Emily V. Kerns
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Emily Kerns

Hi, I’m Emily! I am a PhD candidate studying evolutionary genetics in the Weber Lab at UW-Madison. I am also part of the Alaska Stickleback Project, a large eco-evolution and restoration experiment. I’m fascinated by how phenotypic plasticity is shaped by evolution, and its subsequent impacts on ecology. I use the fish threespine stickleback to investigate evolved variation in plastic mechanisms, including DNA methylation and transcription. I plan to pursue an academic career and will be searching for postdocs upon graduating from UW-Madison.


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Last updated July 2025


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Threespine Stickleback

Doing lab work with an undergraduate mentee

Dissections in the field Enclosures Field Crew 2022 Field Crew 2023 Field Crew 2022 Checking Enclosures A stickleback tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus that we study A copepod infected with a tapeworm

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Moose and I

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