Yulia Yarkhunova-Kreye

Postdoctoral Fellow specializing in the genetic basis of plant adaptation, with a strong record of peer-reviewed publications and international conference presentations. Skilled in conducting complex ecophysiological research and effectively communicating findings to students, colleagues, and senior researchers.

• Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Developmental Biology, 02/01/18, present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mapping variation in traits related to flowering time, leaf and photosynthetic traits in Africa-centered populations of A. thaliana., Angela Hancock
• University of Cologne, Institute for Plant Sciences, 01/01/20, 07/01/20, Project coordinator, Molecular genetics of plant ecological performance, Juliette de Meaux
• University of Wyoming, Botany Department, 01/01/11, 12/31/17, Ph.D. Student, Phenotypic diversification of crops involves the evolution of complex circadian, morphological and physiological associations., Cynthia Weinig
• University of Wyoming, Lab rotations in MCLS Program, 01/01/10, 12/31/11, Naomi Ward’s Lab, Rapid virulence annotation of V. spinosum genome in C. Elegans, Cynthia Weinig’s Lab, Variation among crops in B. rapa in the expression of ecophysiological traits, Anne Sylvester’s Lab, Generation and analysis of the florescent tagged Rab escort protein-1 in Z. Mays
• Samara State University, Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry, 01/01/07, 12/31/09, M.S. Student, Heavy metals absorption by aquatic plants. Effect of heavy metals on quantitative and qualitative protein content in Potamogeton Perfoliatus

• Yarkhunova Y, Edwards CE, Ewers BE, Baker RL, Aston TL, McClung CR, Lou P and Weinig C., 2016, Selection during crop diversification involves correlated evolution of the circadian clock and ecophysiological traits in Brassica rapa., New Phytol., 10.1111/nph.13758
• Baker RL, Yarkhunova Y, Vidal K, Ewers BE, and Weinig C., 2016, Polyploidy and the relationship between leaf structure and function: Implications for the evolution of correlations between anatomy, morphology, and physiology in Brassica., BMC Plant Biology, 10.1186/s12870-016-0957-3
• Yarkhunova Y, Guadagno CR, Rubin MJ, SJ Davis Ewers BE, Weinig C., 2018, Circadian rhythms are associated with variation in photosystem II function and photoprotective mechanisms., Plant, Cell Environment., 10.1111/pce.13216

• Genetic insights into life-history trait variation in a novel panel of Africa-centered Arabidopsis thaliana., Oral presentation, Molecular Biology of Plants. MBP2024., Hennef, Germany, 2024
• Structural equation modeling of developmental traits across five continents reveals latitude and altitude shape phenotypic variation in A. thaliana., Oral presentation, Plant Biology Summit online PB21., 2021
• Correlation network analysis identifies latitudinal and altitudinal clines as major contributors to variation in flowering time in A. thaliana accessions across five continents., Oral presentation, EMBO workshop online iPSB2021., 2021
• The genetic and physiological basis of local adaptation across a broad latitudinal range in 360 Arabidopsis accessions., Oral presentation, ECRC 2019., Costa Brava, Spain, 2019
• The genetic and physiological basis of local adaptation across a broad latitudinal range in 360 Arabidopsis accessions., Oral presentation, ESEB 2019., Turku, Finland, 2019
• The genetic and physiological basis of local adaptation across a broad latitudinal range in 360 Arabidopsis accessions., Oral presentation, MPI Postdoctoral Symposium., Cologne, Germany, 2019
• Crop diversification involves the evolution of complex circadian, morphological and physiological associations., Oral presentation, Biological oscillators symposium., Heidelberg, Germany, 2018
• Circadian clock effects on diurnal changes in gas-exchange traits in Brassica rapa crop types., Oral presentation, Evolution conference., Portland, OR, 2017
• Variation in chlorophyll fluorescence and circadian rhythms in A. thaliana under light stress., Poster, Evolution conference., Austin, TX, 2016
• Variation in chlorophyll fluorescence and circadian rhythms in A. thaliana under light stress., Poster, Program in Ecology Symposium., Laramie, WY, 2016
• Genome wide associations between anatomy, crop-specific resource allocation strategies, and water use efficiency., Oral Presentation, National Science Foundation., Alington, VA, 2015
• Genome wide associations between anatomy and water use efficiency., Poster, National Science Foundation., Alington, VA, 2015
• Polyploidy: Consequences for leaf structure and function in Brassica triangle species., Presentation, Botanical Society of America., Edmonton, Canada, 2015
• Selection during crop diversification involves correlated evolution of the circadian clock and ecophysiological traits in Brassica rapa., Presentation, Evolution Conference., Brazil, Guaruja, 2015
• Selection during domestication affects the circadian clock and expression of ecophysiological traits in Brassica rapa., Poster, Evolution Conference., Raleigh N.C., 2014
• Selection during domestication affects the circadian clock and expression of ecophysiological traits in Brassica rapa., Poster, Program in Ecology Symposium., Laramie, WY, 2014
• Genome wide associations between anatomy and water use efficiency., Poster, National Science Foundation., Arlington, VA, 2014
• Impact of genotypic variation in aquaporin function on plant performance under drought., Oral presentation, 97th ESA Annual Meeting., Austin, TX, 2012
• Herbaceous plants struggling with drought: metabolic characterization of genotypic variance via NMR., Oral presentation, 97th ESA Annual Meeting., Austin, TX, 2012

• LIFE3050 Genetics, 3, Fall, 2012, University of Wyoming
• LIFE3050 Genetics, 3, Fall, 2013, University of Wyoming
• LIFE3050 Genetics, 3, Fall, 2014, University of Wyoming
• LIFE3050 Genetics, 3, Fall, 2015, University of Wyoming
• LIFE3050 Genetics, 3, Fall, 2016, University of Wyoming
• LIFE3050 Genetics, 3, Spring, 2016, University of Wyoming
• Fast Forward Project Management Course, Tutor, 2022
• Fast Forward Project Management Course, Tutor, 2023
• 5.02.706 Ecological niches and species movements, WiSe24/25, 2024, University of Oldenburg

• Shifa Ansari, 2021, MPIPZ, PhD Committee member
• Sofia Rodriguez, 2019, MPIPZ, PhD Committee member
• Shifa Ansari, Spring 2020, MPIPZ, Master thesis co-advisor, Modeling A.thaliana distribution with MaXent
• Bemnet Teshome, Fall 2020, MPIPZ, Phenotyping and genotyping of African Arabidopsis accessions
• Sofia Dubusc, Fall 2019, MPIPZ, Phenotyping of Arabidopsis accessions
• Denitsa Vasilieva, Fall 2018, MPIPZ, Phenotyping of Arabidopsis accessions
• Daniel Latimer, Fall 2014, UWYO, Genotyping of Brassica rapa population
• Olivia Patrick, Summer 2013, UWYO, Brassica rapa summer field experiments and tissue collections

• Plant genetics
• Population genetics
• Flowering time
• Ecophysiology
• Quantitative genetics
• Crop physiology
• Circadian clock

2012 LIFE3050 Genetics (3 credits), Fall 2012, University of Wyoming, 2012

2013 LIFE3050 Genetics (3 credits), Fall 2013, University of Wyoming, 2013

2014 LIFE3050 Genetics (3 credits), Fall 2014, University of Wyoming, 2014

2015 LIFE3050 Genetics (3 credits), Fall 2015, University of Wyoming, 2015

2016 LIFE3050 Genetics (3 credits), Fall 2016, University of Wyoming, 2016

2017 LIFE3050 Genetics (3 credits), Spring 2016, University of Wyoming, 2017

2022 Fast Forward Project Managemet Course, Tutor

2023 Fast Forwaed Project Management Course, Tutor

2024  5.02.706 Ecological niches and species movements (WiSe24/25), University of Oldenburg

• American Society of Naturalists
• Society for the Study of Evolution
• Pint of Science Germany
• Program in Ecology Symposium Committee 2015
• Program in Ecology Symposium Committee 2016

• 2009, Best Diploma Thesis, Russian Ministry of Sciences
• 2013, Graduate Assistantship, Botany Department, University of Wyoming
• 2014, C.L. Porter Summer Fellowship in Botany, University of Wyoming
• 2015, NSF EPSCoR Travel Award, University of Wyoming
• 2015, Wilhelm & Ragnhild Solheim Scholarship in Botany, University of Wyoming
• 2015, Graduate Assistantship, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming
• 2016, Best poster award nomination, first runner-up, Student PiE Symposium
• 2016, NSF WWISE Travel Grant, University of Wyoming
• 2016, Program in Ecology Travel Award, University of Wyoming
• 2016, Graduate Assistantship, Botany department, University of Wyoming
• 2017, Program in Ecology Travel Award, University of Wyoming
• 2017, Graduate Student Teaching Award in Life Science program, University of Wyoming
• 2018, Postdoctoral Guest Fellowship, Max Planck Society
• 2019, Postdoctoral Guest Fellowship, Max Planck Society
• 2024, Sign-Up for Career, nominated and accepted to a Leadership Program, Max Planck Society