Jill Hamilton

Director of the Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics; Associate Professor

Jill Hamilton

Research Summary

Genomic basis of climate adaptation, conservation, and restoration genetics.

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Most Recent Publications

Sullivan, Zoe Portlas, Kelsey Jaeger, Mercedes Hoffner, Jill Hamilton, Ecology and Evolution on p. e11231

Forecasting hotspots of grassland suitability for restoration under climate change

Santosh Rana, Jessica Lindstrom, Melissa Lehrer, Marissa Ahlering, Jill Hamilton, Biological Conservation on p. 110988

Constance E. Bolte, Tommy Phannareth, Michelle Zavala-Paez, Brianna N. Sutara, Muhammed F. Can, Matthew C. Fitzpatrick, Jason A. Holliday, Stephen R. Keller, Jill A. Hamilton, 2024, Molecular Ecology

Lauren L. Sullivan, Zoe M. Portlas, Kelsey M. Jaeger, Mercedes Hoffner, Jill A. Hamilton, 2024, Ecology and Evolution

Michelle Zavala-Paez, Jason Holliday, Jill A. Hamilton, 2024, Molecular Ecology Notes

Mason W. Kulbaba, Zebadiah Yoko, Jill A. Hamilton, 2023, Annals of Botany on p. 1191-1204

Jessica Lindstrom, Marissa Ahlering, Jill Hamilton, 2023, Ecology and Evolution

Preserving range-wide genetic diversity of Fraxinus nigra

Melissa Lehrer, Jill Hamilton, 2023, Tree Seed Working Group News Bulletin, Canadian Forest Genetics Association on p. 17-21

Jason Keagy, Chloe P. Drummond, Kadeem J. Gilbert, Christina M. Grozinger, Jill Hamilton, Heather M. Hines, Jesse Lasky, Cheryl A. Logan, Ruairidh Sawers, Tyler Wagner, 2023, Molecular Ecology Notes

Kate Volk, Joseph Braasch, Marissa Ahlering, Jill A. Hamilton, 2022, American Journal of Botany on p. 1822-1837

Most-Cited Papers

Adaptive introgression as a resource for management and genetic conservation in a changing climate

Jill A. Hamilton, Joshua M. Miller, 2016, Conservation Biology on p. 33-41

Jill A. Hamilton, Walid El Kayal, Ashley T. Hart, Daniel E. Runcie, Adriana Arango-Velez, Janice E.K. Cooke, 2016, Tree Physiology on p. 1432-1448

The role of climate adaptation in colonization success in Arabidopsis thaliana

Jill A. Hamilton, Miki Okada, Tonia Korves, Johanna Schmitt, 2015, Molecular Ecology on p. 2253-2263

Fine-scale environmental variation contributes to introgression in a three-species spruce hybrid complex

Jill A. Hamilton, Amanda R. De la Torre, Sally N. Aitken, 2015, Tree Genetics and Genomes

Jill A. Hamilton, Raphaël Royauté, Jessica W. Wright, Paul Hodgskiss, F. Thomas Ledig, 2017, Ecology and Evolution on p. 7370-7381

Stephanie J. Galla, Liz Brown, Yvette Couch-Lewis Ngāi Tahu Te Hapū O Ngāti Wheke Ngāti Waewae, Ilina Cubrinovska, Daryl Eason, Rebecca M. Gooley, Jill A. Hamilton, Julie A. Heath, Samantha S. Hauser, Emily K. Latch, Marjorie D. Matocq, Anne Richardson, Jana R. Wold, Carolyn J. Hogg, Anna W. Santure, Tammy E. Steeves, 2022, Molecular Ecology on p. 41-54

Alejandra Martínez-Berdeja, Jill A. Hamilton, Aurore Bontemps, Johanna Schmitt, Jessica W. Wright, 2019, Forest Ecology and Management on p. 40-48

Lahcen Benomar, Raed Elferjani, Jill Hamilton, Greg A. O’Neill, Said Echchakoui, Yves Bergeron, Mebarek Lamara, 2022, Current Forestry Reports on p. 199-213

Acer VanWallendael, David B. Lowry, Jill A. Hamilton, 2022, Current Opinion in Plant Biology

News Articles Featuring Jill Hamilton

Ash tree variability may offer restoration path post-beetle decimation

Researchers at Penn State are working with the U.S. Forest Service and other partners to identify and develop ash trees genetically able to withstand wood-boring beetles' onslaught and strategize how to restore ash to forests.

Ash tree variability may offer restoration path post-beetle decimation

Researchers found that genetic diversity is key to breeding ash trees resistant to emerald ash borers and rising temperatures.

Cover crops project provides fertile ground for USDA graduate fellows

Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate students received more predoctoral fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture than any other institution over the last five years.

Torrey pine genetic research may benefit efforts to save chestnut, ash trees

A new genomic study of the rarest pine tree in the world, the Torrey pine, aimed at bolstering the case for a genetic rescue of the species barely surviving in the western U.S., revealed the complexity and risk associated with the endeavor. However, a tree geneticist at Penn State who oversaw the research suggests it may benefit efforts she is involved in to save other species in the East.

Geneticists close to grasping how plant communities may adapt to climate change

A century after scientists first noted that the environment contributes to the evolution of adaptive differences among plant populations, scientists are on the verge of figuring out how that adaptation happens — by combining results from huge “common garden” experiments with genomic sequencing.