Welcome! Alex Sotola, Assistant Professor at SUNY Oneonta Recent News! Research led by SUNY Oneonta undergraduates, Katelin and Kayla, in collaboration with colleagues from Texas State University, has been recently published in the journal Genes titled "Does Asymmetric Reproductive Isolation Predict the Direction of Introgression in Plants?" Link New Publication from my postdoc work at UGA along with colleagues and collaborators just got published in the journal New Phytologist titled "The genetic architecture of floral trait divergence between hummingbird- and self-pollinated monkeyflower (Mimulus) species" Link Our research interests revolve around ecologcial and population genetics, where we strive to answer questions pertaining to genetic divergence and the maintenance, or lack thereof, of species boundaries. By studying closely related species which hybridize, we are able to assess the genetic, ecological, environmental, or behavioral barriers that may maintain those species, despite ongoing gene flow. Thus, out work combines population genetics, ecology, and bioinformatic tools to investigate pre- and post-mating barriers that influence reproductive isolation (speciation). If you are interested in genetics, evolution, or bioinformatics (or any combination of those), and are looking to do research in those fields, please contact me! I am always looking for folks interested in working with me.
