I am a population geneticist interested in understanding the genetic basis of adaptation in rapidly changing ecosystems. Learn more about me by clicking here.

Andrew's research focuses on the adaptive responses of marine organisms to multifactorial stress in the context of global climate change. He uses echinoderms to investigate selection responses to thermal and immune stressors. 

Katelyn is a third-year undergraduate interested in researching the impact of climate change and ecosystem changes on marine systems.  She will be investigating barnacle settlement dynamics and gene mutations in response to environmental changes.

Eliza is a third-year undergraduate student interested in studying the effects of chromosomal inversions on adaptive evolution. She will be examining thermal tolerance in embryos of overwintering Drosophila.

Miles is a third-year undergraduate interested in epigenetic changes resulting from environmental differences. They will be analyzing gene mutations and epigenetic differences in barnacle populations across various environments.

Luke is a third-year undergraduate interested in learning more about evolutionary biology.  He will be investigating the impact of seasonally oscillating chromosomal inversions in various feeding behaviors in flies.

Giovanni Mazzeo is a guest researcher in the Nunez lab, being a second year undergraduate student at the University of Virginia.