Baxter, Tara

Genetics Team Leader
Sapling Learning

Comparative Genomics Lab, 2006-2009

 

EDUCATION

M.S., Genetics and Genomics, Cornell University (2014)

B.S., Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2009)

 

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Using wolves, purebred dogs, and village dogs as a model for evolutionary genetics, particularly focusing on how natural and artificial selection have shaped the genome of the purebred dog and village dogs.

 

HONORS

James Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006-2008)

Dean’s List, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006)