Presgraves Lab

		Daven Presgraves, PI Daven received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biology from the University of Maryland at College Park and his (other) M.S. and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Rochester. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Munich and an NIH-NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University. Daven is now an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester. The Presgraves Lab, founded in summer 2005, works on evolutionary genetics using Drosophila species as models with funding from the NIH and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation.
		Pierre Gerard, Postdoc Pierre received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Genetics from the University of Paris VII and the University of Nancy, and his Ph.D. in forest genetics from ENGREF Paris. He is now working on the genetics and evolution of embryonic lethality in D. simulans-D. melanogaster hybrids.
		Colin Meiklejohn, Postdoc Colin received his B.A. in Biology from the University of Chicago and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University where he studied the population genetics and transcriptional evolution of genes with male-biased expression in Drosophila. He was a NIH-NRSA postdoctoral researcher at Brown University where he worked on cytonuclear incompatibilities between closely related Drosophila species. He is now studying the evolution and genetics of spermatogenic X-inactivation and the evolution of gene interactions affecting gene expression in Drosophila (funded by a NSF grant to CM).
		Shanwu Tang, Graduate Student Shanwu received his B.S. in Biology from Wuhan University and his M.S. degrees in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Rochester. He is now working on the molecular evolution and genetics of inviability in D. melanogaster-D. simulans hybrids caused by incompatibilities among protein components of the nuclear pore complex.
		Victoria Cattani, Graduate Student Vicky received her Licenciatura in Ciencias Biológicas from the University of Buenos Aires and her M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Rochester. She is working on the evolution and genetics of a lethal X-autosome hybrid incompatibility between D. mauritiana and its two sibling species, D. simulans and D. sechellia.
		Jodi Schroth, Research Technician Jodi received her B.A. in Biology at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. After working at the National Institutes of Health for two years, Jodi joined the lab in July 2008. She works on the molecular basis of the large X-effect in Drosophila speciation and on the genetic basis of evolutionary divergence in gene expression between species.