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Brook Moyers
Ph.D. Student
brook.moyers (at) gmail.com
I'm a Ph.D. candidate originally from California. Broadly, I'm interested in local adaptation, ecological speciation, and the interplay between gene flow and divergence. My dissertation work focuses on the evolution of intraspecific variation in flowering time in the silverleaf sunflower, Helianthus argophyllus. Coastal populations of this south Texas native flower earlier than inland populations. My work investigates the ecological and genetic mechanisms that underlie this variation, as well as the potential role of gene flow from closely related species. I also enjoy free-style botanizing, biking, and yoga. Feel free to contact me!
Recent History
2007-2008: Post-baccalaureate fellowship, NSF FIBR Program (PI: Johanna Schmitt, Brown University). Part of a collaborative project on the ecological genomics of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana, based at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding in Cologne, Germany.
2007: Ecological Intern at Cedar Creek Natural History Area (University of Minnesota).
2003-2007: B.A. in Biology at Reed College (Portland, OR). Thesis: Clinal variation in ribosomal RNA in the Northwest Larkspur Delphinium nuttallii: Selection or drift? Advised by Keith Karoly.
2006: NSF REU Participant at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, supervised by Don Strong (UC Davis) and Peter Alpert (UMass at Amherst).
2005: OTS Tropical Biology Semester Abroad Program, Costa Rica.
Testing a locally adapted California
Helianthus annuus population for evidence of intrinsic reproductive
incompatibility with non-adapted populations, Summer 2010
Two populations of Helianthus argophyllus grown at
the University of British Columbia Farm in 2009. In early September,
flowering time differences were readily apparent.