University of Georgia
My research group develops statistical and and computational approaches to better extract information from biological data, particularly in the genotype-phenotype relationship.
My unit’s work addresses dimensions of plant genome biology relevant toward a more bio-based economy, linking increased fundamental knowledge to improved human lives.
Behavioral and evolutionary genetics and epigenetics of social insects.
Environmental Genomics; Crocodilians; Reptilian Genomics; Molecular Ecology.
Bacterial physiology and metabolic integration using biochemical, genetic and metabolomics approaches.
Functional and evolutionary genomics of microbial associations with insects; virology, symbiosis, immunity
Undergraduate evolution education; instructor experiences, knowledge,
and skills in teaching biology; teaching context and climate in life science departments.
Population epigenomics and mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance.
Growth-defense tradeoff, phenylpropanoid metabolism and carbon allocation,
gene family evolution and functional diversification, alternative splicing and gene duplication.
