Bio

Dr. Martha Burford Reiskind received her BA from the University of California Berkeley in 1995, where she studied insular botany in the South Pacific. She moved to San Francisco State University to complete a MA, studying the population genetics of the blue rockfish. For a PhD, she studied speciation in pacific rockfish at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her postdoctoral research was on the evolutionary ecology of the eastern oyster at Cornell University and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Since then she has held faculty positions at the University of Central Oklahoma and NC State University. She has an active lab addressing rapid evolution and conservation and is the Director of Graduate Programs within the Genetics & Genomics Academy and established the first-year, graduate training program of the Genetics & Genomics Scholars.

The research goal of the Burford Reiskind lab group focuses on understanding the interaction of genes and environment in shaping the evolutionary trajectory of species. They focus on small population dynamics, landscape genomics, and rapid evolution of native and invasive species. From fish, to frogs, to mosquitoes, to butterflies. Specifically, Dr. Burford Reiskind’s research is interested in rapid evolution of vectors of disease and animals of conservation concern. She addresses how abiotic and biotic interactions influence genetic changes in the genome, such as how human behaviors may influence insecticide reisistance in disease vectors such as Aedes mosquitoes.

Education

Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University; PhD, University of California Santa Cruz; MA, San Francisco State University; BA, University of California Berkeley

Expertise

Conservation Genetics, Rapid Evolution, Insecticide Resistance

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