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Patricia Wittkopp
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002
U-M affiliation(s)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Program in Biomedical Sciences
Center for Statistical Genetics
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology
Contact information
University of Michigan
1061 Kraus Natural Science Bldg.
830 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
Phone: (734) 763-1548, office
(734) 647-5483, lab
Fax: (734) 763-0544
Email: wittkopp@umich.edu
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Fields of study
Evolutionary genetics and genomics, evolution of development
Academic background
Dr. Wittkopp received her B.S. at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) in 1997, her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) in 2002, and conducted postdoctoral research at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) from 2002-2005 as a fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. Dr. Wittkopp joined the EEB faculty in September 2005.
Graduate student
Wittkopp Lab home page
News
Wittkopp wins 2010 Russel Award
Professor Patricia Wittkopp will receive the most prestigious honor U-M awards junior faculty, recognizing exceptional scholarship and conspicuous ability as a teacher. The award includes a stipend of $1,200 and will be presented at the next Henry Russel Lecture, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Wittkopp teaches Biology 305 Genetics and EEB/MCDB 404 Genetics, Development, and Evolution. The Russel Award and Lectureship were established in 1925 with a bequest from Henry Russel of Detroit, who received three degrees from U-M. Recipients of the Henry Russel Lectureship and Award are chosen through a rigorous interdisciplinary review process involving some of UM’s most distinguished faculty, including former recipients of the lectureship and award.
Evolutionary gem of a paper!
The journal Nature has just released a list of incontrovertible evidence for evolution by natural selection entitled “15 evolutionary gems.” One of Professor Patricia Wittkopp’s papers from graduate school is listed as number 13 among Nature’s collection. Under the category, gems from molecular processes, it is titled “Microevolution meets macroevolution.” Papers were selected from those published in Nature over the past 10 years.
Scientist to watch
Keep an eye on Professor Patricia Wittkopp who is featured in the October 2008 issue of The Scientist magazine as a “Scientist to Watch."
On a separate note, Wittkopp was invited to give the keynote address at the Recomb Comparative Genomics 2008 meeting October 13 – 15 in Paris titled “Genomic sources of regulatory evolution.”
From Paris, she heads to the National Association of Biology Teachers conference in Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 16. She will speak at a special section called "Illuminating Biology: An Evolutionary Perspective." Organized by Professor Doug Futuyma, the section is on how evolution influences other scientific disciplines and is cosponsored by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.
Wittkopp awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowship
Professor Patricia Wittkopp has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship for 2008. Alfred P. Sloan Fellowships are intended to enhance the careers of the very best young faculty members in their field of science. Wittkopp researches evolutionary genetics and genomics, and the evolution of development. She receives a $50,000 grant for a two-year period. Since the award’s inception in 1955, 35 Sloan Research Fellows have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in their fields. Brava!
REU supplements from NSF
Professors Chris Dick and Patricia Wittkopp have each received Research Education for Undergraduate supplements of $6,000 from the National Science Foundation. This outreach program increases research opportunities for undergraduates.
In Wittkopp’s lab, Emma Stewart will be adding to their studies of the genetic basis of pigmentation evolution in flies. In Dick’s lab, Barbara Wagner will study the ecology of seed and pollen dispersal of tree species on the Barro Colorado Island field station run by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
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