Carrie A. Wu

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
321 Steinhaus Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2525

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I am a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Dr. Diane Campbell in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. My interests lie in the fields of evolutionary ecology and plant population genetics. Currently, my dissertation research uses a model natural hybrid system between two closely related wildflowers, Ipomopsis aggregata and I. tenuituba, to examine the genetic and ecophysiological consequences of natural hybridization. With both field and greenhouse experiments, I am examining how genetic and ecological factors influence the outcome of natural hybridization. Understanding how these factors affect hybrid fitness is necessary for understanding the evolutionary consequences of hybridization, and ultimately gene flow between species.

I am also broadly interested in the interface of molecular ecology and evolution in natural populations, and the use of genetic methods to address questions in plant population biology, including hybridization, population genetic structure, and gene flow.

"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research." - A. Einstein