My full CV can be found here , and a short form is below.
Publications can be found here
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2022-present
Advisors: Daniel Matute and Dan Schrider
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto (defence Jan 2023)
Advisor: Stephen Wright
B.S., Genetics and Genomics, University of California, Davis (2015)
Minor in Statistics
Advisor: Jeff Ross-Ibarra
Kent TV, Schrider DR, and Matute DR (2024) Demographic history and the efficacy of selection in the globally invasive mosquito Aedes aegypti. Poster at TAGC, Washington DC
Kent TV, Brandvain Y, and Wright SI (2023) Genome structure drives the landscape of introgression from selfing into outcrossing Capsella. Talk at Evo-WIBO, Fort Worden WA
Kent TV, Brandvain Y, and Wright SI (2022) Genome structure drives the landscape of introgression from selfing into outcrossing Capsella. Talk at Evolution (virtual) and ESEB, Prague CZ
Kent TV, Platts A, Wright SI, and the BMAP Consortium (cancelled due to Covid19) Repeated polyploidization in the Brassicaceae drive both independent and convergent responses of selection and genome architecture. Talk at SMBE, Quebec City QC
Kent TV, Platts A, Wright SI, and the BMAP Consortium (2019) Conserved sequence evolution and polyploidy in 32 Brassicales genomes. Poster at SMBE, Manchester, England
Kent TV, Platts A, Wright SI, and the BMAP Consortium (2019) Genome Evolution After Whole Genome Duplication in 32 Brassicales Species: Ghosts of Polyploidy Past. Talk at the Atwood Colloquium in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Toronto ON
Kent TV, Platts A, Choi J, Wright SI, and the BMAP Consortium (2017, 2018) Genome Evolution After Whole Genome Duplication in 32 Brassicales Species. Talk at the Second Joint Congress on Evolution (2018, Montpellier, France). Poster at Midwest PopGen (2017, East Lansing, MI) and SMBE (2017, Austin, TX)
Kent TV and Wright SI (2016) Mutation load in a selfing allotetraploid. Talk at EvSex16, Tempe AZ
Kent TV and Wright SI (2016)
How does mating system affect linked selection in Capsella? Poster at The Allied Genetics Conference, Orlando FL
Durvasula A, Kent TV, Bhadra-Lobo S, Ross-Ibarra J (2014)
ANGSD-wrapper: scripts to streamline and visualize NGS population genetics analysis Poster at BAPG XI meeting, UC Davis
ANGSD-wrapper: scripts for analyzing next generation sequencing data using the program ANGSD.