Amy Boddy

I received my Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Wayne State University - School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. Currently, I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. My research focuses broadly on evolutionary applications to human health and disease. My work is motivated by fundamental questions in life history theory. I use a combination of genomics, computational biology and evolutionary theory to help understand trade-offs between survival and reproduction across different levels of biological organization, from molecules to organisms and everything in between.

March 2016