Greer Dolby
Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
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Greer Dolby is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research centers on how wild plants and animals evolve and adapt to their environments, using large multi‑omic datasets and integrative statistical approaches to solve complex biological questions. With a background spanning earth processes and evolutionary biology, she earned her Ph.D. at UCLA and completed postdoctoral training at Arizona State University.
Genome‑Enabled Weeds for (Re)Mining Rare Earth Elements
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are essential to batteries, power grids, and modern electronics, but the U.S. relies on China for nearly 80% of its supply and less than 1% is recycled. Our team is developing next‑generation phytomining: using selectively bred plants to recover REEs from mine waste. Partnering with the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, we are genome‑enabling pokeweed to efficiently extract and recycle REEs from acid mine drainage and mine tailings. This approach offers a potentially scalable, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable path to securing the domestic REE supply chain.
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