Norah Saarman

Biology

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Office Location: LSB 333
Phone: (435) 797-0936
Email: norah.saarman@usu.edu
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Educational Background

PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, (Genomics), University of California, 2014 Dissertation

Introgression, natural selection, and thermal tolerance in the invasive blue mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

BS, Conservation Biology, (Conservation and Resource Studies), University of California, 2006

Genetic differentiation across eastern Pacific oceanographic barriers in the threatened seahorse, Hippocampus ingens.

Biography

I earned my BS from UC Berkeley with honors and high distinction in 2006, and my PhD from UC Santa Cruz in 2014. I then worked as a postdoc at Yale University 2015-2018.

Teaching Interests

Population genetics, evolution, computational biology.

Research Interests

Spatial ecology, population biology, speciation, vector biology.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

Saarman, N., Graybeal, K., Seeley, T., Calhoun, E., Jenkins, E., Moraes, A.D, (2025). Range expansion of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens hybrids across mid-latitudes of North America. One Health, 21, 101205. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101205
Saarman, N.P, (2019). Spatio-temporal distribution of Spiroplasma infections in the tsetse fly (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in northern Uganda. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 13:8, e0007340.

Professional Journal

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

BIOL, BIOL, BIOL 3070, 3070, 3070 - Computational Approaches to Biology, Fall 2025

BIOL 3070 - Computational Biology, Fall 2025

BIOL, BIOL 4750, 6750 - Topics in Biology (Topic), Spring 2025

biol 4750 - Topics in Biology: Molecular Ecology, Spring 2025

BIOL, BIOL, WILD, WILD 4750, 4950, 6750, 6900 - Topics in Biology, Fall 2024

BIOL 6750 - Topics in Biology: Landscape Genetics, Fall 2024

BIOL 3070 - Computational Approaches to Biology, Spring 2024

BIOL 3070 - Computational Approaches to Biology, Fall 2022

BIOL 3070 - Computational Approaches to Biology, Spring 2022

BIOL 3070 - Computational Approaches to Biology, Spring 2021

Graduate Students Mentored

Thad Allen, Biology

Emily Graybeal, Biology

Emily Calhoun, , Biology, August 2021

Matthew Yutrzenka, Biology 2025