● Curriculum vitae

CV + Talks

Appointments

Postdoctoral Researcher, Lasisi LabDepartment of Anthropology, University of Michigan2025–present
Postbaccalaureate Research FellowBiological Sciences Division and Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago2018–2019

PhD, Genetics and Molecular BiologyEmory University · Advisor: John Lindo2019–2025
BA, Biology and Africana Studies (High Honors)Oberlin College2014–2018

Michigan Pioneer Fellowship2026
Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award, U-M Postdoctoral Association2026
Best Postdoctoral Poster Award, Midwest Population Genetics Conference2026
Kharen Fulton Diversity Graduate Award, Emory University2024
Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, Emory University2023
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship2022–2025
Emory Diversifying Graduate Education (EDGE) Fellowship, Laney Graduate School2022–2023
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship2021–2022
Centennial Scholars Fellowship, Laney Graduate School2019–2024

Optical Limits in Skin Reflectance Measurement: Quantifying Melanin-Dependent Constraints on Erythema DetectionPryor Y, He J, Kang J, Jenkins B, Lasisi T · Journal of Investigative Dermatology 146, 1740–17512026
National and state-level datasets of United States forensic DNA databases 2001–2025Pryor Y, Ranka V, Donadio JP, Muller SC, Wilson J, Lasisi T · Scientific Data2026
Ancient Ecuadorian genomes reveal millennia of genetic continuity on the Pacific Coast of South AmericaLindo J, Rivas Alava D, Juengst S, Pryor Y, Joseph SK, Ortiz Aguilu JJ, Lunniss R · PNAS Nexus 5, pgag3232026
Classical Foundations and Genomic Advances in Human Pigmentation and Hair MorphologyPryor Y, Heald L, Lasisi T · Under review2026
Whole Methylomes Reveal High-Altitude–Associated Methylation at Hypoxia and Pigmentation Genes in South American Indigenous PopulationsPryor Y, Lindo J, Migliore NR, Alava DR, Di Gerlando R, Tineo DHT, Gusmão L, Gonzalez-Andrade F, Achilli A · Environmental Epigenetics, dvaf0262025
Deconstructing Eurocentrism in skin pigmentation research via the incorporation of diverse populations and theoretical perspectivesPryor Y, Lindo J · Evolutionary Anthropology, 1–112023
Attraction of Culex pipiens to House Sparrows Is Influenced by Host Age but Not Uropygial Gland SecretionsGarvin MC, Austin A, Boyer K, Gefke M, Wright C, Pryor Y, Soble A, Whelan RJ · Insects 9, 1272018

Testing Network-Based Predictions of Genetic Constraint in MelanogenesisMidwest Population Genetics Conference, Chicago, IL · Poster · Best Postdoctoral Poster Award2026
Testing Network-Based Predictions of Genetic Constraint in MelanogenesisPopulation, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG) Conference, Pacific Grove, CA · Poster2026
Exploring the Evolutionary Histories of High-Altitude Andean PopulationsOberlin College Biology Department Seminar, Oberlin, OH · Talk2025
Deconstructing Eurocentrism in Skin Pigmentation Research: The Value of Public Health and Genetic Data from Ancient and Contemporary PopulationsEdward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT · Talk2023
Epigenetics, Slavery and Transgenerational TraumaOberlin College Department of Neuroscience (virtual) · Talk2022
Marginalizing Melanin: Historical Pigmentation-Based Prejudices Obscuring Research on the Microevolution of Skin PigmentationAmerican Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA), Denver, CO · Poster2022
Marginalizing Melanin: Historical Pigmentation-Based Prejudices Obscuring Research on the Microevolution of Skin PigmentationResearch Symposium on Racial and Social Disparities, Inequities, and Injustice, Atlanta, GA · Talk2021
Resilience, Research and Resistance: Diary of a Black Woman ScientistChicago Health and Medical Careers Citywide Student Conference, Chicago, IL · Talk2019

Beyond racial categories: what genetics tells us about skin and hair variation, and why it matters for healthAdvanced Topics (MCDB 401), Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan2026
Epigenomic and genomic approaches to high-altitude adaptation in Indigenous Andean populationsDepartment of Biology Speaker Series, Oberlin College2025
What population genetics offers global health: pigmentation, vitamin D and UV adaptationFoundations of Global Health (NSCI 103), Oberlin College2024
Epigenetic techniques and gene regulatory networksGenetics, Evolution & Ecology (BIOL 200), Oberlin College2022
Human history, genetic variation, and how historical racism shapes global health researchGlobal Health and Culture (BIOL 035), Oberlin College2022

LEO Lecturer, Introduction to Genetics (BIOL 305)University of MichiganFall 2026
Teaching Assistant, Measuring Human Traits (ANTHBIO 471)University of MichiganFall 2025
Program Coordinator, LGS-SOARLaney Graduate School, Emory UniversitySummer 2023
Teaching Assistant, Epigenetics and the Human ConditionEmory UniversityFall 2020
Research mentorUndergraduate, honors-thesis and doctoral trainees at Michigan and Emory2020–present