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Andrea Gloria-Soria, n/a

Yale University, Connecticut, United States

Expertise:
Population genetics and genomics, molecular biology, evolutionary genetics.

Education:
B.S., Biology, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, D.F. 2003.
Ph.D., Biology, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, 2009.

Station Career:
Assistant Agricultural Scientist I, 2018-2021
Assistant Agricultural Scientist II, 2021-2024
Associate Agricultural Scientist, 2024-present

Post Graduate Career:
Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Yale University, 2009-2011
Postdoctoral Associate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Yale University, 2012-2013.
Associate Research Scientist, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Yale University, 2013-2017
Laboratory Associate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, Yale University, 2012, 2017-present.

Past Research:
In the past, I have worked with many invertebrate systems, including: Aedes aegypti (dengue / yellow fever mosquito), Glossina fuscipes (tsetse flies), Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth), Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus (hydroid / snail fur), Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode), and Procambarus clarkii (crayfish).

Current Research:
Evolutionary biology, vector biology, arthropod genetics, population genetics and genomics, behavioral genetics, experimental evolution.
I study patterns of genetic diversity to understand their molecular, ecological, and evolutionary causes and consequences. My research involves population genetics of disease vectors such as the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti and the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes. Another of my projects aims to understand the effect of climate change on arthropod-transmitted viruses (arboviruses), with special emphasis on dengue and chikungunya viruses. I am also interested on the genetic basis of behavioral polymorphisms, how they are maintained in nature, and what are their ecological and evolutionary implications. Particularly those behaviors that promote disease transmission of arboviruses. I use molecular biology, genetics, genomics, and evolutionary biology to address these questions.

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