Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Cassondra Vernier
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Yehuda Ben-Shahar
Thesis Title: Mechanisms of nestmate recognition cue production in the European honey bee, Apis mellifera
Vitas Wagner
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2015
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey I. Gordon
Thesis Title: A Gnotobiotic Mouse Model for Studying the Effect of Human Gut Community Ecology on a Pathobiont, Bacteroides fragilis
Katherine Waselkov
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2013
Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Olsen
Thesis Title: Population genetics and phylogenetic context of weed evolution in the genus Amaranthus
Marshall Wedger
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2022
Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Olsen
Thesis Title: Weedy rice as a model system for the study of microevolutionary interactions in agricultural contexts
David Weisrock
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2003
Thesis Advisor: Allan Larson
Thesis Title: Molecular phylogenetic studies of speciation and phylogeny in salamanders; macroevolutionary and microevolutionary perspectives
Kathryn Williams
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2014
Thesis Advisor: Justin C. Fay
Thesis Title: Evolution of Ecological Dominance of Yeast Species in High-Sugar Environments
Lauren Woods
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2014
Thesis Advisor: Tiffany M. Knight
Thesis Title: The influence of metacommunity size on species diversity across spatial scales
Sara Wright
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2019
Thesis Advisor: Kenneth M. Olsen
Thesis Title: Cyanogenesis and the genetics of local adaptation in white clover (Trifolium repens L.)
Guoqin Yu
Program: Evolution Ecology and Population Biology
Graduation Year: 2009
Thesis Advisor: Barbara A. Schaal
Thesis Title: Evolution of Endosprem Starch Synthesis Pathway Genes in the Context of Rice (Oryza Sativa) Domestication