Pedro Márquez-Zacarías
Ph.D. Candidate
Ford ES&T Building, Office 2164
Ford ES&T 2155
pedromaz@gatech.edu
Lab Affiliation:
Ratcliff Lab
Research Interests:
Evolution of multicellularity, Evolution of Biological Complexity, Major Evolutionary Transitions
Overview:
I'm interested on how biological interactions among basic units can evolve into higher-level hierarchical structures, such as in the evolution of multicellular organisms from unicellular ancestors. This conceptual framework is known as the major evolutionary transitions, and is the main topic of my research, in which I use experiments (experimental evolution with baker's yeast) and theoretical models.