Members and Collaborators

 

 

  Current Members

 

          Bret  Payseur    Principal Investigator
Picture of Bret Bret founded the Payseur lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005. He received his bachelor’s degree (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology/ Anthropology) from the University of Colorado, his Master’s degree (Evolutionary Biology) from Northwestern University, and his doctoral degree (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) from the University of Arizona, where he trained with Michael Nachman. Bret did postdoctoral research at Cornell University, with Andy Clark.

 

 

               Beth Dumont   Graduate Student
Picture of Beth Beth received her bachelor’s degree (Biology) from Cornell University. Beth is studying the evolution of recombination rate in mammals. She is supported by a Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

 

 

               Mike White   Graduate Student
Picture of Mike Mike received his bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University (Biology), and his master’s (Entomology) from Washington State University. Mike is studying the genetics of speciation in house mice. He is supported by a Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin.

 

 

               Ryan Haasl   Graduate Student
Picture of Ryan Ryan received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Biology), and his master’s (Entomology) from the University of Kansas. Ryan is studying the inference of population structure from molecular markers and is co-advised by Don Waller.

 

 

             Peicheng Jing   Programmer Analyst
Picture of Peicheng Peicheng received bachelor’s degree and master’s degrees (Biochemistry) from Peking University, and an additional pair of master’s degrees (Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Computer Science) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Peicheng is analyzing genomic patterns of polymorphism in humans and surveying variation in wild mice.

 

 

             Jenny Wagner   Undergraduate Student
Picture of Jenny Jenny is majoring in Genetics. She is working with Mike White on the genetics of speciation.

 

 

             John Bak   Undergraduate Student
Picture of John John is majoring in Genetics. He is working with Mike White on the genetics of speciation.

 

 

             Maxine Lam   Undergraduate Student
Picture of Maxine

 

             Maria Stubbings   Undergraduate Student
Picture of Maria

 

 

  Collaborators

 

       Jim  Weber,  Prevention Genetics
       Asher  Cutter,  University of Toronto
       Chris  Vinyard,  Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
       Alex  Buerkle,  University of Wyoming
       Leonie  Moyle,  Indiana University
       Karl  Broman,  University of Wisconsin
       Cecile  Ane,  University of Wisconsin
       Bret  Larget,  University of Wisconsin
       David  Baum,  University of Wisconsin

 

 

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