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NESCent funds sabbatical scholars, post-doctoral fellows, working groups and catalysis meetings. The abstract from each proposal can be found by clicking on the project title. For more information about when groups are meeting, see the Calendar. 

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Catalysis Meetings

Richards, Christina / Bossdorf, Oliver / Pigliucci, Massimo Catalysis Meeting New York University / Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research / Stony Brook University What role, if any, does heritable epigenetic variation play in phenotypic evolution?
Sites, Jack / Faith, Daniel Catalysis Meeting Brigham Young University / Australian Museum Perspectives on the origin and conservation of biodiversity in Patagonia

Postdoctoral Fellows

Auld, Josh Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pittsburgh Evaluating the effects of inbreeding on dispersal
Botero, Carlos Postdoctoral Fellow Cornell University Evolution of conventional signals: From individuals to populations and back
Lajeunesse, Marc Postdoctoral Fellow Cornell University Meta-analysis and the comparative phylogenetic method
Roberts, Trina Postdoctoral Fellow University of Alaska, Fairbanks Sticky tips and misplaced roots: Is there a bias in intraspecific phylogenetics?
Smith, Stephen Postdoctoral Fellow Yale University Integrating species distribution modeling and phylogenetics

Sabbatical Scholars

Antolin, Michael Sabbatical Scholar Colorado State University Sabbatical book project: Genetics of small populations
d'Orgeix, Stephen "Christian" Sabbatical Scholar Virginia State University Evolution courses, mountaintop lizards and a view toward the future research
Lacey, Elizabeth Sabbatical Scholar University of North Carolina, Greensboro Temperature and the evolution of floral design
Pennock, Robert Sabbatical Scholar Michigan State University Darwinian design: From artificial life to evolving intelligence

Short-Term Visitors

Eulenstein, Oliver Short-Term Visitor Iowa State University Gene tree parsimony for genome-scale studies
Houle, David Short-Term Visitor Florida State University Measurement theory and evolutionary rates

Working Groups

Fenster, Charles / Armbruster, Scott / Diggle, Pamela Working Group University of Maryland / University of Alaska, Fairbanks / University of Colorado Floral assembly: Quantifying the composition of a complex adaptive structure
Hodges, Scott / Kramer, Elena / Hoekstra, Hopi Working Group University of California, Santa Barbara /Harvard University / Harvard University Building tools for emerging model systems in Development, Evolution, and Ecology