Dr. Robert J. Swanson

Assistant Professor

NSC 105A
219-464-5312
rob.swanson@valpo.edu

Education

B.S. - Purdue University 1995
Ph.D. - The University of Chicago 2001

Research Interests

Genomics and Plant Evolution
Robert Swanson is interested in genomics and plant evolution. Specifically, in using quantitative genetics to track genes that change over evolutionary time that lead to new species. Recent studies in his lab concentrate on changes in mate choices made by geographically isolated strains of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

Publications

• Species specificity in pollen-pistil interactions., Annu Rev Genet 38:793-818., (2004) 
• Pollen and Stigma Surfaces: The role of structural diversity in pollination., Plant Cell 16: S84-97., (2004)