Marjorie F. Oleksiak

Assistant Professor, 2007-present, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami FL

Assistant Professor, 2002-2002, Assistant Professor, 2002-2006, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Post-doctoral, 1998-2002, University of Missouri-Kansas City, ,

Ph. D. 1998, Biological Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic/MIT Joint Program

B.A. 1988, Mathematics, Wellesley College,

S.B., 1989, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

The underlying theme of the research in my laboratory is to further the understanding of phenotypic variation and its impact on ecological, environmental and evolutionary performance. This research has had two different focuses, one: effects of anthropogenic stressors in natural populations and two: evolutionary genomics. This research uses microarrays to quantify gene expression and relates the variation in gene expression to development, physiology and environmental stress. My laboratory combines these quantitative measures with high resolution Population Genomics to discern changes most likely evolving by natural selection. This research seeks to enhance our understanding of the genetics creating adaptive phenotypic differences and, importantly adds a stronger quantitative and statistical analysis to evolutionary biology.

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