape genetics, comparative phylogenetics, morphometrics, quantitative photography, and biogeography to investigate lineage and trait diversification in high desert tree and anole lizards. Specifically, I’m interested in the evolution of color, sexual differences, and adaptation in North American lizards and the conservation of genetic variation.

My camera lens caught the attention of this basking, female Ornate tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus).

A male Jamaican Anole (Anolis grahami) displays his colorful dewlap at the Ahhh! Rasnatango gardens and gallery.

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