Department News
William Fink
- Professor and Curator
Museum of Zoology - Ph.D., George Washington University, 1976
Contact information
- University of Michigan
1051A Museums Building
1109 Geddes Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 - Phone: (734) 764-9928
- Fax: (734) 763-4080
- Email: wfink@umich.edu
Research interests
Dr. Fink's research interests include biology and systematics of fishes, particularly Neotropical species, higher classification, and theory of systematics and biogeography. He is currently working on phylogenetics of piranhas, including the evolution of growth patterns and trophic specializations, and the historical biogeography of the group. He is also continuing his studies of ostariophysan fish relationships. In his phylogenetic analyses, emphasis is being placed on non-traditional characters such as ontogenetic trajectories and morphometrics.
