Graham Coop

Graham Coop is a Professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at the University of California, Davis. His research focuses on population genetics, evolutionary genetics, and genomics, with particular emphasis on understanding genetic variation, adaptation, and selection dynamics in both human and plant systems.

His work spans diverse areas including:

• Hybridization and speciation processes
• Human evolutionary history and Neanderthal introgression
• Polygenic adaptation and selection
• Genetic privacy and ethical considerations
• Genomic visualization techniques

Coop's recent publications analyze spatial population structure, gene flow dynamics, and the interplay between genetic drift and selection. He develops computational methods for ancestral recombination graphs and demographic inference using long shared haplotypes. His research also explores the limitations of polygenic score predictions and causal interpretations of GWAS studies.