Department News
Priscilla Tucker
- Professor and Curator
- Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1984
- Tucker Lab
Contact information
- University of Michigan
3036/3085 Museums Building
1109 Geddes Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 - Office: (734) 647-2207
- Lab: (734) 763-4546
- Fax: (734) 763-4080
- Email: ptuck@umich.edu
Fields of study
Molecular evolution and systematics of mammals, speciation
Academic background
B.A. Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Spanish 1974
M.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1980
Ph.D. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1984
Visiting Instructor, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, 1984-1985.
Postdoctoral Trainee with Dr. Eva Eicher, The Jackson Laboratory, 1985-1988.
Assistant Professor of Biology/Assistant Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 1988-1995.
Associate Professor of Biology/Associate Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 1995-2001.
Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Associate Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 2001-2005.
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Mammals, Museum of Zoology 2005-present.
Graduate Students
UM affiliation
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Museum of Zoology
Related news
Professor and Curator Priscilla Tucker’s Collections Improvement Grant was funded by the National Science Foundation for over $178,000 to purchase three large capacity liquid nitrogen freezers for frozen tissue storage.
We are pleased to announce the new undergraduate and graduate associate chairs and two new associate chairs for the museum collections.
