John Gibbons is an evolutionary genomicist. His research aims to shed light on the evolutionary forces and genomic processes underlying phenotypic variation. In particular, Gibbons\u2019 research is focused on understanding (i) how humans have altered the genomes of domesticated microbes and (ii) how large-scale genomic alterations influence the virulence of fungal pathogens. He earned a B.S. in Biology from Keene State College and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Vanderbilt University in the laboratory of Antonis Rokas<\/a>. After receiving his doctorate, and before joining the Clark University Biology Department in 2014, Gibbons worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health in the laboratory of Bernardo Lemos<\/a>.<\/p>\n xx<\/span><\/p>\n Katherine Chacon-Vargas <\/strong>– <\/strong>PhD Student<\/p>\n Katherine is interested in evolutionary genomics, and will be examining the effects of selection in domesticated microbes.<\/p>\n Shu Zhao <\/strong>– <\/strong>PhD Student<\/p>\n Shu is interested in population and functional genomics of fungal pathogens.<\/p>\n Julianne Murphy <\/strong>– <\/strong>Master’s Student<\/p>\n Julianne is studying human copy number variation.<\/p>\n Stefanie Farrington <\/strong>– Master’s Student<\/p>\n Stefanie is studying Environmental and Conservation Biology. She is currently working on a conservation genetics project on an endangered species of mussel.<\/p>\n Natalya Specian<\/strong> – Master’s Student<\/p>\n Natalya is interested in the population genomics of copy number variants.<\/p>\n Matt Rosienski <\/strong>– Master’s Student<\/p>\n Matt is analyzing the genome of an acidophilic fungus.<\/em><\/p>\n Will Hawkins<\/strong> – Master’s Student<\/p>\n Will is studying the pathogenicity of Aspergillus fumigatus.<\/em><\/p>\n Lucyna Kogut<\/strong> – Undergraduate Researcher<\/p>\n Lucyna uses experimental evolution to study the effects of fungal domestication.<\/p>\n Rachel Mills<\/strong> – Undergraduate Researcher<\/p>\n Rachel is developing an insect model to study components of A. fumigatus<\/em> pathogenicity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lab Alum<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n Jacob Steenwyk<\/a> (Master’s of Science 2016)<\/p>\n![\"JohnGGibbons1\"](\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/297\/2014\/07\/JohnGGibbons1.jpg\")
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