Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Juan Sebastian Tello, PhD
Assistant Scientist
- Email: jtello@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Study of biodiversity, particularly on macroecology, metacommunity ecology, biogeography and spatial ecology
Key words
Biodiversity, community ecology, macroecology, metacommunities, metapopulations, spatial ecology,null models, computer simulation models
Mikhail Tikhonov, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: tikhonov@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Theoretical physics of ecology and evolution; quantitative modeling; analysis of sequencing data
Key words
Theoretical biophysics; Evolution; Microbiome; High-diversity ecology
Christopher Topp, PhD
Assistant Member
- Email: ctopp@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Understanding the genetic basis of root growth and environmental plasticity using phenomics
Key words
imaging; plant; genetics; computation; phenotyping; roots; plant x environment
Ting Wang, PhD
Sanford C. and Karen P. Loewentheil Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics
- Email: twang@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Human and Statistical Genetics
Research summary
Epigenome evolution and epigenetic determinants of cell fate
Key words
DNA methylation, transposable elements, epigenomics, evolution, genomics, systems biology