Elizabeth Jockusch

Elizabeth Jockusch
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut
Academic advisorsDavid Wake

Elizabeth L. Jockusch is an American evolutionary biologist who studies plethodontidae salamanders and other organisms. While working with David Wake and others, she has identified multiple new species of Batrachoseps salamanders.[1][2] She works as a professor and lab director of the Jockusch Lab in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut.[3][4]

In 2014, she was elected to the council of the Society of Systematic Biologists for a three-year term.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sweet, Samuel S.; Jockusch, Elizabeth L. (September 2021). "A New Relict Species of Slender Salamander (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) with a Tiny Range from Point Arguello, California". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 109 (3): 836–850. doi:10.1643/h2020027. ISSN 2766-1512. S2CID 238638252.
  3. ^ Severance, Jaclyn (December 9, 2019). "UConn Study: Wing Genes Responsible for Tiny Treehopper's Extraordinary Helmet". University of Connecticut. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Wu., Katherine J. (December 9, 2019). "Treehoppers' Bizarre, Wondrous Helmets Use Wing Genes to Grow". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Society of Systematic Biologists Announcements". Systematic Biology. 63 (4): A4. July 2014. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syu037 – via Academic Search Complete.