Piyal Karunarathne

The paper identifies rapidly evolving gene families and environmentally associated CNVs in Arabidopsis species, showing their role in adaptation and stress response.

The paper models interlocus gene conversion in tandem paralogues using Arabidopsis halleri HMA4 genes to show mosaic divergence patterns and the impact of IGC on gene copy diversity.

This paper introduces a scalable framework to quantify and map genetic diversity across multiple species, identifying hotspots of diversity linked to evolutionary history and climate stability.

The paper introduces phyloregion, an R package for biogeographic regionalization and spatial conservation analysis, offering faster and more scalable solutions for large phylogenetic datasets.