I am an Assistant Professor of Biology and population geneticist interested in understanding the genetic basis of adaptation in rapidly changing ecosystems. Learn more about me by clicking here, or visiting my UVM profile.

Katie is the Lab Manager of the Nunez Lab. She began working as a lab technician in the Biology Department at the University of Vermont in 2017, after completing her studies in environmental science at NVU-Johnson. She is an avid gardener, reader, and amateur forager.

Andrew is an NSF GRFP fellow. His 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. 

Eliza is a 2024 Leahy Summer Fellow. She is studying the effects of chromosomal inversions on adaptive evolution. She will be examining thermal tolerance in embryos of overwintering Drosophila.

Miles is a 2024 Summer Research Fellow. Miles is interested in genetic variation resulting from social phenotypes arising due to environmental differences. They will be analyzing gene mutations in ant populations across various environments.

Luke is a 2024 Kay, Klieman, and Larrabee Fellow and a Summer Research Fellow. Luke investigates the impact of seasonally oscillating chromosomal inversions in various feeding behaviors in flies.

I am interested in investigating the genetic basis of salinity acclimation on marine organisms. I am exploring the organismal and developmental cost of variations in salinity using green sea urchins.

Giovanni Mazzeo is a guest researcher in the Nunez lab. He is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Virginia.