Brendish is an experienced certified genetic counselor and is developing degree programs that prepare students to counsel individuals and families on the complex issues surrounding genetic testing.

Studies how biological tools can be used to increase accuracy and precision in forensic entomology and biology disciplines, with a focus on genomic, transcriptomic and ecological studies. 

Wideman strives to understand the emergence of complexity in eukaryote evolution. Using comparative genomics and cell biological approaches he reconstructs features of the last eukaryotic common ancestor.

The SMack Lab sit as nexus of the environment & the genome to identify how environments "get under the skin" to affect our aging bodies & brains

Upham is an eco-evolutionary biologist with core interests in how species ecologies have diversified through time and across the tree of life. He studies the phylogenetic ecology of wild mammals, especially desert rodents.

McCutcheon studies endosymbioses, or relationships where one cell lives inside the other. He and his group focus on bacterial infections that benefit—rather than harm—their hosts.

Zhu is a computational biologist studying microbiome and multi-omic data analysis methods, evolution of microorganisms, and microbial impact on human health.

Chen's research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of DNA break repair, homologous recombination, genome organization and evolution.