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Postdoctoral Research Associate
PI: Brandon Cooper

Hunter completed his BS and PhD at U Utah working in the Golic lab. His work combined classic genetics and modern approaches to studying chromosome biology in D. melanogaster. Hunter is interested in applying his skillset to Wolbachia host interactions to better understand how these endosymbionts interact with hosts to affect their reproduction and to facilitate their own transmission. 

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PI: Zach Cheviron

I am interested in understanding the genetic and evolutionary basis of life-history traits and phenotypic trade-offs. During my PhD, I used laboratory populations of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to investigate genetic variation and regulatory processes contributing to aging and reproductive traits. As a postdoc at UM, I am studying natural populations of deer mice in the Rocky Mountains to investigate genomic patterns and evolutionary trade-offs linked to high-altitude adaptation.

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PI: Brandon Cooper

I am a broadly trained naturalist interested in evolution, ecology and genomics. My research aims to understand the genetic mechanisms underlying species interactions in response to changing environments. I combine computational and laboratory analyses with fieldwork to link genetic variation—often across multiple species—to phenotypes, fitness, and population patterns across environmental gradients.

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PI: Jeff Good

During my PhD at the University of Georgia, I focused on fundamental questions related to how gene expression evolves on a recently evolved Y chromosome. My postdoctoral work is focused on using comparative and functional genomics, along with population genetics to study the evolution of genomic conflicts and adaptation in spermatogenesis. For this work I am utilizing house mice, and several related rodents.