Shelley Sianta

Shelley Sianta is an evolutionary ecologist and geneticist whose research focuses on plant adaptation and speciation. She combines field and greenhouse experiments with population genomics and phylogenomics to study how plants adapt to harsh environments, diverge into new species and exchange genetic material through introgression. She conducted her postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota, and received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her B.S. from Colorado State University.