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
Eytan, Ron	Assistant Professor	Marine Biology	Evolutionary genetics, molecular systematics, and speciation in marine fishes
Hurtado, Luis	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolutionary origins, patterns and maintenance of biodiversity
Linderholm, Anna	Associate Professor	Anthropology	Ancient DNA, dog domestication, adaptation to environmental change, environmental reconstructions in prehistory
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
Song, Hojun	Associate Professor	Entomology	Insect systematics; phylogenetics of orthopteran insects; phenotypic plasticity; character evolution
Tarone, Aaron	Assistant Professor	Entomology	Genomic studies of development and population biology in flies

Behavioral Ecology (Integrative Animal Behavior)
– the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures

Community Ecology
– the study of how populations of species organize and interact with each other and the environment

Conservation Biology/Restoration Ecology
– the study of biodiversity and how to sustainably protect, manage, and restore degraded habitats

Ecosystems/Landscape Ecology
– the study of the dynamics of ecological processes through time across a variety of spatial scales

Evolutionary Ecology
– the study of interactions between organisms and their environments from an evolutionary perspective

Evolutionary Genomics
– the study of genome evolution

Phylogenetics & Comparative Biology
– the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms, and the mechanisms and patterns that drive the evolution of those relationships

Physiological Ecology
– the study of relationships between the physiology of organisms and their adaptation to environmental conditions

Population & Quantitative Genetics
– the study of genetic differences within and between populations and assessment of variability of continuous phenotypes

Population Ecology
– the study of population dynamics over space and time and how populations interact with the environment