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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Statistics

evolution, molecular evolution, population genetics, human variation, human genetics, phylogenetics, applied statistics, genetics, evolutionary processes, evolutionary biology

Michael Nachman

Michael Nachman

Dept of Integrative Biology

population genetics, evolution, genomics, mammalian evolution

Priya Moorjani standing in front of map of the world

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Human evolutionary genetics, human genetics, ancient DNA, population genetics, statistical genetics

person with dark glasses standing with water in background

Dept of Integrative Biology

genomics, genetics, computational biology, structural variation, RNA, diversity, aging, population genetics

Gary Karpen

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function, biophysics, condensed phases

Rachel Brem

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

molecular evolution, ecological genetics, genetics and genomics, fungal genetics

Chris Martin with water in background

Christopher Martin

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolutionary biology, speciation, genomics, adaptation, craniofacial development

Ian Wang

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

genetics and genomics, genomics, landscape genetics, evolution, population genetics, conservation, herpetology, GIS, spatial analysis, statistical methods, epigenetics

Eileen A. Lacey

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolutionary biology, population, mammals, behavioral ecology, vertebrates, molecular genetics, subterranean rodents, Argentina, Chile

Jimmy A. McGuire

Jimmy A. McGuire

Dept of Integrative Biology

historical biogeography, evolutionary biology, Southeast Asia, population genetics, hummingbirds, functional morphology, vertebrate systematics, phylogenetic analysis, life history evolution, Bayesian methods, Southeast Asian flying lizards

Steven N. Evans

Dept of Mathematics

Dept of Statistics

large random combinatorial structures, random matrices, superprocesses & other measure-valued processes, probability on algebraic structures -particularly local fields, applications of stochastic processes to biodemography, mathematical finance, population genetics, phylogenetics & historical linguistics

man with glasses standing in outdoor setting; John Taylor

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

evolution, fungi, phylogenomics, mycology, population genomics, ecology

Field work in on Oahu

George Roderick

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

global change, environmental science, sustainability, biodiversity, invasive species, population genomics

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors

Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology

plant climate change adaptation, plant development, molecular biology, RNA silencing, herbarium genomics, genetics

Richard S. Dodd

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

environmental policy, environmental science, forestry, wildlife, plant biology

Paul Fine

Dept of Integrative Biology

speciation, plant ecology, plant evolutionary biology, floristics and phytogeography

Oskar Hallatschek

Oskar Hallatschek

Dept of Physics

biophysics, evolutionary dynamics, soft matter, statistical physics, theory and experiments

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

neural crest gene regulatory network, vertebrate embryonic development, regeneration of tissue

Roy L. Caldwell

Dept of Integrative Biology

ecology, evolution, Invertebrates, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, marine biology, stomatopods, crustaceans, cephalopods, octopus, mating systems, communication, sensory ecology, aggressive behavior, coral reef restoration

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolution of sex and recombination, Y degeneration, dosage compensation, sexually antagonistic variation

Rauri C.K. Bowie

Dept of Integrative Biology

ornithology, Africa, evolutionary biology

Andrew Wooyoung Kim

Andrew Wooyoung Kim

Dept of Anthropology

intergenerational trauma, culture and mental health, psychiatric epidemiology, stress physiology, epigenetics, developmental origins of health and disease, biocultural anthropology, racial justice, critical and decolonial approaches to biological anthropology

Professor Danica Chen standing in front of audience with microphone in hand

Danica Chen

Dept of Metabolic Biology and Nutrition

aging, stem cell, metabolism, diseases of aging