{"id":30,"date":"2015-12-01T15:10:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T23:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/gomulki\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2015-12-11T11:17:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T19:17:39","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/gomulki\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1449077961055\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div class=\"column one \">\n<p>I study theoretical population biology, population genetics, and evolutionary biology using mathematics. My\u00a0research aim is\u00a0to develop rigorous conceptual understanding of how complex evolutionary and demographic processes affect\u00a0populations, species, and ecological communities. My investigations\u00a0focus on how evolutionary\u00a0and ecological mechanisms interact to determine the responses of organisms to each other and their environments\u00a0including&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the population-level and evolutionary responses of species facing novel or altered environments (&#8220;Evo Demo&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li>coevolution in geographically structured populations and in multi-species communities (&#8220;Co-Evo Demo&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li>the evolution of environmentally sensitive phenotypes, a.k.a. phenotypic plasticity.<\/li>\n<li>the evolution of sexually selected traits and mating preferences.<\/li>\n<li>the evolution of &#8220;function-valued&#8221; traits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am also interested in applied biology, especially the development and interpretation of statistical tools based on molecular genetic data for assessing population characteristics of practical importance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1106\/2015\/12\/GenEvoInvasion.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-348\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-348 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1106\/2015\/12\/GenEvoInvasion-396x255.jpg\" alt=\"major and minor gene effects\" width=\"396\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1106\/2015\/12\/GenEvoInvasion-396x255.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1106\/2015\/12\/GenEvoInvasion-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1106\/2015\/12\/GenEvoInvasion-792x511.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1106\/2015\/12\/GenEvoInvasion-990x638.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1106\/2015\/12\/GenEvoInvasion.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Impacts of major &amp; minor genes on the evolution of a declining population&#8217;s finite growth rate<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I study theoretical population biology, population genetics, and evolutionary biology using mathematics. My\u00a0research aim is\u00a0to develop rigorous conceptual understanding of how complex evolutionary and demographic processes affect\u00a0populations, species, and ecological communities. 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