We are a computational research group based at Oberlin College. Our primary focus is the very early evolutionary history of life and the molecular systems that allow it to function.
image adapted from NASA Astrobiology Institute
Recent Highlights
Check out our paper, Universal paralogs provide a window into evolution before the last universal common ancestor, which was covered by Popular Mechanics and IFLScience.
The Goldman lab was just featured in the inaugural issue of the Oberlin Research Review.
Aaron Goldman was recently interviewed in the Washington Post. See the article here.
Our paper, Electron transport chains as a window into the earliest stages of evolution, was covered by 27 different news outlets including Popular Mechanics.
A this study from our group was awarded the Zuckerkandl Prize for the top research article of the year published in the Journal of Molecular Evolution.