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Education

Professional Experience

1997	B.S.	Indiana University
2005	Ph.D.	Indiana University

2008-present	Assistant Professor at the University of Memphis, Biological Sciences
2005-2008	Postdoctoral Associate with Dr. Leonie Moyle in Indiana University on Evolutionary Genetics
2007-present	Affiliate in Ecological Research Center, the University of Memphis

Research Interests

• Phylogeography of the domesticated and wild tomatoes using genome-wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs).
• Population genomics of tomato species to study the mechanisms of local adaptation and ecological speciation using SNPs generated by the next-generation sequencing technology.
• Functional genomics of abiotic stress tolerances in tomato species using Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) mapping and Whole Genome Association (WGA) studies.
• Study of chromosome number and genome structure evolution in fern species using whole genome sequencing technology.

• Mailing address:
  The University of Memphis
  Department of Biological Sciences
  319 Ellington Hall
  Memphis, TN 38152