Beckie completed her PhD in the summer of 2009 and began a postdoc at Yale University with Gisella Caccone.

My primary interest is in the origin and evolution of variable color patterns in frogs. Previously, I investigated two different color pattern radiations in the poison frog family Dendrobatidae. For my PhD research, I am investigating ventral color pattern variability in a common Australian myobatrachid frog, Crinia signifera and the potential for mimicry of Pseudophryne. I have also published on the phylogeography of C. signifera, using mitochondrial genes.

Symula, R., J. S. Keogh, and D. C. Cannatella. 2008. Ancient phylogeographic divergence in southeastern Australia among populations of the widespread common froglet, Crinia signifera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47:569-580.