Kathleen Elizabeth Grogan

PhD: Duke University Durham, NC, USA, 2014 (Ecology & Genetics)

BS: Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, USA, 2008 (Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Behavior)

As an interdisciplinary anthropological genomicist, my research focuses on the intersection between genomic variation and fitness across environmental variation. I also conduct Science Education Research and am passionately committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM. See more information here: Grogan Lab Website

10-2014 -08-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

09-2017 -08-2020 Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

08-2020 - Assistant Professor in Anthropology & Biology, University of Cincinnati,

Grant: #LeakeyFound_Grogan Investigators:Grogan, Kathleen 01-15-2024 -01-14-2026 Leakey Foundation The epigenomics of lifestyle and environmental transitions in the Batwa Role:PI 29671.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #BCS-2521623-000 Investigators:Grogan, Kathleen 09-01-2025 -08-31-2028 National Science Foundation IMPACT OF SUBSISTENCE LIFESTYLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITIONS REVEALED THROUGH EPIGENOMICS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Role:PI 200000.00 Awarded Level:Federal

Grant: #PENDING Investigators:Ajayi, Olayemi; Grogan, Kathleen 01-05-2026 -12-10-2026 Leakey Foundation Environmental and Epigenomic Variation in a Nonhuman Primate: Investigating Plasticity in the Greater Thick-tailed Galago Otolemur crassicaudatus Role:PI 19800.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Peer Reviewed Publications

Maas, Bea; Grogan, Kathleen E; Chirango, Yolanda; Harris, Nyeema; Liévano-Latorre, Luisa Fernanda; McGuire, Krista L; Moore, Alexandria C; Ocampo-Ariza, Carolina; Palta, Monica Marie; Perfecto, Ivette; Primack, Richard B; Rowell, Kirsten; Sales, Lilian; Santos-Silva, Rejane; Silva, Rafaela Aparecida; Sterling, Eleanor J; Vieira, Raísa R S; Wyborn, Carina; Toomey, Anne  (2020). Academic leaders must support inclusive scientific communities during COVID-19. Nature ecology & evolution, 4 (8) , 997-998More Information

Grogan, Kathleen E; Perry, George H  (2020). Studying human and nonhuman primate evolutionary biology with powerful in vitro and in vivo functional genomics tools. Evolutionary anthropology, 29 (3) , 143-158More Information

Grogan, Kathleen E; Horton, Brent M; Hu, Yuchen; Maney, Donna L  (2019). A chromosomal inversion predicts the expression of sex steroid-related genes in a species with alternative behavioral phenotypes. Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 495, 110517More Information

Grogan, Kathleen E; Harris, Rachel L; Boulet, Marylène; Drea, Christine M  (2019). Genetic variation at MHC class II loci influences both olfactory signals and scent discrimination in ring-tailed lemurs. BMC evolutionary biology, 19 (1) , 171More Information

Grogan, Kathleen E  (2019). How the entire scientific community can confront gender bias in the workplace. Nature ecology & evolution, 3 (1) , 3-6More Information

Harris, Rachel L; Boulet, Marylène; Grogan, Kathleen E; Drea, Christine M  (2018). Costs of injury for scent signalling in a strepsirrhine primate. Scientific reports, 8 (1) , 9882More Information

Grogan, Kathleen E; Sauther, Michelle L; Cuozzo, Frank P; Drea, Christine M  (2017). Genetic wealth, population health: Major histocompatibility complex variation in captive and wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Ecology and evolution, 7 (19) , 7638-7649More Information

Greene, Lydia K; Grogan, Kathleen E; Smyth, Kendra N; Adams, Christine A; Klager, Skylar A; Drea, Christine M  (2016). Mix it and fix it: functions of composite olfactory signals in ring-tailed lemurs. Royal Society open science, 3 (4) , 160076More Information

Grogan, Kathleen E; McGinnis, Gwendolyn J; Sauther, Michelle L; Cuozzo, Frank P; Drea, Christine M  (2016). Next-generation genotyping of hypervariable loci in many individuals of a non-model species: technical and theoretical implications. BMC genomics, 17, 204More Information

Grogan, K E; Chhatre, V E; Abbot, P  (2010). The cost of conflict in aphid societies. Journal of evolutionary biology, 23 (1) , 185-93More Information

Merritt, Jennifer R; Grogan, Kathleen E; Zinzow-Kramer, Wendy M; Sun, Dan; Ortlund, Eric A; Yi, Soojin V; Maney, Donna L  (2020). A supergene-linked estrogen receptor drives alternative phenotypes in a polymorphic songbird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (35) , 21673-21680More Information

Sun, Dan; Layman, Thomas S; Jeong, Hyeonsoo; Chatterjee, Paramita; Grogan, Kathleen; Merritt, Jennifer R; Maney, Donna L; Yi, Soojin V  (2021). Genome-wide variation in DNA methylation linked to developmental stage and chromosomal suppression of recombination in white-throated sparrows. Molecular ecology, 30 (14) , 3453-3467More Information

Arner, Audrey M; Grogan, Kathleen E; Grabowski, Mark; Reyes-Centeno, Hugo; Perry, George H  (2021). Patterns of recent natural selection on genetic loci associated with sexually differentiated human body size and shape phenotypes. PLoS genetics, 17 (6) , e1009562More Information

Prichard, Mackenzie R; Grogan, Kathleen E; Merritt, Jennifer R; Root, Jessica; Maney, Donna L  (2022). Allele-specific cis-regulatory methylation of the gene for vasoactive intestinal peptide in white-throated sparrows. Genes, brain, and behavior, 21 (8) , e12831More Information

Davis, Matthew T; Grogan, Kathleen E; Fraccaroli, Isabel; Libecap, Timothy J; Pilgeram, Natalie R; Maney, Donna L  (2022). Expression of oxytocin receptors in the zebra finch brain during vocal development. Developmental neurobiology, 82 (1) , 3-15More Information

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