About
I am broadly interested in studying how populations adapt across different environments. At the molecular level, I focus on the evolution of gene expression and how cis- and trans-regulation play key roles in adaptation. In my dissertation research, I combined various quantitative genetics, population genomic and functional genomic approaches to study the genetics and molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic divergence in Panicum grasses. Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Wittkopp Lab. Broadly, our lab investigates the genetic basis of phenotypic evolution. By leveraging existing resources of natural and artificial regulatory variants in yeast, I study the effects of these mutations on expression plasticity and fitness in response to environmental heterogeneity.
Advisor: Patricia Wittkopp
