Current members
Victoria L Sork
Principal Investigator
Dr. Lily Peck
Postdoctoral scholar
2023 – present
Lily researches the effect of epigenetic processes on phenotype in California oak trees.
Dr. Ryan Buck
Postdoctoral scholar
2023 – present
Marissa Ochoa
PhD student
Berenice Badillo
Graduate student
Heidi Yang
Graduate student
Diego Zapata
Graduate student
Past members
Dr. Sorel Fitz-Gibbon
Assistant researcher
Bioinformatician comparative genomics
Email: sorel[at]ucla.edu
Dr. Rachel Meyer
Postdoctoral scholar
Conservation genetics
Email: rsmeyer[at]ucla.edu
Dr. Claudia Henriquez
Associate researcher
Email: chenriquez[at]ucla.edu
Dr. Luke Browne
Postdoctoral scholar
Email: lukembrowne[at]ucla.edu
Website: lukembrowne.github.io
Graduate Students
Scott O’Donnell
Ph.D Student
I am broadly interested in the hybridization and introgression between different species of oak. Specifically, I am interested in the role that hybridization and introgression plays in localized adaptation to climate.
Email: sodonnell@live.esu.edu
Ph.D Student
I am broadly interested in the hybridization and introgression between different species of oak. Specifically, I am interested in the role that hybridization and introgression plays in localized adaptation to climate.
Email: sodonnell@live.esu.edu
Brandon MacDonald
Graduate Student
Studying effects of Climate Change on locally adapted populations of Quercus lobata with implications for phenotypic plasticity.
Email: brandonwsmacdonald@gmail.com
Graduate Student
Studying effects of Climate Change on locally adapted populations of Quercus lobata with implications for phenotypic plasticity.
Email: brandonwsmacdonald@gmail.com
Alayna Mead
Graduate Student
I’m interested in evolutionary genetics and genomics, particularly in the gene expression of Quercus lobata during drought stress to assess local adaptation of populations.
Email: alayna.mead@gmail.com
Graduate Student
I’m interested in evolutionary genetics and genomics, particularly in the gene expression of Quercus lobata during drought stress to assess local adaptation of populations.
Email: alayna.mead@gmail.com
Ingrid Lara
Visiting PhD student
UNAM-Morelia
Yao Li
Visiting PhD student
Email: liyaolisantu[at]qq.com
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