Faculty and Staff

Title: Assistant Professor

Education:
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Iowa State University, 2010
B.S. in Biological Sciences, Cornell University, 2004

Areas of Specialty: Genetics and genomics, evolutionary biology, computational biology

Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics of sex determination mechanisms and sexual differentiation, sexual selection, understanding how genes and the environment interact to influence organismal phenotypes

Recent Publications: 

Chandler, C.H. 2010. Cryptic intraspecific variation in sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans revealed by mutations. Heredity, 105, 473-482.

Chandler, C.H., and F.J. Janzen. 2009. The phylogenetic position of the snapping turtles (Chelydridae) based on nucleotide sequence data. Copeia, 2009, 209-213.

Chandler, C.H., P.C. Phillips, and F.J. Janzen. 2009. The evolution of sex-determining mechanisms: Lessons from temperature-sensitive mutations in sex determination genes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22, 192-200.

Chandler, C.H., and K.R. Zamudio. 2008. Reproductive success by large, closely related males facilitated by sperm storage in an aggregate breeding amphibian. Molecular Ecology, 17, 1564-1576.

Myers, E., J. Tucker, and C.H. Chandler. 2007. Experimental analysis of body size and shape during critical life-history events of hatchling slider turtles, Trachemys scripta elegans. Functional Ecology, 21, 1106-1114.