Research - Evolution

Organic evolution is concerned with the processes that have given rise to the great diversity of life on earth. Evolutionary processes include both neutral processes - those that occur due to chance events - and selective processes - those that favor the survival and perpetuation of a specific genotype within a population over other variants.

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Dr. Dustin Brisson

Dustin Brisson

Professor of Biology Director - Evolution and Ecology of Disease Systems Laboratory, Director - Biology Master's Program

215-746-1731

209 Leidy Laboratory

Research Interests
Ecology and Biodiversity, Evolution, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics, Microbiology Read Bio
Dr. Aman Husbands

Aman Husbands

Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology

Lynch 103B Laboratory

Research Interests
Plant Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics, Evolution Read Bio
Dr. Junhyong Kim

Junhyong Kim

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology Co-Director, Penn Program in Single Cell Biology, Secondary Professor, Computer and Information Science

215-746-5187

304G Lynch Laboratory

Research Interests
Computational Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics, Neurobiology, Behavior, and Physiology Read Bio
Dr. Michael Lampson

Michael Lampson

Professor of Biology

215-746-3040

204I Lynch Laboratory

Research Interests
Cell and Developmental Biology, Evolution Read Bio
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Mia Levine

Associate Professor of Biology Associate Chair of Biology

215-573-9709

204B Lynch Laboratory

Research Interests
Evolution, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics, Cell and Developmental Biology Read Bio
Joshua Plotkin

Joshua B. Plotkin

Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of the Natural Sciences

219 Lynch Laboratory

Research Interests
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity Read Bio
Photo: Dr. Andrew Santiago-Frangos

Andrew Santiago-Frangos

M. Jane Williams and Valerie Vargo Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology Assistant Professor of Biology

305 Leidy Laboratory

Research Interests
Cell and Developmental Biology, Computational Biology, Evolution, Microbiology, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics Read Bio
Dr. Paul Schmidt

Paul Schmidt

Patricia M. Williams Term Professor of Biology Undergraduate Chair (on sabbatical 2024-2025; please contact Scott Poethig)

215-898-8289

225 Leidy Laboratory

Research Interests
Ecology and Biodiversity, Evolution, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics, Neurobiology, Behavior, and Physiology Read Bio
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Sarah Tishkoff

David and Lyn Silfen University Professor Departments of Genetics and Biology

215-746-2670

Research Interests
Evolution, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics Read Bio