Charles R. Carignan

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 I am a molecular geneticist with an M.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois Chicago, where I worked in both the Igić Lab and the Ashley Lab.
 My thesis research classified the self-incompatibility system in the Cactaceae family, combining laboratory genetics with computational analysis in R, Python, and Linux.
 See my About section for more information.

 Additionally, I serve as a Research Assistant on the CIM²AS project at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

 Research Interests

 Genetic Variation | Phylogenetics | Molecular Biology | Scientific Writing | Computational biology

 Education

 M.Sc., Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2026
 B.Sc., Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2024