User:Kelsey J.R.P. Byers

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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers University of Washington Department of Biology 24 Kincaid Hall Box 351800 Seattle, WA 98105 (USA) Academic website Email me through OpenWetWare

I work in the lab of Dr. H.D. "Toby" Bradshaw, Jr. at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, studying the genetic basis of speciation in Mimulus (Lamiales), a developing model genus. I specifically work on speciation driven by pollinator-based prezygotic reproductive isolation; my pollinators of interest include hummingbirds, bumblebees, and hawkmoths (though I have a certain fondness for bats).

Education

 * (expect 2014), PhD (in progress), University of Washington
 * 2007, SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * 2003, Biotechnology Academy (4 years), Minuteman Regional High School, Lexington, MA

Research interests

 * 1) Speciation (various, particularly driven by prezygotic isolation)
 * 2) Natural population variation
 * 3) Remote sensing techniques and development
 * 4) Pollination ecology

Publications
// Work done in the lab of Dr. Martha Bulyk, Harvard Medical School
 * 1) Paper1 pmid=19158363