Ellie Armstrong |
Member, Genetics Group
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Stanford University
Doctoral Candidate |
Ellie is a doctoral candidate at Stanford University within the Program for Conservation Genomics. She is co-advised by Dmitri Petrov and Elizabeth Hadly in the department of Biology. Although the labs have independently paved the way for studies in genome evolution and ecology in the Anthropocene, Ellie has united them in hopes of applying cutting-edge theory and technologies to problems and questions in the conservation space.
Ellie has a BS in Molecular Environmental Biology from UC Berkeley and a MS in Tropical Conservation Biology and Evolution from UH Hilo. Her previous work focused on comparative genomics of systems that have undergone rapid evolution, in addition to building expertise in genome assembly. She has worked on genomes from across the tree of life including birds, lichens, microbes, mussels, mammals, and arthropods. Her current work focuses on building portable tools and genomic capacity for the African lion, leopard, and wild dog across the continent. She is passionate about making tools and analyses available and accessible to researchers in range countries. As a result, Ellie and Simon Morgan started the African Lion Genome Project which currently has more than 50 collaborators across 14 range countries. Ellie also works on elucidating the illegal trade and breeding of big cats within the United States. |
