Research
Current Research
I joined the Singh lab in Summer 2021 where I use population genetics and computational genomics to study the evolution of proteins involved in meiotic recombination in nautral populations. I am currently studying meiotic recombination rate variation in crows.
I have created a workflow for processing whole-genome sequences from NCBI into a VCF dataset. I am currently using a dataset of multiple crow species to study polymorphism and divergence patterns of meiotic recombination genes.
You can find more information on my workflows and programs on my GitHub.
Previous Research
In the Witt lab at UNM Ornithology I was added to a project working with Sunbeam Hummingbirds. I conducted population genetics research on the sunbeam hummingbirds, looking at the speciation of these hummingbirds and any adaptations that would be of interest to their speciation with special attention to genes associated with hemoglobin and high-altitude adaptations.
I started working in Dr. Long's computational biology lab in the Anthroplogy department at UNM through the department honors program my senior year. I conducted research on the Human ALDH2-2 allele, using the Thousand Genomes Project dataset, I calculated the allele frequency and mapped the frequency in the different populations' geographical contexts. After graduation, I expanded this work by looking for evidence of selection for the ALDH2-2 allele.
