The Rushworth lab is in the Department of Biology and the Ecology Center at Utah State University.
We study the evolution, ecology, and genetics of hybridization in wild plant populations. Our work bridges two fundamental questions in evolutionary biology: 1) How are species formed and maintained? and 2) What processes drive the variation present in the natural world? Our main study system is rock cress (Boechera), a native wildflower loathed by botanists because of its frequent hybridization. We integrate multiple approaches including field and greenhouse experiments, molecular biology and genetics, and occasionally we dabble in theory.
Interested in applying to USU for graduate school? See this link for more information. Note the application deadline is December 15.
While I don't currently have funding for postdoctoral researchers, I'm happy to write fellowships with interested candidates. Please reach out!
All Rushworth lab members are expected to engage in service or outreach.
We study the evolution, ecology, and genetics of hybridization in wild plant populations. Our work bridges two fundamental questions in evolutionary biology: 1) How are species formed and maintained? and 2) What processes drive the variation present in the natural world? Our main study system is rock cress (Boechera), a native wildflower loathed by botanists because of its frequent hybridization. We integrate multiple approaches including field and greenhouse experiments, molecular biology and genetics, and occasionally we dabble in theory.
Interested in applying to USU for graduate school? See this link for more information. Note the application deadline is December 15.
While I don't currently have funding for postdoctoral researchers, I'm happy to write fellowships with interested candidates. Please reach out!
All Rushworth lab members are expected to engage in service or outreach.