Rate My Professor Emily Behrman

Behrman's scholarly output has substantially influenced the study of rapid evolution and adaptation in Drosophila. Among her prominent publications are "Genomic evidence of rapid and stable adaptive oscillations over seasonal time scales in Drosophila" published in PLoS Genetics in 2014, which has garnered 598 citations; "Broad geographic sampling reveals the shared basis and environmental correlates of seasonal adaptation in Drosophila" in eLife in 2021 with 181 citations; "Seasonal variation in life history traits in two Drosophila species" in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology in 2015, cited 152 times; and "Comparative population genomics of latitudinal variation in Drosophila simulans and Drosophila melanogaster" in Molecular Ecology in 2016 with 146 citations. Additional significant works include studies on adaptive dynamics of cuticular hydrocarbons (2017), rapid seasonal evolution in innate immunity (2018), and recent preprints on tools for Drosophila research such as the Janelia Atalanta plasmids (2023). Through these contributions, Behrman has advanced understanding of the genomic and neurobiological bases of behavioral evolution and its ecological implications.