Principal Investigator
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Lab Manager
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Harmony Borchardt-WierEmail: hbb7[at]cornell.edu
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Postdoc
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Arne Jacobs, PhDEmail: a.jacobs.research[at]gmail.com
Website: arnejacobs.com |
Graduate Students
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Nicolas LouEmail: rl683[at]cornell.edu
Nicolas is broadly interested in the application of genomic tools in the conservation and management of biodiversity. Currently, he is working on the genomic basis of local adaption in Atlantic cod, as well as the molecular mechanisms underlying its rapid evolution in response to size-selective fishing and climate change. In addition, he is also developing practical molecular tools for the species and sex identification in non-model species, for the benefit of management agencies and the aquaculture industry.
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Maria AkopyanEmail: ma2256[at]cornell.edu
Website: makopyan.com Maria is broadly interested in ecological and evolutionary genomics. Currently, she is working on characterizing the genomic architecture of local adaptation in Atlantic silversides, with a focus on describing structural variation between locally adapted populations and identifying genomic regions that underlie adaptive traits. Maria is also studying how dispersal-selection dynamics play out over seasonal time scales by collecting a time series of samples from several locations to infer how selection against migrants and their offspring maintains local adaptation despite homogenizing connectivity.
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Undergraduate Students
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Anita MichalakEmail: am2824[at]cornell.edu
Anita is currently working on a senior research thesis studying the genetic structure and origin of bobcats in New York State. Her primary research interests include mammalian conservation genetics and spatial ecology.
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Emily CheiEmail: ewc47[at]cornell.edu
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Lab Alumni
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Aryn Wilder, PhD (postdoc)Current: Conservation genetics researcher, San Diego Zoo
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Anna Tigano, PhD (postdoc)Current: Postdoc, MacManes Lab, University of New Hampshire
Website: annatigano.weebly.com |