Dom Wagner

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Postdoctoral Researcher

My primary interests are in evolution and the population genetics of adaptation to changing environmental conditions. I use bioinformatics and the vast amount of data generated by modern DNA sequencing to investigate how populations respond to natural and artificial environmental perturbations, including anthropogenic pollution and climate change. Currently, I am studying the climate change-induced movement of the black-capped/Carolina chickadee hybrid zone in Eastern Pennsylvania and using whole genomes to investigate the relationship between elevation and memory in Nevada mountain chickadees.

Dom is now a Computational Research Scientist at UES, Inc. His current work uses metagenomic data and machine learning to investigate microbial communities and he is developing cloud-based tools for 'omics research.

Current Publications

Dayan, D. I., X. Du, T. Z. Baris, D. N. Wagner, D. L. Crawford and M. F. Oleksiak (2019). "Population genomics of rapid evolution in natural populations: polygenic selection in response to power station thermal effluents." BMC Evolutionary Biology 19(1): 61.

Wagner, D. N., et al. (2017). "Fine-scale genetic structure due to adaptive divergence among microhabitats." Heredity 118(6): 594-604.

Baris, T. Z., D. N. Wagner, D. I. Dayan, X. Du, P. U. Blier, N. Pichaud, M. F. Oleksiak and D. L. Crawford (2017). "Evolved genetic and phenotypic differences due to mitochondrial-nuclear interactions." PLoS Genetics 13(3): 1-23.

Wagner, D. N., et al. (2014). "Variation in Plasma Corticosterone in Migratory Songbirds: A Test of the Migration-Modulation Hypothesis." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87(5): 695-703.