Yao-Wu Yuan
Associate Editor, Complex Traits
Yao-Wu Yuan is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. He is interested in understanding how and why organisms evolve so many beautiful forms in nature. His lab primarily studies floral trait diversification in the wildflower genus Mimulus (monkeyflowers) and aims to uncover the genes, pathways, and principles that explain the tremendous diversity of flowers by integrating genetics, genomics, development, mathematical modeling, and pollination ecology.