I am a Ph.D. student in the program of Genetics and Genomics (UPGG). My interests encompass the interplay between evolutionary dynamics and genotype-by-environment interactions. I am particularly keen on factors that either buffer or constrain these interactions and affect survival and disease variation at inter-individual, population, and species scales, in both natural and domesticated populations. I am from Mexico City, where I earned a DVM and mostly worked on wildlife welfare and genetics. I obtained my MSc from the University of Freiburg and the IZW in Berlin, Germany, where I looked at DNA methylation differences across wild and under-human care cheetahs.
I am currently working on a combinatorial approach to dissect the role of genotype and environmental interactions in phenotypic variance. Specifically, I am looking at interactions that involve non-coding variation, and genotype-by-environment interactions in the evolution of differences in disease susceptibility.
I sometimes watercolor paint, hike, read a good book, eat cookies, etc.
Email: tania.guerrero at duke.edu
Twitter: @TaniaGueA
