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Timothy James

Timothy James

  • Assistant Professor
    Assistant Curator of Fungi
  • Ph.D., Duke University, 2003
  • James Lab

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    1147 Kraus Natural Science Building
    830 North University
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
  • Phone: (734) 615-7753
  • Lab: (734) 763-8161
  • Email: tyjames@umich.edu

Fields of study

Evolution of fungi, mating systems, and phylogenetics

Academic background

I received my Ph.D. degree from Duke University in biology in 2003. I was a postdoctoral fellow in biology at Duke University from 2003-2006, in evolutionary biology at Uppsala University from 2006-2007, and in biology at McMaster University 2008.

Graduate students

Clarisse Betancourt, Thomas Jenkinson, Iman Sylvain

UM affiliation

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • U-M Herbarium

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U.S. Department of Interior grant for James' amphibian research

Professor Timothy James has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior for his research investigating the role of the North American bullfrog in spreading chytridiomycosis across endangered frog populations.

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On the U-M Gateway: Global bullfrog trade spreads deadly amphibian fungus worldwide

The global trade in bullfrogs is spreading a deadly fungus that is contributing to the decline of amphibians worldwide, according to Professor Timothy James.

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Scientists Trace the Tree of Life exhibit to open at Museum of Natural History

From late July through late October, the U-M Museum of Natural History will present the exhibit DNA and the Tree of Life in the Museum’s rotunda.

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