Pengyao Jiang

Assistant Professor,

Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution

Other ASU affiliations

Mechanisms of Evolution Faculty

Evolutionary Biology (PhD) program

Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences

Pengyao.Jiang@asu.edu

Biodesign Institute Building C449 797 E. Tyler St Tempe, AZ 85257
Mail code: 7701

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Pengyao Jiang is an assistant professor at the Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution and School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, who started her position in January 2024. Her general research interests span from understanding the genetic basis of natural mutation rate and spectrum variation to their phenotypic and fitness consequences. To achieve this goal, she combines experimental genetic approaches using model organisms such as yeast and fly, as well as bioinformatic and computational tools. Before starting her lab, Pengyao worked as a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, working with Dr. Kelley Harris and Dr. Maitreya Dunham. She completed her doctorate at the Department of Ecology and Evolution of the University of Chicago (2010-2017), working with Dr. John Reinitz and Dr. Martin Kreitman.

Education

Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago 2010-2017
B.E. Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University 2006-2010

Research Website URL

https://pyjiang.github.io/

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7lEAxLwAAAAJ

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
BCH 392	Intro to Research Techniques
BCH 492	Honors Directed Study
BCH 493	Honors Thesis
BIO 493	Honors Thesis
CHM 392	Intro to Research Techniques
CHM 492	Honors Directed Study
CHM 493	Honors Thesis
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
CHM 392	Intro to Research Techniques
BCH 392	Intro to Research Techniques
BCH 392	Intro to Research Techniques
BIO 439	Computing for Research
BIO 439	Computing for Research
BIO 539	Computing for Research
BIO 539	Computing for Research

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
BCH 392	Intro to Research Techniques
BCH 492	Honors Directed Study
BCH 493	Honors Thesis
BIO 492	Honors Directed Study
CHM 392	Intro to Research Techniques
CHM 492	Honors Directed Study
BIO 340	General Genetics
BIO 340	General Genetics
BIO 340	General Genetics
BIO 340	General Genetics
BIO 495	Undergraduate Research
MBB 495	Undergraduate Research
CHM 493	Honors Thesis
BCH 392	Intro to Research Techniques
BIO 340	General Genetics
CHM 392	Intro to Research Techniques

Expertise Areas

Genetics

Evolution

Genomics

Evolutionary and Population Genetics