W. Kelley Thomas directs UNH's Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, a leader in comparative and environmental genomics with a special emphasis on novel model species. Thomas is interested in using molecules to understand the relationships among organisms and between organisms and their environment. Increasing our understanding of the mechanisms of molecular change and developing a critical link between molecular and organismal evolution is a key component to my research programs. Current research in his lab also focuses on the response of organisms to environmental change and genome evolution using various DNA sequencing technologies and bioinformatics.