Dr. Priscilla Erickson (2016 - current) joined the Bergland lab as a postdoc after completing her PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology in Craig Miller's lab at UC Berkeley, where she studied the genetic and developmental basis of skeletal evolution in threespine stickleback fish. She investigated the evolved gain of larger feeding structures in freshwater sticklebacks relative to their marine ancestors, focusing on quantitative genetics [pdf], cis-regulation [pdf], parallel evolution [pdf], and the role of supergenes. Before that, she researched sparrow physiological ecology on a tiny island in New Brunswick and worked as a molecular biology technician at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She will combine her love for genetics, evolution, and ecology by studying the genetic basis of photoperiodism and seasonal adaptation in Drosophila and Daphnia in the Bergland lab. Read more about Priscilla's work on her website.