Jeffrey Jensen
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Center for Evolution & Medicine LSC 222 MC: 1701 Tempe, AZ 85287-1701
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Mail code: 4501Campus: Tempe
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Jeff Jensen is a population geneticist and Professor in the ASU School of Life Sciences, the Center for Evolution and Medicine, and the Center for Mechanisms of Evolution.
The Jensen Lab develops theory and statistical methodology for describing and quantifying evolutionary processes, and analyzes population sequencing data to study the relative roles of these processes.
- Postdoctoral. NSF Biological Informatics Fellow at UCSD and UC Berkeley, co-advised by Doris Bachtrog, Peter Andolfatto, and Rasmus Nielsen. 2007-2009
- Ph.D. Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, co-advised by Charles Aquadro and Carlos Bustamante. 2002-2006
- BS/BA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biological Anthropology, University of Arizona, co-advised by Michael Nachman and Brian Charlesworth. 1998-2002
We are a computational lab, using a variety of approaches from population genetics in order to study fundamental evolutionary processes. This line of research involves developing theory, as well as likelihood- and approximate Bayesian- based statistical approaches, for quantifying and untangling the evolutionary pressures driving natural populations.
Biomedicine & Biotechnology
10 Representative Publications from the past 5 years:
- Johri P, SP Pfeifer, & JD Jensen. 2023. Developing an evolutionary baseline model for humans: jointly inferring purifying selection with population history. Molecular Biology & Evolution.
- Soni V, P Johri, & JD Jensen. 2023. Evaluating power to detect recurrent selective sweeps under increasingly realistic evolutionary null models. Evolution.
- Terbot, J, P Johri, S Liphardt, V Soni, SP Pfeifer, BS Cooper, JM Good, & JD Jensen. 2023. Developing an evolutionarily appropriate baseline model for the study of SARS-CoV-2 patient samples. PLOS Pathogens.
- Johri P, C Aquadro, M Beaumont, B Charlesworth, L Excoffier, A Eyre-Walker, P Keightley, M Lynch, G McVean, B Payseur, S Pfeifer, W Stephan, & JD Jensen, 2022. Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics. PLOS Biology.
- Charlesworth B, & JD Jensen, 2022. How can we resolve Lewontin's Paradox? Genome Biology & Evolution.
- Charlesworth B, & JD Jensen, 2021. Effects of selection at linked sites on patterns of genetic variability. AREES.
- Johri P, B Charlesworth, & JD Jensen, 2020. Towards an evolutionarily appropriate null model: jointly inferring demography and purifying selection. Genetics.
- Jensen JD, BA Payseur, W Stephan, CF Aquadro, M Lynch, D Charlesworth, & B Charlesworth. 2019. The importance of the Neutral Theory in 1968 and 50 years on. Evolution.
- Harris R, A Sackman, & JD Jensen, 2018. On the unfounded enthusiasm for soft selective sweeps II: examining recent evidence from humans, flies, and viruses. PLOS Genetics.
- Matuszewski S, ME Hildebrandt, G Achaz & JD Jensen. 2018. Coalescent processes with skewed offspring distributions and non-equilibrium demography. Genetics.
Courses
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASM 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
BIO 446 | Principles of Human Genetics |
BIO 546 | Principles of Human Genetics |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
EVO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
EVO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
BIO 591 | Seminar |
EVO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
EVO 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |