Her lab studies human genetic variation in order to reconstruct the evolutionary history and relationships of human populations and human pathogens. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1990 in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. She held postdoctoral and research scientist positions at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health before coming to UF in 2000. ANT4740Introduction to Forensic Science