Our interdisciplinary connections give researchers a deeper appreciation of how organisms have evolved, compared with the long-held perspective that biodiversity is optimized simply by the limitless power of natural selection.

Director

Michael Lynch

Director, Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution

Faculty and administration

Citlalli Alvarez

Undergraduate Student

Catherine Arredondo

Financial Specialist Sr

Stephan Baehr

Graduate Research Assistant

George Bcharah

Undergraduate Student

Megan Behringer

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Gaurav Bilolikar

Grad Teaching Assistant

Trent Bishop

Undergraduate Student

Jakob Carlson

Undergraduate Student

Reed Cartwright

Associate Faculty

Julian Chen

Associate Faculty

Patrick Clark

Undergraduate Student

Amulya Diyya

Undergraduate Student

Greer Dolby

Assistant Research Professor

Rachel Eder

Undergraduate Student

Paulus Eelke SCHAVEMAKER

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Yuichi EGUCHI

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Wayne Frasch

Associate Faculty

Kerry Geiler-Samerotte

Assistant Professor

Logan Graham

Undergraduate Student

Brooke Hall

Undergraduate Student

Rizal Fajar Hariadi

Associate Faculty

Wei-Chin Ho

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Jeffrey Jensen

Associate Faculty

Timothy Licknack

Graduate Research Assistant

Michael Lynch

Center Director & Professor

Garett Maag

Undergraduate Student

Associate Faculty

Associate Faculty

Research Technician

Research Specialist Sr

Mina Mohammed

Undergraduate Student

Sergio Andres MUNOZ GOMEZ

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Daphne Newell

Undergraduate Student

Gabrielle Paffumi

Undergraduate Student

Susanne Pfeifer

Associate Faculty

Pak Poon

Assistant Research Scientist (FSC)

Natalie Quan

Undergraduate Student

Clemente Quintero

Undergraduate, SW I, Laboratory Aide

R. Taylor Raborn

Assistant Research Scientist

Kara Schmidlin

Research Specialist

Rohan Singh

Undergraduate Student

Shannon Snyder

SW IV, Daphnia Lab Aide

Marcia Spurlock

Assistant Director, Biodesign Research Operations

Ryan Stikeleather

Graduate Research Assistant

Joanie Sturgeon

Undergraduate Student

Tia Swenty

Undergraduate Student

Elizabeth Thorley

SW I, Lab Aide

Justine Trent

Student Worker II

Bogoljub Trickovic

Graduate Research Assistant

Daanish Tung

Undergraduate Student

Jonah Unthank

Undergraduate Student

Angelica Urquidez

Student Lab Tech Trainee

Wade Van Horn

Associate Faculty

Saul Vidrios

Student Daphnia Lab Assistant

Sara Walker

Associate Faculty

Sarah Walls

Solur Research Aide

Amanda Wardwell

Undergraduate Student

Wen WEI

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Jeremy Wideman

Assistant Professor

Emily Williams

Laboratory Coordinator Sr

Melissa Wilson

Associate Faculty

Zhiqiang Ye

Assistant Research Scientist

Chaoxian ZHAO

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

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Center Director

Michael Lynch

Center Director and Professor, Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution

Michael Lynch is a Professor in the School of Life Sciences. He received his B.S. in Biology from St. Bonaventure University, and his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lynch has served as President of the Genetics Society of America, the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Genetic Association. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.+ READ MORE

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