Diego ocampo Ph.D.
email: ocampov.diego@gmail.com
Postdoctoral Researcher in Mason Lab,
Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
email: ocampov.diego@gmail.com
Postdoctoral Researcher in Mason Lab,
Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
I am interested in understanding the evolutionary process that have led to diverse bird morphs and behaviors. I have a strong interest in Neotropical birds, but especially in Costa Rican birds. Currently, I am focusing on two different sets of questions about the evolution of birds.
I want to understand the evolutionary and geographical processes that create and maintain species/forms, with a special focus on diversification of signals, such as courtship behavior and plumage color. For this, I am studying the Sporophila corvina complex, to evaluate the role of secondary sexual traits in reproductive isolation and its effect on genomic structure.
I am interested in the ecology and evolution of relative brain size and brain regions across different groups of birds. I am specially interested in hummingbirds, and the effects of the reduced body size on brain allometry, modularity, and skull morphology.
