Elizabeth Alter

S. Elizabeth Alter is an evolutionary geneticist whose research uses genomic information to understand how biodiversity is created and maintained, particularly in aquatic species facing climate change and human impacts. She is a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History and specializes in population genomics, environmental DNA, and ancient DNA studies in threatened species.

• Using Environmental DNA to Detect Whales and Dolphins in the New York Bight (2022) Paper