Get in touch

Please contact the Dr. Kartzinel with:
✓ interest in contracting with us 
✓ questions about research, data, or protocols
✓ media inquiries, interview requests, or speaking invitations

Best Form Of Contact

​Dr. Tyler Kartzinel
Email: tyler_kartzinel[at]brown.edu​

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To contract with The Genomic Opportunities Lab, please reach out to discuss your research goals and timelines!

Prospective Lab Members

Prospective students and postdoc should refer to our join page for current opportunities and general advice

Media inquiries

Dr. Kartzinel has appeared live on BBC World News Television, Times Radio, and other media outlets. His work has been covered by outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, and National Geographic. Please reach out with inquiries concerning our research, recent discoveries in the field, or conservation and policy developments in general.

Examples of written and A/V media are available here for reference.

Print Media

• “Free-roaming bison graze life into grasslands,” Eos.org, 9/2025.
• “DNA sequencing to meet global biodiversity goals: Interview with Tyler Kartzinel,” Mongabay, 6/2025.
• “Giraffes’ gut microbiome communities determined by species, not diet,” Forbes, 3/2025.
• “Scientists figure out how Yellowstone Animals find enough to eat,” Newsweek, 9/2024.
• “Elephants have a very human way of eating dinner,” Newsweek, 7/2023.
• “Predators drove a lizard population to extinction without eating them,” PBS Nova, 6/2019.
• “Big African animals are pickier eaters than we imagined,” Smithsonian Magazine, 6/2015.
• “Grass gourmands: A herbivore food mystery on the African savanna,” National Public Radio, 6/2015.
• “How do African grasslands support so many plant-eaters?” National Geographic Society, 6/2015.

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