Contact Information

Office:  Bailey Science Building, Room 2210

E-Mail:  jphillips1@valdosta.edu

Phone Number:  (229) 219-3594

Lab Webpage: www.johngphillips.com

Research Interests:

Molecular Ecology, Population Genetics, Island Biogeography, Subterranean Biology, Herpetology, Snails

I study the interplay between ecology and evolution across landscapes and in novel environments. My general approach is to study genomic relationships among organisms to understand macroevolutionary and population level processes.

Course Information

VSU

  • BIOL1107L – Introductory Biology Lab
  • BIOL3200 – Introduction to Genetics
  • BIOL4900 – Senior Seminar
  • BIOL4950 – Independent Research: Anuran Acoustics

Non-VSU

  • BIOL501 –Graduate Research Seminar: Community Ecology and Evolution
  • BIOL404 – Dimensions of Biodiversity
  • Biology 2013 – Ecology
  • BIOL3164 – Field Ecology
  • BIOL4603 – Select Topics: Amphibian Biology

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Idaho

Postdoctoral Fellow
Michigan State University

Ph.D., Biological Sciences
University of Tulsa

B.S., Biological Sciences
Central Michigan University

 

Publications:

Google Scholar Page Here

Publications (undergraduate authors underlined) 

  • Ålund, M., B. Harper, S. Kjærnested, J.E. Ohl, J.G. Phillips, J. Sattler, J. Thompson, J.E. Vargas, S. Wargenau, J.W. Boughman, and J. Keagy. 2022. Sensory environment affects Icelandic threespine stickleback’s anti-predatory escape behavior. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289:20220044. 
  • Merino, C., C. Iturbe-Sarunic, B.G. Miller, C.E. Parent, J.G. Phillips, S. Pino, J.M. Garrido, A. Arenas, and J. Zamora. 2022. Snailed it! Inside the shell: using augmented reality as a window into biodiversity. Frontiers in Education 7:933436. 
  • Niemiller, M.L., E.T. Carter, D.B. Fenolio, A.G. Gluesenkamp, and J.G. Phillips. 2022. In press. Drivers of subterranean colonization and diversification in cave-dwelling salamanders. IN Cave Biodiversity: Speciation and Diversity of Subterranean Fauna (ed. J. Wynne), pp. 224–264? Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 
  • Campbell Grant, E.H., K.P. Mulder, A.B. Brand, D.B. Chambers, A. Wynn, G. Capshaw, M.L. Niemiller, J.G. Phillips, S.R. Kuchta, and R.C. Bell. 2022. Speciation with gene flow in a narrow endemic West Virginia cave salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus). Conservation Genetics 23:727–744. 
  • Roell, Y.E., J.G. Phillips, and C.E. Parent. 2021. Effect of topographic complexity on species richness in the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Biogeography 48:2645–2655. 
  • Phillips, J.G., T.M. Linscott, A.M. Rankin, A.C. Kraemer, N.F. Shoobs, and C.E. Parent. 2020. Archipelago-wide patterns of diversity and divergence among an endemic radiation of Galápagos land snails. Journal of Heredity 111:92–102. 
  • Ålund, M., N. Emery, B. Jarrett, K. MacLeod, H. McCreery, N. Mamoozadeh, J.G. Phillips, J. Schossau, A. Thompson, A. Warwick, K. Yule, E. Zylstra, and E. Gering. 2020. A clear and sustainable vision for training the growing postdoctoral workforce. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:777–781. 
  • Hirano, T., N. Recla, I. Oiler, J.G. Phillips, and C.E. Parent. 2020. Occurrence of Galápagos land snail assemblage in tree sap: a novel hypothesis for h     ow snails are preserved in amber. Journal of Molluscan Studies 86:263–266. 
  • Phillips, J.G., S.E. Burton, M.M. Womack, E. Pulver, and K.E. Nicholson. 2019. Biogeography, systematics, and ecomorphology of Pacific island anoles. Diversity 11:141. 
  • Bonett, R.M., J.G. Phillips, N.M. Ledbetter, S.D. Martin, and L. Lehman. 2018. Rapid phenotypic evolution following shifts in life cycle complexity. TheProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285:20172304. 
  • Phillips, J.G., D.B. Fenolio, S.L. Emel, and R.M. Bonett. 2017. Hydrologic and geologic history of the Ozark Plateau drive phylogenomic patterns in a cave-obligate salamander. Journal of Biogeography 44:2463–2374. 
  • Nicholson, K.E., C. Guyer, and J.G. Phillips. 2017. Biogeographic origin of mainland Norops (Squamata: Dactyloidae). In Assumptions Inhibiting Progress in Comparative Biology (eds. B.I. Crother, L.R. Parenti), pp. 169–184. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 
  • Martin, S.M., D.B. Shepard, M.A. Steffen, J.G. Phillips, and R.M. Bonett. 2016. Biogeography and colonization history of plethodontid salamanders from the Interior Highlands of eastern North America. Journal of Biogeography 43:410–422.  
  • Phillips, J.G. 2016.Updated geographic distributions of Michigan herpetofauna; A synthesis of old and new sources. Journal of North American Herpetology 2016:45–69. 
  • Phillips, J.G., J. Deitloff, C. Guyer, S. Huetteman, and K.E. Nicholson. 2015. A novel phylogeographic pattern and status of the mainland Norops humilis species group (Squamata: Dactyloidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:143.  
  • Phillips, J.G., J. Sunyer, and K.E. Nicholson. 2015. First record of the Norops humilis from Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2:361–363. 
  • Phillips, J.G., D. Laurencio, S. Burton, E. Wostl, and K.E. Nicholson. 2015. First recorded female specimen of Norops fungosus. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2:134–135. 
  • Phillips, J.G., J. Sunyer, L. Obando, B. Aleman, S. Robleto, J. Gubler, and K.E. Nicholson. 2014. Leptodrymus pulcherrimus. Coloration. Herpetological Review 45:711. 
  • Steffen, M.A., J.G. Phillips, and R.M. Bonett. 2014. Paedomorphic Eurycea tynerensis. Terrestrial egg-laying. Herpetological Review 45:473–474. 
  • Sunyer, J., K.E. Nicholson, J.G. Phillips, J. Gubler, and L. Obando. 2013. Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Corn Islands, Caribbean Nicaragua. Check List 9(6):1383–1390. 
  • Phillips, J.G. and K.E. Nicholson. 2013. Bolitoglossa lignicolor. Prehensility. Herpetological Review 44:489. 
  • Phillips, J.G, and K.E. Nicholson. 2011. Anolis laeviventris. Defense Behavior. Herpetological Review 42:426–427.