Evolutionary Genomics

Core Faculty by Research Themes

Alphabetical listing of all faculty

Evolutionary Genomics is the study of genome evolution.

Name	Title	Dept	Interest
Alvarado-Bremer, Jaime	Professor	Marine Biology	Conservation and population genetics of large pelagic fishes
Athrey, Giri	Assistant Professor	Poultry Science	Quantitative genetics and functional genomics, birds and disease vectors
Blackmon, Heath	Assistant Professor	Biology	Evolutionary genomics, quantitative genetics, character evolution, and applied phylogenetics
Cai, James	Associate Professor	Veterinary Integrative Biosciences	Evolutionary biology and physiology, with emphasis on evolution of complex phenotypes
Casola, Claudio	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolutionary genomics of genes and transposable elements in conifers
Criscione, Charles	Professor	Biology	Population genetics of metazoan parasites
Davis, Brian	Assistant Professor	Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Veterinary Pathobiology	Genomic variation in post-domestication/wild populations and heritable disease implications; heritable disease in domestic and wild mammals, post-domestication genome structural evolution, X chromosome inactivation, evolutionary pressures on neoplastic transformation. Founder, Exotic Genome Repository
Hurtado, Luis	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolutionary origins, patterns and maintenance of biodiversity
Keene, Alex	Professor & Dept Head	Biology	Neurogenetics and behavior, genetic and evolutionary basis of sleep regulation in invertebrates and fish
Kitchen, Sheila	Assistant Professor	Marine Biology	Host-microbe interactions, comparative and functional genomics, coral reef conservation
Mateos, Mariana	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolution of host-symbiont associations and phylogeography of freshwater organisms
Miglietta, Maria Pia	Assistant Professor	Marine Biology	Evolution, genetics, and ecology of Hydrozoa (Cnidaria)
Murphy, William	Professor	Veterinary Integrative Biosciences	Mammalian phylogenetics and evolutionary genomics
Pepper, Alan	Associate Professor	Biology	Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution in terrestrial plants
Rosenthal, Gil	Professor	Biology	Mate choice and evolutionary genetics in fish hybrid zones
Schulze, Anja	Associate Professor	Marine Biology	Species distributions, dispersal and local adaptation of marine invertebrates
Strader, Marie	Assistant Professor	Biology	Marine molecular ecology focused on mechanisms of organismal responses to the environment
Tarone, Aaron	Assistant Professor	Entomology	Genomic studies of development and population biology in flies