CHRIS ROBINSON
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I am a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia interested in
genetic and phenotypic evolution. Generally, I use experimental
and observational studies in lizards to understand how
hormones mediate gene-to-phenotype interactions and shape
​evolutionary patterns. 

Recent News

May 2022 Our latest paper, led by Matthew Hale, was accepted in Frontiers in Physiology as part of a special issue, "exploring phenotypic diversity in ectothermic reptiles and in birds: developmental physiology throughout the lifespan and across scales"!

January 2022 SICB in Phoenix was excellent! Thank you, conference organizers, for making a safe and exciting conference. See you next year in Austin!

May 2021 Check out my blog post detailing my grant funded by the AGA! 

Our new paper "Hormonal pleiotropy structures genetic covariance" has been accepted in Evolution Letters! 

April 2021 My paper with Stacey Lance and Matt Gifford correlating ventral coloration with apparent survival and reproductive success in the prairie lizard was accepted for publication in Journal of Zoology! This was the last chapter of my Masters thesis and finishes up my work with the wonderful prairie lizard. 
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I was awarded an NSF Research Traineeship through UVA's EXPAND program that is designed to "reintegrate the phenotype"! For this fellowship, I am co-advised by Bob Cox and Dave Parichy to help address evolutionary patterns at the phenotypic, physiological, cellular, and transcriptomic levels. I am excited to continue my work understanding how Sceloporus lizards can evolve different patterns of sexual coloration so quickly!

March 2021 I was awarded an Evolutionary, Ecological, and Conservation Genomics Research Award from the American Genetics Association to help collect data for my dissertation!

April 2020 I passed my qualifying exam!

January 2020 Another SICB is in the books! This year I received a Grant in Aid of Research from the Society!
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