Current lab members
Sergey Kryazhimskiy
Associate Professor
PhD
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University
Evolution by natural selection is a fundamental property of life. I want to understand, predict and control how microbes evolve and adapt to their environment.
Joseph Matheson
Postdoc
PhD
Ecology and Evolution, University of Arizona
TBD
Michael Overton
PhD student
MS
Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
I am interested in developing and testing models that predict the fitness effects of new mutations. I am also pursuing an improved lineage tracking system for long-term evolution experiments.
Sarah Ardell
PhD student
BS
Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, UC San Diego
I am interested in using mathematical and computational models to understand evolution. I am currently working on a model to predict the evolution of cross-resistance and cross-sensitivity to antibiotics.
Chen Hsiao
PhD student
MS
Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University
I’m interested in delving into phylogenetics and exploring how microbes adapt through genetic and phenotypic changes in dynamic environments. My current focus is on the adaptation of marine microbes.
Elissa Heredia
MSc student
BS
Human Biology, UC San Diego
TBD
Michael Overton
PhD student
MSc
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
I am interested in developing and testing models that predict the fitness effects of new mutations. I am also pursuing an improved lineage tracking system for long-term evolution experiments.
Sarah Ardell
PhD student
BSc
Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, University of California San Diego
I am interested in using mathematical and computational models to understand evolution. I am currently working on a model to predict the evolution of cross-resistance and cross-sensitivity to antibiotics.
Pavithra Venkataraman
Fulbright Visiting Researcher
BE
Chemical Engineering, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
I am interested in using theory and experiments to understand the genetic bases of evolutionary processes. I am currently working towards deciphering the role of epistasis in determining adaptation.
Anthony Ayala
Undergraduate student
I am interested in using microbial populations to explore evolutionary patterns and how adaptive mutations shape population dynamics. I am currently working on a Yeast Lineage Tracking project in order to better understand the role of background fitness on the effects of de novo beneficial mutations.