Education
  • Postdoctoral Research Assistant/Research Associate/Visiting Lecturer, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., 2008-2013
  • Ph.D. in Marine Science, The Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A., 2008
  • B.S. in Biology, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A., 1998

Dr. Portnoy is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, and a principle investigator in the Marine Genomics Lab at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.

Research Interests

  • Conservation genetics of exploited marine fishes
  • Historical patterns of zoogeography
  • Patterns of sexual selection, conflict, and speciation
  • Systematics and evolution of bony fishes and elasmobranchs