Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program at Arizona State University
Melissa Wilson Sayres, Co-chair (melissa.wilsonsayres@asu.edu)
Advisory Committee: Ken Buetow, Reed Cartwright, Carlo Maley, Emilia Martins, Jay Taylor
Apply to the Evolutionary Biology PhD program here: https://sols.asu.edu/degree-programs/evolutionary-biology-phd
Program faculty: https://sols.asu.edu/evolutionary-biology-faculty
Current Graduate Students (Advisor)
Click here for useful information for current students: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_qo4dZ341vHyVjLVd_MR9HqsKNqFlsJ5pOxRQPHKsmQ/edit?usp=sharing
Draft School of Life Sciences Graduate Mentoring Compact: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gev9yytESJYowjo1q60cd8UQyke0fpEn9rdKmKUCkOc/edit?usp=sharing
Jacob Campbell (Harrison)
Adele Crane (Stone; Rosenberg)
Heather Rich (Rosenberg)
Shannon Doan (Pigg)
Romain Dohan (Rabeling)
Ti Erickson (Gadau)
Gyan Harwood (Amdam)
Timothy Hieger (Pigg)
Edward Gilbert (Franz)
Michael Jansen (Franz)
Murray Johnston (Franz)
Robert Oldt (Kanthaswamy)
Kimberly Olney (Wilson Sayres)
Salvatore Anzaldo (Franz)
Angela Taravella (Wilson Sayres; Stone)
Nayely Velez-Cruz (Laubichler)
Jill Azzolini (DeNardo)
Anthony Basile (Sweaza)
Kyle Gray (Rabeling)
Sebastian Scofield (Amdam)
Adele Crane
Contact: aecrane@asu.edu
Research Area:
Angela Taravella
Contact: angela.taravella@asu.edu
Research Area:
Kimberly Olney
Contact: kcolney@asu.edu
Research Area:
Kyle Gray
Contact: kwgray2@asu.edu
Research Area:
Gyan Harwood
Contact: gyan.harwood@gmail.com
Research Area:
Bobby Oldt
Contact: robert.oldt@asu.edu
Research Area:
Anthony Basile
Contact: http://karensweazea.weebly.com/
Research Area: evolutionary medicine, nutritional physiology, and blood glucose regulation in birds.
Ed Gilbert
Contact: egbot@asu.edu
Research Area:
Jill Azzolini
Contact: TBD
Research Area:
Andrew Johnston
Contact: ajohnston@asu.edu
desertbeetles.org
Research Area: My research focuses on systematics, phylogenetics, and biogeography of the desert stink beetles
Sebastian Scofield
Contact: sscofie1@asu.edu.
Research Area: My research focuses on the molecular basis of division of labor in the western honey bee.
Evolutionary Biology Events
UPCOMING:
Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium
Fall 2018
September TBD
Co-chairs: Kimberly Olney
PAST:
Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium
Fall 2017
September 8, 2017
Co-chairs: Kimberly Olney and Heather Rich
Evolutionary Biology Journal Club
Spring 2018 chair: Adele Crane
Every other week discussions will be led by volunteers who suggest papers. Alternative weeks will feature presentations by current EVO students.
The information about Evol Biol journal clubs can be updated here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fjy4zl27JzKV-PsUnV_qB-kxFTs470hnxrLw8XOczKw/edit?usp=sharing
Fall 2017 chair: Bobby Old
Courses
Graduate courses:
EVO 601: Principles of Evolution
EVO 610: Evolution Seminar
BIO 614: Biometry
BIO 530: Scientific Teaching (required for TAs)
BIO 543: Molecular genetics and genomics
EVO 598: Software Carpentry
EVO 598: Genomic Analysis
EVO 598: Principles of Programming for Biologists
BOP 545: Population Genetics
BIO 540: Functional Genomics
BIO 549: Phylogenetic Biology and Analysis
NSF grfp writing course
Additional EVO courses: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BWoVsuIbOpNhUmGgZ-l1qVT3FaZYd98-KAE7NS9pUKM/edit?usp=sharing
Undergraduate courses:
BIO/MAT 355: Intro to Computational Molecular Biology
BIO 415: Biometry
BIO 440: Functional Genomics
BIO 498: Population Genomics
Additional research methods courses at ASU: https://issr.asu.edu/node/30
Graduates
Andreina Castillo Siri, Ph.D.
Tanvi Honap, Ph.D.
Andreina Castillo Siri, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona
Contact:
Defended: July 2016
Doctoral Dissertation Research Area:
Tanvi Honap, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, University of Oklahoma
Contact: www.tanvihonap.com
Defended: May 2017
Doctoral Dissertation Research Area: Using an ancient DNA and phylogenomics approach to study the evolutionary histories of the pathogens causing leprosy and tuberculosis.
Evolution across ASU
We have several programs for those interested in Evolution. In alphabetical order:
ASU PopGen: http://asupopgen.org
Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (BioKIC): https://biokic.asu.edu
Center for Evolution and Medicine (CEM): https://evmed.asu.edu
Center for Mechanisms of Evolution: https://biodesign.asu.edu/mechanisms-evolution
Institute of Human Origins (IHO): https://iho.asu.edu
Social Insect Research Group (SIRG): https://sols.asu.edu/research/social-insect-research-group
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Past Events
October 28 2017 - EVO PhD students helped members of the public extract DNA at the ASU School of Life Sciences Homecoming booth
October 28 2017 - Ti Erickson, EVO PhD student, and others from the Social Insect Research Group participated in a live interview on Channel 3 morning news - Sat Oct 28, 7:30-10am.
September 8, 2017 - EVO students Kimberly Olney and Heather Rich organized the first annual Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium