Biology Department Faculty
Jeffrey DaCosta
Associate Professor of the Practice
Jeffrey DaCosta
Ph.D.
Contact
Higgins Hall 568
Telephone: 617-552-8945
Email: jeffrey.dacosta@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst
- M.S., University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Ph.D., Boston University
Research Interests
Evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, phylogenetics, ornithology
Department
Teaching and Research
My background is in ecology, behavior, and evolutionary biology, and as a teaching-focused professor I strive to foster interest and expand knowledge in these fields. My research focuses on using DNA sequence data to study the generation and maintenance of biodiversity, mainly in birds, which also influences my teaching.听
I teach the foundational course Ecology and Evolution, Biostatistics, and also upper-level electives in organismal biology (e.g., Ornithology) and genomics (e.g., Research in Evolutionary Genomics).
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Selected Publications
Delmore KE, DaCosta JM, Winker K. 2025. . Molecular Ecology. e17635.
Spottiswoode CN, Tong W, Jamie GA, Stryjewski KF, DaCosta JM, Kuras ER, Green A, Hamama S, Taylor IG, Moya C, Sorenson MD. 2022. . PNAS. 119: e2121752119.
Feng F鈥� (>100 authors)鈥� DaCosta JM鈥� Zhang G. 2020. . Nature. 587: 252-257.
DaCosta JM, Miller MJ, Mortensen JL, Reed JM, Curry RL, Sorenson MD. 2019. . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 196-205.
Peters JL, Lavretsky P, DaCosta JM, Bielefeld RR, Feddersen JC, Sorenson MD. 2016. . Biological Conservation. 203: 272-281.
DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD. 2016. . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94:122-135.
DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD. 2014. . The Auk: Ornithological Advances. 131:549-558.
DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD. 2014. . PLoS ONE. 9:e106713.
DaCosta JM, Klicka J. 2008. . Molecular Ecology. 17:1328-1343.