Ellie Becklund
Research Interests: Leaf preformation and developmental plasticity in response to light availability in temperate trees
Veronica Bueno
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Taxonomy, systematics, genomics, and evolution of tapeworms that primarily infect elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, stingrays and guitarfish). Analysis of phylogenomic datasets, effects of taxon sampling and models of molecular evolution on phylogenetic inference. Collections-based research, parasite collections recovery, curation and digitization.
Amy Lafountain
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Mechanisms of pigmentation and patterning in Mimulus flowers
Rong-Chien Lin
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: The regulatory mechanisms of anthocyanin-based pigmentation patterning in Mimulus.
Brandon Lind
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Biodiversity informatics and the evolutionary genomics of climate adaptation
Natalie Lozano-Huntelman
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Using a novel flow cytometry approach, I aim to understand how temperature-dependent stress and mortality influence phytoplankton populations and limit their spatial and temporal distribution, and the effectiveness of dormancy in surviving heatwaves and acute stress.
Erika Moore-Pollard
Research Interests: Photosynthetic metabolism and functional trait tradeoffs in Bromeliaceae
Arshad Padhiar
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Understanding the differences in immune response among freshwater stickleback population against cestode infection by creating transgenics through CRISPR/CAS9, and/or by culturing primary fibroblast and macrophages
Anna Pardo
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Understanding variability in CAM photosynthesis traits and drought tolerance in Yucca gloriosa.
Erin Patterson
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Evolution and development of floral morphology in monkeyflowers.
Steven Presley
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Use of a metacommunity approach to understand patterns of species distributions along latent environmental gradients; use of data on Caribbean vertebrates to explore biogeographic factors associated with species richness
Rogini Runghen
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Using network science as our toolbox, we are studying evolutionary changes in the gene co-expression networks of Three spined stickleback fish from the Alaska population
Ben Wasserman
Postdoctoral Associate
Research Interests: Patterns of STEM teacher retention and attrition. Evolutionary ecology in aquatic ecosystems. The role of intraspecific variation in organismal performance.
David Wickell
Research Interests: Convergent evolution of CAM photosynthesis, polyploid speciation, and the genomic consequences of ancient whole genome duplication