About Me
I am interested in how natural selection has shaped genetic and phenotypic variation within and between species. I am particularly enthusiastic about questions related to gene-by-environment interactions. How has the response to environmental perturbations evolved? What are the underlying gene regulatory mechanisms and causal genetic variants? Which of these changes are adaptive? My research addresses these questions in the context of how humans and other primates respond to infectious diseases. However, I am broadly interested in the evolution of complex traits and gene-by-environment interactions across the tree of life. 

I am currently a NIH K99 Fellow at the University of Chicago, where my work with Luis Barreiro explores how European populations adapted to Yersinia pestis during the Black Death. Previously, I received my PhD in Evolutionary Anthropology from Duke University in December 2019 where I worked with Jenny Tung to investigate hybridization and gene regulation in Papio baboons.

​​Contact Me
Email: [email protected]
Twitter & Bluesky: @TaurVil