Kenny’s PhD defence last week went super well, and we are pleased to announce Dr. Kenneth Askelson!
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Dr. Askelson’s dissertation is titled “Introgression, recombination, and genomic differentiation in a cryptic species complex of North American passerines.”
This week we are also celebrating the publishing of one of Kenny’s papers:
Askelson, K., G.M. Spellman, and D. Irwin. 2023. Genomic divergence and introgression between cryptic species of a widespread North American songbird. Molecular Ecology 32: 6839-6853. Link
Congrats Kenny!!