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DIRECTOR - DEREK E. WILDMAN Ph.D.
Title
- Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University
Education and Training
- Ph.D. - New York University, Biological Anthropology
Research Accomplishments
- Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on three National Science Foundation Grants
- Deputy Editor, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Editorial Board Member, The Journal of Mammalian Evolution
- Member, National Science Foundation Grant Review Panel
- Member, DRYAD Management Board
Principal or Alternate Investigator on the following projects
- Principal Investigator: (BCS-0751508) Anthropological Genomics and Phylogeny in New World Monkeys (Primates: Platyrrhini). National Science Foundation
- Co-Principal Investigator: (BCS-0827546) (M. Goodman, PI) Collaborative Research: Evolutionary Origins of the Brain Energetics and Adaptive Plasticity of Humans. National Science Foundation
- Co-Principal Investigator (BCS-0550209) (M. Goodman, PI) Collaborative research: Genotypic and phenotypic changes associated with encephalization. National Science Foundation
Awards and Recognitions
- 2007 Admitted to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- 2008-2009 Junior Faculty award from the Wayne State University Academy of Scholars
Research Interests
- Molecular Evolution
- Phylogenomics
- Mammalian pregnancy
- Evolution of Phenotypes and Behaviors
- Comparative Functional Genomics
MORRIS GOODMAN Ph.D.
Dr. Morris Goodman, a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, is known for his work in molecular evolution and molecular systematics and is a Distinguished Professor at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Goodman is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
