Researchers in our lab take a mostly theoretical and computational approach to asking basic questions about how the evolutionary process has shaped life on Earth. Much of our research focuses on how populations and closely related species have diverged and on developing computational tools for analyzing this divergence. We also develop methods that can take advantage of population genomic data, including the use of linkage information, and the use of very large data sets for the study of especially recent demographic changes and instances of natural selection. We work on various evolutionary problems, including in recent years: chimpanzee speciation and divergence, gene exchange between Neanderthals and modern humans, the divergence of African cichlid species; and the demographic history and spread of human populations.

More information on the Hey Laboratory is available bio.cst.temple.edu/~tuf29449/.