Dr. Tiffany M. Doan

Tiffany M. Doan, Ph. D.

Associate Professor

Department of Biology

Central Connecticut State University

1615 Stanley Street

New Britain, CT 06050

phone: 860-832-2676

fax: 860-832-2594

DoanTiM@ccsu.edu; tiffperu@yahoo.com

Research Interests:

My research interests include the evolution and ecology of tropical organisms, especially reptiles and amphibians. I study the systematics, taxonomy, speciation, biogeography, ecology, and conservation of various groups of lizards, snakes, and frogs. My principal research program examines the evolutionary and ecological processes that affect the lizard family Gymnophthalmidae, which inhabits the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Basin of South America. Other projects include working with an international group of herpetologists to map global reptile distributions, conservation biology and the impact of tourism on amphibians in the southeastern Peruvian rainforest, a description of a new species of snake from Central America, and an examination of the genetic and morphological diversity of a complex of rainforest toads.