Joseph Manthey

Assistant Curator of Birds, Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum at TTU

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

 

 

Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2015
M.S., Black Hills State University, 2011
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008

Dr. Manthey's Curriculum vitae

Research Interests

Dr. Manthey and his research group utilize a combination of fieldwork, ecological data, genomics, and bioinformatics to study how organisms evolve across both geographic and genomic landscapes. The group’s focus has largely been in birds and ants, but they have worked in various taxonomic groups outside these focal organisms. Current research focuses on (1) transposable elements and genome evolution in woodpeckers, (2) hybridization in several avian systems in North America, (3) biogeography and phylogeography of North American birds, and (4) codiversification and coevolution of carpenter ants and their endosymbionts.

Web Links

Biology Faculty Page (opens in new window)

NSRL Bird Collection Home

Contact Information

Office Phone: (806)834-6798
Email: joseph.manthey@ttu.edu (opens in new window)

Selected Publications

Rice AA & Manthey JD. Ancient gene flow shapes phylogenetic discordance in a genus of wood-warblers (Aves: Parulidae: Leiothlypis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 108558.

Manthey JD, Settlecowski AE, Meheretu Y, Behrends GJ, Bourgeois Y, Campillo LC, Boissinot S & Marks BD (2025) Temporal genomics reveals a century of genomic diversity shifts in a biodiversity hotspot avian assemblage. Genome Biology and Evolution evaf163.

Gyllenhaal EF, Brady SS, DeCicco LH, Naikatini A, Hime PM, Manthey JD, Kelly JK, Moyle RG & Andersen MJ (2025) Waves of colonization and gene flow in a great speciator. Systematic Biology 74: 513–525.

Manthey JD & Robbins MB (2025) Hybridization and genome-wide introgression in sympatric populations of North American wood-pewees (Contopus sordidulus + C. virens). Ibis 167: 750–764.

Gyllenhaal EF, Andersen MJ, Moyle RG & Manthey JD (2025) Island size shapes genomic diversity in a great speciator (Aves: Zosterops). Biology Letters 21: 20240692.

Behrends GJ, Meheretu Y & Manthey JD (2024) The Great Rift Valley is a greater biogeographic barrier than the Blue Nile Valley for six Ethiopian Highland passerines in the eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. Ornithology 141: ukae030.

Manthey JD & Spellman GM (2024) Recombination rate variation shapes genomic variability of phylogeographic structure in a widespread North American songbird (Aves: Certhia americana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 196: 108088.

Settlecowski AE, Marks BD & Manthey JD (2023) Library preparation method and DNA source influence endogenous DNA recovery from 100-year-old avian museum specimens. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10407

Manthey JD, Bourgeois Y, Meheretu Y & Boissinot S (2022) Varied diversification patterns and distinct demographic trajectories in Ethiopian montane forest bird (Aves: Passeriformes) populations separated by the Great Rift Valley. Molecular Ecology 31, 2664–2678.