Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Recent Publications
Hallinger, K. K., Pegan, T. M., Andersen, M. J., Ardia, D. R., Belmaker, A., Chang van Oordt, D., Ferretti, V., Forsman, A. M., Gaul, J. R., Llambías, P. E., Orzechowski, S. C., Shipley, J. R., Stager, M., Taff, C. C., Uehling, J. J., Verhoeven, M. A., Vitousek, M. N., Wilson, M., Yoon, H. S., ... Winkler, D. W. (2026). Comparing tree swallow dispersal strategies in a continuous mainland environment. Ecology, 107(2), Article e70299. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70299
Pegan, T. M., Ting, V., Benz, B. W., & Winger, B. M. (2026). Deconstructing the Morphological Basis of Ecogeographic Variation in the Hand-Wing Index, a Widely Used Proxy for Avian Mobility, in the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia). American Naturalist, 207(4), 578-589. https://doi.org/10.1086/739176
Pegan, T. M., Sivakumar, A. H., Burns, C. A., Lopez, K. A., Fang, B., Melendez, N. M., Bartel, L., & Edwards, S. V. (2026). The value of structural variants to conservation genomics in the pangenome era. Journal of Heredity, 117(5), 975-992. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf098
Adams, N., Dias, T., Skeen, H. R., Pegan, T., Willard, D. E., Winger, B., Ruegg, K., Weeks, B. C., & Bay, R. (2025). Genetic and morphological shifts associated with climate change in a migratory bird. BMC biology, 23(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02107-5
Kimmitt, A. A., Pegan, T. M., Wacker, K. S., Jones, A. W., & Winger, B. M. (2025). Comparative Whole Genome Phylogeography Reveals Genetic Distinctiveness of Appalachian Populations of Boreal Songbirds. Evolutionary Applications, 18(10), Article e70163. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70163