Mao Lun Weng
Assistant Professor

Biography

Joined Westfield State University in 2019.

Education

  • B.S., National Taiwan University (1998)
  • M.S., National Taiwan University (2000)
  • Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin (2015)

Courses Taught

  • BIOL 0203:  Genetics Lab

  • BIOL 0278:  Biostatistics

  • BIOL 0377:  Research Experience - Computational Biology

Areas of Research

Evolutionary rates vary across the tree of life. Why do some lineages evolve faster than others? What causes accelerated evolution and what are the consequences of having elevated evolutionary rates? The overall goal of my research is to tackle these questions at both the genomic and organismal level. Using a combination of phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary modeling approaches, I seek to understand how mutation, natural selection, and neutral processes shape evolutionary rate variation. My research foci are organelle genomics, cytonuclear coevolution, and de novo mutations. 
Plant Genomics
Bioinformatics
Evolution
Phylogeny
Organelle Biology

Publications

Google Scholar page
Research Gate page 
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