Dr. Jonathan M. Waters
Education
- Ph.D. in Zoology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1997
Dr. Waters is a professor of Zoology at University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
His research interests include:
-Extinction and recolonization - ancient DNA
-Rates of molecular evolution
-Kelp-Rafting and Southern Ocean biogeography
-Freshwater phylogeography and drainage evolution
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Waters has published the following:
O’Loughlin M., and J. M. Waters. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of the genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 61(1): 1–40.