Population Genetics

Evolutionary Genetics

Research Interests

• Conifer Biology
• Evolutionary Genetics
• Population Genetics
• Evolutionary Biology

Education

• Ph.D. Botany, University of Washington
• B.S. Biological Sciences (Biometry, Geography, Botany minors), Cal Poly Humboldt

Select Publications

• Meyer, E.M., L.F. Galloway, and A. J. Eckert. 2025. The evolutionary dynamics of plant mating systems: how bias for studying 'interesting' plant reproductive systems could backfire. Annals of Botany 136: 15-27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf031
• Bolte, C. E., T. M. Faske, C. J. Friedline, and A. J. Eckert. 2022. Divergence amid recurring gene flow: complex demographic histories for two North American pine species (Pinus pungens and P. rigida) fit growing expectations among forest trees. Tree Genetics & Genomes 18: 35. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-022-01565-8
• Menon, M., G. Page, J. C. Bagley, A. V. Whipple, A. W. Schoettle, C. Still, C. Wehenkel, K. Waring, L. Flores-Renteria, S. Cushman, and A. J. Eckert. 2021. Adaptive evolution in a conifer hybrid zone in driven by a mosaic of introgressed and standing genetic variants. Communications Biology 4: 160. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01632-7
• Lind, B. M., M. Menon, C. E. Bolte, T. M. Faske, and A. J. Eckert. 2018. The genomics of local adaptation in trees: Are we out of the woods yet? Tree Genetics & Genomes 14: 29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-017-1224-y
• Rellstab, C., A. Hanock, A. Eckert, F. Gugerli, and R. Holderegger. 2015. A practical guide to environmental association analyses in landscape genomics. Molecular Ecology 24: 4348-4370. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13322

Courses Taught

• BIOL 200: Quantitative Biology
• BIOL 318: Evolution
• BIOL 516: Population Genetics
• BIOL 475: Capstone: Evolutionary Genetics