People

Dan Sloan

Education

• 2011-2013  NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University

• 2005-2011  Ph.D., University of Virginia

• 1998-2003  B.A., Wesleyan University

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Twitter: @SloanEvoLab

Research Interests: organelles, endosymbionts, mutation rates, genome architecture, and all things evolutionary

Amanda Broz

Education     

• 2005-2009  Ph.D., Colorado State University

• 2003-2005  M.S., University of Missouri, Columbia

• 1997-2001  B.S., University of Missouri, Columbia

Research Interests: interspecific interactions, cytonuclear interactions, rapid evolution, plant mating systems, self/non-self recognition  

Kasavajhala Prasad

Education     

• 1994-2000  Ph.D., Central University, Jamia Millia Islamia

• 1992-1994  M.S., Central University, Jamia Millia Islamia

• 1989-1992  B.S., University of Delhi

Research Interests: functional genomics; gene regulation; biochemical, molecular, and physiological aspects of plant and environment interactions, organelle interactions, and cellular signaling

Shady Kuster (co-advised with Kate Wilsterman)

Education

•  2017-2021  B.S., Tarleton State University

Research Interests: phylogenomics, mitonuclear discordance, mitochondrial physiology, adaptation to hypoxic environments

Patty Vail

Education

•  2018-2020  B.S., Colorado State University

Research Interests: organelle mutation rates, DNA replication/repair, cytoplasmic male sterility, and abiotic stress

Elly Freeland

• CSU Class of 2027

Abigail Gudopp-Kelly

• CSU Class of 2028

Jenna Marron

• CSU Class of 2025

• Jenna is working on phylogenetic analysis of MutS gene family diversification in plants.

Morgan Pauly

• CSU Class of 2025

• Morgan is working on the role of mitochondria in adaptation to high elevations by deer mice.

Harry Ruleman

• CSU Class of 2027

• Harry is studying differences in male vs female mutation rates in plants.

Leesl Zilkenat

• CSU Class of 2025