- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 2016-2020
- Ph.D., University of Montana, 2015
- M.S., Utah State University, 2009
Ryan Bracewell
Assistant Professor, Biology
- rbracewe@iu.edu
- 812-855-6092
- Biology Bldg. 219A
- Office Hours
Education
Federal agency experience
Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, 2020-2021
About Ryan Bracewell
Lab
Awards
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, 2017
Research
How do new species form? What are the underlying genetic and genomic changes that give rise to the evolution or reproductive isolation?
Research in the Bracewell lab aims to answer these questions by blending aspects of ecology and evolutionary biology with genomics to better understand phenotypic differentiation and the evolution of new species. To tackle our research questions, we take an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach using a combination of fieldwork, lab-based experimental manipulation, and a range of genomic tools and analyses, in both model (Drosophila) and non-model (bark beetles, fungi) systems.
The Bracewell lab has three main areas of inquiry:
- Sex chromosome evolution and speciation
- The ecology, evolution, and diversification of bark beetle-fungus symbiosis
- The genetics and genomics of behavioral evolution and its role in reproductive isolation
The College of Arts