Logan W. Cole: SUNY Brockport

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Logan W. Cole, Ph.D

(he/him/his)

Adjunct Lecturer: (585) 395-2193
lwcole@brockport.edu
Office: Lennon Hall 103
Website

Education

PhD in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, Indiana University, 2019

BS in Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, 2012

Courses Taught

BIO 411 - Evolution

Research Interests

My research focuses on the roles of molecular evolutionary processes, such as mutation, horizontal gene transfer, and recombination, on the evolution of genes and genomes. In particular, my recent work investigated the rates and causes of repeat-mediated genome rearrangement and horizontal gene transfer in the mitochondrial genomes of flowering plants, particularly in Monsonia, a genus in the geranium family.

Recent Publications

Cole LW. 2020. The mitochondrion as a hammer. Evolution: Education and Outreach 13:21. [link]

Cole LW. 2019. The radical structural evolution of genomes in flowering plant mitochondria. Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University. Proquest Dissertations Publishing. [link]

Schwab DB, Cole LW, Desai KM, Hemann J, Hummels KR, Maltese AV. 2018. A summer STEM outreach program run by graduate students: successes, challenges, and recommendations for implementation. Journal of Research in STEM Education 4(2): 117–129. [link]

Cole LW, Guo W, Mower JP, Palmer JD. 2018. High and variable rates of repeat-mediated mitochondrial genome rearrangement in a genus of plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35(11): 2773–2785. [link]

Cole LW. 2016. The evolution of per-cell organelle number. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 4:85. [link]

Roy T, Cole LW, Chang TH, Lindqvist C. 2015. Untangling reticulate evolutionary relationships among New World and Hawaiian mints (Stachydeae, Lamiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 89: 46–62. [link]