Cory Weller is a Ph.D. candidate (Bergland Lab: 2016 - current) in the Biology Department. Cory is currently developing computational approaches to map cis-eQTL and perform whole genome resonstruction in experimental crosses of Drosophila. His previous work at the University of Virginia with Dr. Martin Wu included a phylogenomic analysis of 200 bacterial genomes, uncovering a generation-time effect in spore-forming bacteria (read about it here) and was supported by an ARCS scholarship. Cory also leads the organization of the Huskey Research Exhbition as UVA's Research Chair of the Graduate Student Council.