Alyssa Woronik

Degrees & Certifications

• Post-Doctoral Associate & Fellow, 2018-2020, New York University, Developmental genetics, New York, NY, Laboratory of David H.A. Fitch
• PhD, 2017, Population Genetics, Stockholm University
• BSc, 2011, Biology, Minor in Chemistry, Sacred Heart University

Teaching Responsibilities

• BI 111/113 – Concepts in Biology I
• BI 204 – Ecology & Evolution Lab

Research Interests & Grants

Dr. Woronik is interested in investigating the genetic and molecular mechanisms that give rise to phenotypic diversity. Specifically, she is interested in answering these questions in the context of ecology and evolution.

Currently she is investigating how gene regulatory networks controlling morphogenesis, or the development of form, evolve. To address this question, she is using a sex-specific morphogenic process that has evolved multiple times independently in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and related nematode species. To answer her research questions Dr. Woronik employs various types of nucleic acid sequencing and genetic techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and transcriptional/translational reporters.

• 2020 National Institutes of Health, Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (F32)
• 2019 NYU Faculty of Arts and Science Postdoctoral Travel Grant
• 2016 Wilhelm Leches Stipend
• 2015 Hierta Retzius Foundation Scholarship
• 2015 K & A Wallenberg Foundation Jubilee Donation
• 2014 W Pokora Kulinskas Stipend
• 2014 E & L Åqvist Stipend