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Hopi Hoekstra is the Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and a professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. Her research focuses on understanding the variation generated and maintained in natural populations, particularly the proximate (molecular, genetic, developmental, neurobiological mechanisms) and ultimate (timing, strength of agent selection) causes of evolutionary change. She utilizes an interdisciplinary approach that combines molecular techniques such as next-generation sequencing, transcriptomics, and cell-based pharmacological assays, with population-genetic tests, classical genetic crosses, lab-based behavioral assays, and field-based experiments. Her work primarily involves studying natural populations of rodents to address fundamental questions related to evolution, morphological, behavioral, and reproductive diversity.
Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
Teaches courses and conducts research in evolutionary biology and population genetics.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).