Daniel MacGuigan

I am a Research Biologist with the National Systematics Lab in the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service based at NMNH. I utilize bioinformatics expertise to help build voucher-based eDNA reference databases and develop genomics workflows. I also have a broad interest in systematics, speciation, and ichthyology.  My research integrates genomic, morphological, and ecological data to answer questions guided by natural history. 

• B.S., University of Rochester
• Ph.D., Yale University 

A full list of my publications and more can be found at https://danjmac.weebly.com/ 

Phylogenetics, speciation, population genetics, evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics

Brownstein, C. D.*, MacGuigan, D. J.*, Kim, D., Orr, O., Yang, L., David, S. R., Kreiser, B., and T. J. Near. (2024). The genomic signatures of evolutionary stasis, Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae028

MacGuigan, D. J., Krabbenhoft, T. J., Harrington, R. C., Wainwright, D. K., Backenstose, N. J. C., and T. J. Near. (2023). Lacustrine speciation associated with chromosomal inversion in a lineage of riverine fishes. Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad067

MacGuigan, D. J., Porto-Hannes, I., Foote, B., Backenstose, N. J. C., Osborne, C., Louisor, K., Waterman, H., Chang, S. L., Cochran, J. L., and T. J. Krabbenhoft. (2023). Spotty distributions: Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) and Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops) range expansion in eastern Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2023.05.009

MacGuigan, D. J.*, Mount, G. G.*, Watkins-Colwell, G. J., Near, T. J., and M. R. Lambert. (2022). Genomic Data Clarify Aquarana Systematics and Reveal Isolation-by-Distance Dominates Phylogeography of the Wide-Ranging Frog Rana clamitans. Ichthyology & Herpetology. DOI: 10.1643/h2021129

MacGuigan, D. J. and T. J. Near. (2018). Phylogenomic signatures of ancient introgression in a rogue lineage of darters (Percidae: Etheostomatinae). Systematic Biology. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syy074

* co-lead authors