Molly Schumer | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Reed College Princeton University |
| Known for | Biological hybrids |
| Awards | 2019 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator, Genetics Society of America 2018 Rising Star in Evolutionary Biology, Atwood Colloquium ContentsL'Oréal USA |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecology, Evolution |
| Website | https://schumerlab.com/ |
Molly Schumer is an American scientist who studies evolution, hybridization, and population genetics. She is an assistant professor of biology at Stanford University. [1] She is a member of Stanford Bio-X and a Hannah H. Grey Fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. [2] [3]
Schumer completed her Bachelor of Arts in 2009 at Reed College, earning Phi Beta Kappa. [4] [5] She went on to pursue her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University (jointly supervised by Peter Andolfatto and Gil Rosenthal), finishing in February 2016. [6] [7]
After her PhD, Schumer worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University with Molly Przeworski before joining the Harvard Society of Fellows in July 2016, where she worked in the lab of David Reich. [8] [7] She became a Hanna H. Grey Fellow at HHMI in 2017, and was hired for her current assistant professorship at Stanford University in 2019. [3]
Schumer's lab investigates biological hybrids and population genetics. Model organisms used in the lab are primarily fish and include the Gila topminnow, Xiphophorus (swordtail), and Julidochromis . [9]
Schumer has authored or co-authored multiple publications that have been cited 100 or more times. [10] As of January 2021, these include:
Schumer won a 2019 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator award from the Genetics Society of America and was named the 2018 Rising Star in Evolutionary Biology by the Atwood colloquium. [16] [17] She has received many other awards and honors, including:
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