Sara and Misa are from Europe and were at Cornell University as guest researchers in the Searle Lab for three months. Both quickly became a part of the Searle lab and the EEB department. In collaboration with experts from other … Continue reading
Hi all—my name is Emily Kowalski! I am a May 2021 graduate of CALS, having earned a degree in Biology and Society, with a minor in Business for the Life Sciences. I was fortunate enough to have been a member … Continue reading
After graduating from Cornell, Jeremy Pustilnik went to work with the U.S. Geological Survey on the tip of the Arctic Circle of Alaska, where he conducted surveys of the waterfowl populations nesting in the area, including nest checks of geese … Continue reading
Nicolas presented part of his dissertation research at the PEQG conference and the Evolution meeting in summer 2022, and he graduated from Cornell in August. He then moved across the country and started a postdoc job in Peter Sudmant’s lab … Continue reading
Ben successfully defended his dissertation on comparative salamander physiology in November 2021! With his new preferred name, “Doc Johnson,” he and his family moved to the San Diego area. There, he spends his free time paddle boarding and questing for … Continue reading
In early 2022, I published one of my thesis chapters, entitled “Consequences of coupled barriers to gene flow for the build‐up of genomic differentiation” in the journal Evolution. This was a major project involving extensive collaboration and effort between Jeremy, … Continue reading
Jeremy became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 for “his distinguished contributions in the field of evolutionary biology and for the promotion of science through teaching, international work, media activities and science-based … Continue reading
Ben, Nick, Henry and Jon were all involved in a publication about teaching speciation. The full citation is: Genova LA, Johnson BB, Castelli FR, Arcila Hernández LM, Chang van Oordt DA, Demery A-J, Fletcher NK, Goud EM, Holmes KD, Houtz … Continue reading
Despite working from home for the majority of the past year, Henry gave virtual symposium talks at the Cornell E&EB graduate student symposium (January 2021), the Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting (June 2021), and the Great Lakes … Continue reading
Ben’s first chapter in his thesis has been published! Johnson, B.B., Searle, J.B. & Sparks, J.P., 2021. Genome size influences adaptive plasticity of water loss, but not metabolic rates in lungless salamanders. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224, jeb242196.