Matt Badger I graduated class of '08 in Biology and have had the pleasure of working with and assisting graduate student Brooks Miner in UV related plasticity research studying freshwater zooplankton Daphnia pulex for the past year. My future plans include further evolutionary academia and pursuing training in ecological management. Nice to meet ya'll!

mbadger2@u.washington.edu

Susan Taylor In the face of global climate change, it's crucial we understand evolution in changing environments. Specifically, will populations persist or go extinct? If they persist, how will they adapt? Since taking Advanced Experimental Evolutionary Ecology (Biology 482) in autumn of 2006 I’ve been part of a great team in the Kerr lab working on these questions. Our real-time evolution project tests if the same selective pressure, applied at different rates, favors different mutations. Using an E. coli model system we explore how populations evolve in changing environments. My particular focus has been on assessing the phenotypic consequences of these adaptations.

susanmae@u.washington.edu