Eric Gordon
(Simon, C. lab)
Evolution of Hemiptera and their symbioses, especially Cicadidae and Reduviidae
Phone: 860.486.3947
Abigail Hayes
(Jockusch lab)
Relative contributions of genetic and molecular mechanisms, evolutionary constraints, environment and development to extreme and/or novel Arthropod phenotypes; Phenotypic Plasticity; Life History Trade-offs; Morphology; Eco-Evo-Devo; Entomology and Arachnology
Nic Herndon
(Wegrzyn lab)
Big data, machine learning, data mining and knowledge discovery, bioinformatics, and computational biology
Web sitePhone: 860.486.3672
Heather Kittredge
(Urban lab)
Assembly and persistence of microbial communities in the environment; microbial evolution via horizontal gene transfer; evolution of genetic recombination.
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Justin Kratovil
(Jockusch lab)
Genetic interactions that occur between speciating lineages and the evolution of reproductive compatibility; species boundaries and gene flow among Desmognathus salamander populations in the Appalachians.
Amy Lafountain
(Yuan lab)
Mechanisms of pigmentation and patterning in Mimulus flowers
Web sitePhone: 860.486.4154
David Marshall
(Simon, C. lab)
Molecular systematics and evolution of Cicadidae, from intraspecific phylogeography to speciation and higher clade evolution and diversification; insect behavior and acoustic communication
Web sitePhone: 860.486.3947
Nikisha Patel
(Goffinet lab)
Plant systematics; Plant reproductive biology; Pteridology; Bryology; Apomixis in ferns
Rui Pereira
(None)
Phone: 203.251.8530
Steven Presley
(Willig lab)
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
Phone: 860.486.1772
Maria Rodgers
(Bolnick lab)
Creating microfluidic chips to understand the interaction of intestinal epithelial cells, immune cells, and resident microbiota of three-spined stickleback
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Bikash Shrestha
(Wegrzyn lab)
Cyto-nuclear co-evolution, specifically interaction between genomes in plastids and nucleus; Passifloraceae molecular systematics and evolution; Bioinformatics-genome assembly and annotation.
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Irene Cobo Simón
(Wegrzyn lab)
Evolution, biodiversity, molecular ecology, genetic basis of adaptation, population genetics, climate change, forest health, conservation
Antoine Simon
(Goffinet lab)
Investigation of the biodiversity, systematics and symbiotic biology of lobarioid lichens (Lobarioideae, Peltigeraceae) using phylogenetic analyses and metatranscriptomic approaches. Keywords: symbiotic biology, lichenology, mycology, systematics, transcriptomics
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Valerie Steen
(Tingley lab,Elphick lab)
Avian distribution modeling; ecological impacts of climate change; landscape ecology; citizen science data
Phone: 860.486.5522
Ben Wasserman
(Bagchi lab)
Patterns of STEM teacher retention and attrition. Evolutionary ecology in aquatic ecosystems. The role of intraspecific variation in organismal performance.
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