Carol E. Lee
Carol E. Lee, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin
Phone Number: 608-262-2675
Email Address: carollee@wisc.edu
Research in my laboratory focuses on why particular populations could invade novel habitats, whereas others cannot. My lab currently explores genomic mechanisms underlying physiological adaption associated with habitat invasions. My lab is investigating physiological and genetic targets of selection during parallel freshwater invasions. Examining the repeatability of mechanisms underlying freshwater adaptation could reveal whether these evolutionary pathways are labile or constrained.
My long-term research interests focus on evolutionary dynamics at the interface between habitat boundaries, and factors that allow shifts in habitat type. Results from my work not only have broad implications for biological invasions, but also for global climate change and macroevolutionary processes, such as the colonization of land.
