About

Drew R. Schield, Ph.D.

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Assistant professor in the Department of Biology at University of Virginia

• Currently recruiting two PhD students for Fall 2024 - send me an email if interested in applying!
• Interested in doing a postdoc in the lab? Please reach out to talk about research ideas and opportunities!

Previous Positions

• NSF postdoctoral research fellow (Feb 2020 - present) in the Safran Lab at University of Colorado Boulder
• Postdoctoral researcher (June 2018 - Jan 2020) in the Castoe Lab at University of Texas at Arlington

Degrees

• Ph.D. – Quantitative Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, 2018
• B.A. – Biology, University of Minnesota, Morris, 2012

Research Interests

• Roles of selection and gene flow in speciation
• Genetics of adaptation
• Sex chromosome evolution
• Genome structure and function

Crater, profile, rattlesnake images on main pages courtesy of Blair Perry.