Scott Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Taylor’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Geographic, the American Ornithological Society, the American Genetics Association, and the Society for the Study of Evolution, and has been conducted in coastal South America and across much of North America. His work has been highlighted in the New York Times and he was recently awarded the prestigious Ned K. Johnson Young Investigator Award from the American Ornithological Society.