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Geoff Hill, Ph.D., Scharnagel Professor

Office Location: 
302 Funchess Hall

Mailing Address:
Biological Sciences
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-9269
Fax: (334) 844-9234
hillgee@auburn.edu

Laboratory Web Page

Education
1991- University of Michigan, Ph.D., Biology
1986- University of New Mexico, M.S., Biology
1983- Indiana University, B.S., Biology

Research & Teaching Interests
 My research focuses on the function and evolution of ornamental traits in birds and on the ecology and conservation of birds in the southeast. Research on these broad topics has led my students and me to adopt approaches ranging from behavioral ecology and phylogenetics to immunology, parasitology, molecular ecology, and spatial ecology. I teach ornithology, evolution, as well as graduate special topics classes.

Recent Publications
Hill, G. E. 2007. Ivorybill Hunters: The Search for Proof in a Flooded Wilderness. Oxford Univ. Press.

Hill, G. E. and K. J. McGraw, eds. 2006. Bird Coloration, Volume 1; Measurements and mechanisms. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Hill, G. E. and K. J. McGraw, eds. 2006. Bird Coloration, Volume 2: function and evolution. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Hill, G. E. 2004. A head start for some redstarts. Science 306:2201-2202.

Hill, G. E. 2002. A Red Bird In A Brown Bag: The Function And Evolution Of Colorful Plumage In The House Finch. Oxford University Press. Approximately 336 pp

Courses:
Undergraduate Graduate
BIOL 5750 Ornithology BIOL 6750 Advanced Ornithology
BIOL 3030 Evolution and Systematics BIOL 7200 Advanced Concepts in Evolution