the team
the Moi Lab (tie dye shirts, Moi taking the pic) and many friends & volunteers on Nov 2021 planting Arabidopsis in our Carnegie field site at Stanford
Moisés (Moi) Expósito-Alonso , PhD
Principal Investigator Carnegie Staff Associate & Assistant Professor (by courtesy) of BiologyMoi aims to mentor creative scientists that apply ecology, evolution, and genetics principles to understand nature and its relationship with climate
@MExpositoAlonso mexpositoalonso@carnegiescience.edu mexpositoalonso@stanford.eduMoi's Google ScholarMoi's CV
Principal Investigator
Postdocs and Research Associates
Lucas aims to develop methods and software to understand eco-evolutionary processes under climate change
@LucCzechlczech@carnegiescience.edu Lucas' Google Scholar
Megan is interested in using machine learning algorithms to understand selection across plant genomes in response to stress.
@MeganRRuffleymruffley@carnegiescience.edu Megan's Google Scholar
Shannon aims to develop computational models to understand the importance of gene expression modulation for climate adaptation.
@s_hateleyslhateley@carnegiescience.edu Shannon's Google Scholar
Mali is interested in utilizing multiplex CRISPR gene editing to engineer polygenic traits in plants.
@Maliesfahanianmesfahanian@carnegiescience.edu Mali's Google Scholar
Ken studies hybrid incompatibilities using computational and field-based techniques.
@Apex_Herbivorekthompson@carnegiescience.eduthomp579@stanford.eduKen's Google Scholar
Meixi aims to develop ways to track genetic health of ecosystems with geo-tagged genomes and real-time satellite information.
Meixi's Google Scholar
meixilin@ucla.edu
PhD students
Lauren aims to develop deep learning methods for biodiversity modeling to understand both better!
@leg2015gillespl@stanford.edu lgillespie@carnegiescience.edu
Laura aims to investigate the spatial and temporal structure in plant populations and how these inform adaptations to climate change.
@laura_leventhallleventh@stanford.edu lleventhal@carnegiescience.edu
Sebastian aims to use computational tools and engineering principles to study the underlying mechanisms of plant stress resistance
sebatoro@stanford.edu storo@carnegiescience.edu
Tati aims to understand the predictability of evolution using
tbellagio@carnegiescience.edu
Kristy Mualim
Incoming PhD Student in Biology | Ecology & EvolutionKristy works to apply machine learning models to genomics data and is now incredibly excited to start applying them to plants to understand their adaptability to climate change.
@ksmualimkmualim@carnegiescience.edu
Research Assistants
Ru aims to develop new genome editing and sequencing technologies and promote science communication
@PengYunruypeng@carnegiescience.edu
Keegan aims to scale throughput and improve transformation efficiency for CRISPR related mutagenesis experiments
kpham@carnegiescience.edu
Visiting students and undergraduates
Clara aims to learn about the genetics of plants and their adaptations to climate
ckiesch@stanford.edu
Marlot Westera
Visiting Intern(Utrecht University)Marlot aims to understand how climate-driven selection varies across functional regions in the genome
m.e.westera@students.uu.nl
Katie Baker
Undegraduate Research Assistant in BiologyI am an undergraduate student undecided on what to major in. However, my major will likely center around sustainability and energy. Outside of class, I enjoy studying Spanish, throwing ceramics, and cooking!
katielb@stanford.edu
Lab associated colleagues
Lisa aims to investigate climate adaptation in mosquitoes, and the consequences of adaptation on disease transmission
@Lisa_Couperlcouper@stanford.edu
Will aims to understand the multi-dimensional phenotypes explaining drought adaptation
@williangvianaviana@stanford.edu
honorary members
Gloria, Milagros, Bielefelda, Princess, Josefa la morena Cuervo
Lab friends experts in herbivory experiments and random Markov walks.
We are always searching for talented and creative researchers, and are happy to develop together ideas for a competitive fellowship.
alumni
Erin Zess, PhD - Postdoc 2021, now group leader in Benson Hill, Missouri, US
Jennifer Serrano Rojas - Biology PhD student rotating Summer 21, now PhD student in the O'Connell Lab at Stanford
Alanna Pyke - Genetics PhD student rotating Fall 20, now PhD student in the Sherlock Lab at Stanford
Eva Sehr - Bioinformatics Master student, FH Campus Wien 2019-2020, now scientist at Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Andrea Ramirez - Biology PhD student rotating Winter 20, now PhD student in the Dinneny Lab at Stanford
Veronica Pagowski - Biology PhD student rotating Fall 19-Spring20, now PhD student in the Lowe Lab at Stanford
active collaborators
All GrENE-net consortium @rround the world
Detlef Weigel @ Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
Hernán A Burbano @ University College London, UK
Rasmus Nielsen @ University of California Berkeley, USA
Oliver Bossdorf @ University of Tübingen, Germany
Rachael Bay @ University of California Berkeley, USA
Stephen Keller @ University of Vermont, USA
Matt Fitzhpatrick @ University of Maryland, USA
Christian Rellstab @ Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
Dmitri Petrov @ Stanford University, USA
Erin Mordecai @ Stanford University, USA
Tad Fukami @ Stanford University, USA
Hunter Fraser @ Stanford University, USA
Sue Rhee @ Carnegie/Stanford University, USA
Ben Blonder @ University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
José Dinneny @ Stanford University, USA
Noah Whiteman @ University of California Berkeley, USA
Dominique Bergmann @ Stanford University, USA