People
PI
Gideon Bradburd (he/him)
My research is focused on incorporating geography into statistical methods for studying population structure, admixture, demography, local adaptation, and natural selection in a variety of empirical systems.
More info: [CV], [Google Scholar], [github], [SSE profile of me].
Contact: bradburd (at) umich (dot) edu
twitter: (at) gbradburd
Office: 3042 Biological Sciences Building, University of Michigan
My research is focused on incorporating geography into statistical methods for studying population structure, admixture, demography, local adaptation, and natural selection in a variety of empirical systems.
More info: [CV], [Google Scholar], [github], [SSE profile of me].
Contact: bradburd (at) umich (dot) edu
twitter: (at) gbradburd
Office: 3042 Biological Sciences Building, University of Michigan
Postdocs & Staff Scientists
Seth Temple (he/him) I am a Schmidt AI post-doctoral fellow at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. I am working with Professors Jonathan Terhorst and Gideon Bradburd. I develop statistical methods that make use of genomic and health data to study evolutionary processes. I completed a PhD degree in Statistics at University of Washington - Seattle. I was advised by Professors Sharon Browning and Elizabeth Thompson.
Nicole Adams (she/her) I am a bioinformatician in the Bradburd Lab focused on ecological genomics in non-model organisms. My research examines how human-induced environmental change affects genetic and morphological variation in natural populations, with particular interest in how standing variation influences population resilience. Using genomic tools and museum collections, I address these topics across temporal and geographic scales while working to improve methodological approaches for non-model organisms.
PhD students
Rachel Gutner (they/she) I am a first year PhD student in the Bradburd lab at UMichigan. My PhD work is still being determined, though I hope to incorporate my interests in population genetics, evolutionary genomics, spatial distributions, and biodiversity. I am excited about combining approaches in computational biology and modeling to address questions about spatial patterns of ancestry and comparative population genetic patterns in herpetofauna. Prior to joining the Bradburd lab, I completed an MS degree in Jeanne Robertson's Lab at California State University, Northridge where I conducted a population and landscape genetic study on the near-shore endemic island fence lizard.
Alex Lewanski (he/him) I am a first year PhD student in the Bradburd lab at UMichigan and the Fitzpatrick lab at Michigan State. Although the specifics of my PhD work are still in development, I have diverse interests in evolutionary genomics. I am particularly excited by local adaptation and gene flow, how and why these processes vary across space and time, and how these processes interact to influence population persistence and patterns of genetic variation. Prior to joining the Bradburd lab, I completed an MS degree in Katie Wagner’s lab at the University of Wyoming where I studied speciation and hybridization in Lake Tanganyikan cichlid fishes.
Other lab personnel
Abraham Oak Weber-Bradburd I am co-advised by Gideon Bradburd and Marjorie Weber. My research is focused on developing rudimentary motor control and (parental fingers desperately crossed) circadian sleep rhythms.
Eloise Wolf Weber-Bradburd I am co-advised by Gideon Bradburd and Marjorie Weber. My research is focused on developing new forms of dance, notions of personal property and, concurrently, the ability to share that property (work ongoing). Future research plans include sleeping in a little bit later on weekends.
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GradBurds (Lab alumni)
Mike Grundler - Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University
Zach Hancock - Assistant Professor at Augusta University
Chris Talbot - PhD Student at Cornell University
Meaghan Clark - NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology at UC Santa Cruz
Leonard Jones - Bonderman Fellow (University of Washington)
Rachel Toczydlowski - Research Scientist at the US Forest Service
Phil Gerrish - Researcher with Georgia Institute of Technology/Los Alamos National Lab
Bob Week - postdoc at the University of Oregon
Kelsey Yule - Collections Manager at the NEON Biorepository collections at Arizona State
Matteo Tomasini - Research (Software) Engineer, University of Gothenburg
Emily Puckett - Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Memphis
Zach Hancock - Assistant Professor at Augusta University
Chris Talbot - PhD Student at Cornell University
Meaghan Clark - NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology at UC Santa Cruz
Leonard Jones - Bonderman Fellow (University of Washington)
Rachel Toczydlowski - Research Scientist at the US Forest Service
Phil Gerrish - Researcher with Georgia Institute of Technology/Los Alamos National Lab
Bob Week - postdoc at the University of Oregon
Kelsey Yule - Collections Manager at the NEON Biorepository collections at Arizona State
Matteo Tomasini - Research (Software) Engineer, University of Gothenburg
Emily Puckett - Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Memphis