John E. McCormack

The paper introduces the charisma R package for reproducible color characterization of digital images, demonstrating its utility in analyzing color evolution in birds.

The paper analyzes structural variants in three North American jay species using pangenome tools and long-read assemblies, revealing rapid genome evolution and population size effects on SV dynamics.

This study evaluates methods for inferring large-scale avian phylogenies, finding that fast tree search approaches balance computational efficiency and accuracy.

The paper presents a high-quality genome assembly for the Yellow Warbler using HiFi and Omni-C sequencing, providing a resource for studying gene flow and conservation.