• Research Interests:                    link to Adam's recent NPR interview
     
        •Evolutionary biology, genetics and genomics, neurobiology and behavior, species interactions,
            & chemical and microbial ecology
     
     
    Education & Experience:
     
         2007-present:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
            •Genetics and evolution of C. elegans behavior
                Advisor:  Yun Zhang
       
         2012-present:  LS100r Project Leader, Harvard College
    •Hands-on behavioral genetics research projects with Harvard College undergraduates in  
     LS100r:  Experimental Research in the Life Sciences
     
        2001-2007:  Ph.D. in Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University   
            •Cross-talk among plant defense pathways encoding resistance to pathogens and herbivores 
                Advisors:  Naomi Pierce & Fred Ausubel
     
        1999-2001:  Research Technician, University of California-San Francisco
            •Genetic and genomic tools to study the human-pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum 
                Advisor:  Anita Sil
     
        1995-1999:  B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California-Berkeley
            •Self-designed major and honors thesis in Chemical and Fungal Ecology
                Advisor:  Ignacio Chapela
     
     
    Publications:                           link to google scholar profile
     
        Bahrami AK & Zhang Y (2013).  When females produce sperm:  genetics of C. elegans
            hermaphrodite reproductive choice.  G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 3:  1851-1859.
            PDF
     
        Groen SC, Whiteman NK, Bahrami AK, Wilczek AM, Cui J, Russell JA, Cibrian-Jaramillo A, Butler 
           IAE, Rana J, Huang GH, Bush J, Ausubel FM & Pierce NE (2013).  Pathogen-triggered
           ethylene signaling mediates systemic induced susceptibility to herbivory in Arabidopsis. 
           Plant Cell 25:  4755-4766.  PDF
     
        Sangster TA, Bahrami AK, Wilczek A, Wantanabe E, Schellenberg K, McLellan C, Kelley A,
            Kong SW, Queitsch C & Lindquist S (2007).  Phenotypic diversity and altered environmental
            plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana with reduced Hsp90 levels.  PLOS One 7:  e648 (pp 1-15).
            PDF / Faculty 1000
     
        Cui J*, Bahrami AK*, Pringle EG, Hernandez-Guzman G, Bender C, Pierce NE & Ausubel FM 
             (2005).  Pseudomonas syringae manipulates systemic plant defenses against pathogens
             and herbivores.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(5): 1791-1796.
             PDF / Press / Faculty 1000
    *co-first author 
       
        Gebhart D*, Bahrami AK* & Sil A (2006). Identification of a copper-inducible promoter for use in
             ectopic expression in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum.  Eukaryotic Cell 5(6):
             935-944. PDF     
        *co-first author
        
        Hwang L, Hocking-Murray D, Bahrami  AK, Andersson M, Rine J & Sil A (2003).  Identifying phase-
            specific genes in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum using a genomic shotgun
            microarray.  Molecular Biology of the Cell 14: 2314-2326.  PDF
     
     
    Additional Interests:
     
        Brazilian music, folk musical instruments & woodworking
     
     
    Hometown:
     
        La Cañada, California   (Los Angeles)