#  Olivia Shira Harringmeyer (fomerly Meyerson) 

2024 PhD Graduate in Biophysics

 

 

 



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**Dissertation Title:**  The Evolutionary Significance of Chromosomal Inversions in Deer Mice **PhD Dissertation Advisor:** Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology I am interested in the genetic basis of adaptation. I graduated from Williams College with a degree in math. While a graduate student in Hopi Hoekstra's laboratory, I studied the genetic basis of behavioral and adaptive evolution in the deer mouse. Using quantitative and population genetics, I saught to understand the types of changes in the genome that give rise to adaptation. Outside of research, I enjoy trail running, cross-country skiing, and ceramics.



 

 

 





 

 

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