B.S., Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996
Ph.D., Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 2001
My laboratory research concerns ecological and evolutionary functional genomics and uses
Drosophila as a model system. We are currently focused on two major projects. First, we are studying the genetics of stress resistance, with a particular emphasis on the neuroprotection of locomotor performance. Please visit the FlyWeb Page below for the latest progress and demonstrations of our computational approach to measuring fly performance. Another major thrust in the lab examines the population genomics of polyglutamine repeat expansion in
Drosophila, a model for neurodegenerative disease, and the role of thermal stress and molecular chaperone expression in selection on repeat length. More broadly, my interests concern molecular and phenotypic evolution, bioinformatics, and ecological genetics.
http://flyweb.dyndns.org
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