Kim Lab of Computational Evolutionary Biology JuliaKreychman Macroevolutionary studies concentrate on reasons for differences in diversity in present and extinct forms in nature. These studies reveal changes in the evolutionary rates over time, importance of the genomic and ecological factors in the clade diversification, role of morphological disparity in generating of biological diversity, development of morphospaces, and patterns of geographical diversification.
Similar problems arise in the macroevolutionary patterns of protein diversity.
It was noticed in many studies that proteins, like organisms, exhibit a non-uniform distribution of present forms. My research will explore structure of protein energy landscapes, symmetries of three dimensional structures, and functional diversification as key factors governing the patterns of protein diversification.