Siobain Duffy
Siobain has an undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Rutgers University, where she has now returned as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources. Her graduate work on viral host-shifts as a model for testing theory on the evolution of generalism and specialism was conducted in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department at Yale University. Her postdoctoral research, done in collaboration with Edward Holmes at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State University, concentrated on using phylogenetic methods to better understand the mechanisms that allow single-stranded DNA viruses to be emergent in novel hosts and environments.
People in the Lab
Jennifer McConnell
Jenn has an undergraduate degree in Microbiology from Rutgers University, where she focused on environmental microbiology in Max Häggblom’s laboratory. She has also worked on the discovery of novel Caulobacter bacteriophages.
...and maybe you?
We are interested in hearing from students in the graduate program in Molecular Biosciences at Rutgers who want to rotate in our lab, from dedicated and responsible Rutgers undergraduates with an interest in emerging viruses or experimental evolution, and from potential graduate students and postdocs. We are especially interested in working with prospective students and postdocs on fellowship applications. Read some of our work, and drop us a line.
