Walid Mawass

Walid Mawass is a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Affiliated Faculty member in the Masel Lab at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on evolutionary genetics of complex traits, genetic variation under selection, and population genetic modeling of mutation load problems. He holds a Ph.D. in Cellular & Molecular Biology (Evolutionary Genetics) from the University of Québec at Trois-Rivières, with a postdoc under Joanna Masel.

• Education:
• Ph.D., Cellular & Molecular Biology (Evolutionary Genetics), University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
• Postdoc, University of Arizona (Masel Lab)
• Masters, Cellular & Molecular Biology (fast-tracked Ph.D.), University of Québec at Trois-Rivières
• Masters, Integrative Biology, University of François-Rabelais, Tours, France
• Bachelor’s equivalent (License), Life Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut

Research Interests: Evolutionary forces shaping heritable genetic variation, mutation load dynamics, and interactions between selection and genetic variation. Current work emphasizes population genetic modeling to study mutation rates and population persistence.

Publications: Focused on genotype-environment interactions and microevolution in human reproductive timing (2022).

Advising/Grants: No formal advisees listed. Current research supported through affiliation with the Masel Lab.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Masel Lab at the University of Arizona, investigating theoretical and applied evolutionary genetics.