PhD (2010), Conservation Biology, University of New Orleans
BS (1998), Biological Sciences, Baylor University

Recent Select Publications:

Jean P. Elbers, Rachel W. Clostio, Sabrina S. Taylor (2017) Population genetic inferences using immune gene SNPs mirror patterns inferred by microsatellites. Molecular Ecology Resources 17(3):481-491 https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12591

JP Elbers, RW Clostio, SS Taylor (2017) Neutral Genetic Processes Influence MHC Evolution in Threatened Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Journal of Heredity 108(5): 515-523 https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esx034

Stephanie N. Lawler, Christina A. Kellogg, Scott C. France, Rachel W. Clostio, Sandra D. Brooke and Steve W. Ross (2016) Coral-Associated Bacterial Diversity Is Conserved across Two Deep-Sea Anthothela Species. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 1-18 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00458

Crystal N. Johnson, John C. Bowers, Kimberly J. Griffitt, Vanessa Molina, Rachel W. Clostio, Shaofeng Pei, Edward Laws, Rohinee N. Paranjpye, Mark S. Strom, Arlene Chen, Nur A. Hasan, Anwar Huq, Nicholas F. Noriea III, D. Jay Grimes, Rita R. Colwell (2012) Ecology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in the Coastal and Estuarine Waters of Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, and Washington (United States). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(20): 7249-7257 https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01296-12

R. W. Clostio, A. M. Martinez, K. E. LeBlanc, N. M. Anthony (2012) Population genetic structure of a threatened tortoise across the south‐eastern United States: implications for conservation management. 15(6): 613-625 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00557.x

Conservation biology, population genetics and genomics, ecology