Allie Graham

I am an integrative biologist who strives to connect evolution, genetics/genomics, and physiology, using both wet-lab and dry-lab techniques. In addition, part of my passion has been in scientific outreach and broadening participation, because science is for everyone!

I grew up in Houston, Texas, loving animals (especially birds), the outdoors and science. I have worked on all sorts of organisms in my career. I did my undergrad senior thesis as a literature review of "Hybridization as a Form of Speciation in Birds", a master's thesis on the genetics of "Eusocial Evolution in Honeybees", and PhD in "Genomics of High-Altitude Adaptation in Waterfowl". My postdoc work has included molecular mechanisms hypoxia tolerance in aquatic invertebrates, and terrestrial mammals.

My journey as a scientist has led me to all sorts of places - before my position at KU, I was an NIH K99/R00 + T32 NIH Hematology Training Fellow at the University of Utah in the Human Genetics Department. I was also an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology (Broadening Participation) at Oregon State University. During my PhD, I was a Maytag Fellow + HHMI Teaching Fellow at the University of Miami. Before my PhD, I spent some time as a laboratory manager and head teaching assistant at Duke University. I did my master's at UNC Greensboro and went to a small woman's college with no research program (R-MWC, now Randolph College) for undergrad.