Dr. Katherine Drotos enjoys when evolution repeats itself (or seems to!). As a current Food From Thought Postdoctoral scholar, she focuses in two areas: 1) comparing clustering algorithms used in interspecific hybridization systems to examine ancestry proportions, and 2) if agriculture has played a role in the history of hybridization in leuciscid minnows. In her PhD, Katherine investigated the genome sizes of multiple lineages of lichen-forming fungi, and uncovered a mis-citation of global lichen coverage that had spread through the literature. Outside of work, Katherine likes to hang out with her dog and horses, draw, and spend time in nature.
Katherine also drew the amazing group of organisms that is the cover image for this page (fish with laptop surrounded by friendly fish, deer, squirrel, and lichen).
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