Meghann B. Humphries

Meghann B. Humphries is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her research integrates genetic data, morphometrics, and vocal variation to explore historical demography, species limits, and mitonuclear discordance in West Indian avian populations, particularly focusing on host-malaria parasite interactions.

• Research Focus: Wildlife biology, evolutionary ecology, and population genetics.
• Key Topics: Avian phylogeography, host-parasite dynamics, Caribbean ornithology, and conservation genetics.

Publications (2019) highlight her work on species delimitation in Myiarchus flycatchers, demographic cycling in Coereba flaveola, and genetic structure of avian malaria parasites across the West Indies. Her methodologies span genomics and ecological modeling.

Lab Affiliation: She contributes to the Ricklefs Lab, which investigates evolutionary ecology, island biogeography, and host-parasite interactions.