Join us!
We are recruiting PhD students, undergraduates and postdocs interested in evolutionary genomics and gene regulatory evolution. Please email Dr. Katya Mack (katya.mack [at] ku.edu) to open a discussion!

Katya Mack
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Email: katya.mack [at] ku.edu

Katya Mack is an evolutionary biologist interested in the genomic basis of adaptation and speciation. Katya earned her PhD from UC Berkeley and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.
Miles Whedbee
LAB TECHNICIAN

Miles Whedbee is interested in gene regulatory evolution, particularly in the context of animal adaptation to extreme environments. His previous work focused on the evolution of transcriptome plasticity, primarily through small RNA (microRNA) mediated regulation, and chemical modifications (adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing) in the transcriptome. Miles earned his PhD from Colorado State University and MS from San Diego State University.
Joe Ward
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER

Joe Ward is a senior at the University of Kansas studying Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology.

He is interested in studying organismal plasticity as it relates to adaptation and evolution within species, and he is an active member within the Marching Jayhawks, where he plays sousaphone.
Pilot
LAB DOG

Research Interests: Squirrel biogeography