Faculty studying evolutionary and population genetics
David Baum
Botany
Genetic basis for plant phenotypic evolution and understanding evolutionary relationships from sequence variation
Audrey Gasch
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Elucidating the role, regulation, and evolution of eukaryotic stress responses
Chris Todd Hittinger
Genetics
Evolution of carbon-responsive gene networks, yeast biodiversity, industrial brewing and biofuel applications
Carol Eunmi Lee
Integrative Biology and Center for Rapid Evolution
Rapid Evolutionary responses to global change, including biological invasions, climate, and pollution. Genetic architecture of invasive species, functional ecological and evolutionary genomics
Phil Newmark
Integrative Biology
Germ cell development and regeneration in planarians; developmental biology of parasitic flatworms
Bret Payseur
Genetics and Medical Genetics
Speciation, Evolution of Extreme Phenotypes, Recombination
Caitlin Pepperell
Medicine
Ecological and evolutionary interactions between humans and human pathogens
Sushmita Roy
Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Machine learning methods; the structure, function and evolution of regulatory networks; predictive models
Nathaniel Sharp
Genetics
Mutation, Evolution, Genome Architecture, Genetic Variation, Sexual Selection
Donald Waller
Botany and Environmental Studies
Gene flow in relation to population genetic structure; causes and consequences of inbreeding