Research and Teaching Interests:
- Evolutionary genomics
- Speciation
- Recombination
- Population Genetics
- Comparative Genomics
- Bioinformatics
A major focus of my research is to understand how meiotic recombination contributes to this process, and more broadly, to understand patterns of genetic variation within and between species. More recently, I have shifted my focus to the role of the environment in altering meiotic recombination rates.
My research combines computational and experimental techniques across several taxa to address major questions in evolutionary genomics, with a focus on speciation genetics.
Our research in evolutionary genomics focuses on three major areas
- Speciation genetics
- Recombination rate evolution and its impact on genomic architecture
- Variation in levels of introgression across the genome
Our research is focused on understanding the genetic processes involved in species formation.
I am an evolutionary geneticist interested in what drives species formation and what consequences it has on population genetic variation.
Because hybridization begins with recombination in the F1, I'm also interested in how variable both hybridization and recombination are across the genome, how they impact genetic variation, and the evolution of recombination rates between species.
Skills and Expertise:
- Genomics
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Population Genetics
- Comparative Genomics
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Molecular Evolution
- Hybridization
- Speciation
- Genotyping
