Alyssa Woronik, Ph.D is a Lecturer of Biology at Sacred Heart University. Dr. Woronik is interested in investigating the genetic and molecular mechanisms that give rise to phenotypic diversity. Specifically, she is interested in answering these questions in the context of ecology and evolution.

Currently she is investigating how gene regulatory networks controlling morphogenesis, or the development of form, evolve. To address this question, she is using a sex-specific morphogenic process that has evolved multiple times independently in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and related nematode species. To answer her research questions Dr. Woronik employs various types of nucleic acid sequencing and genetic techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and transcriptional/translational reporters.She is published in science journals such as Journal of Insect Physiology, Current Zoology, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, and Nature Communications.

Dr. Woronik holds an academic position at New York University and has held research positions at NYU and Yale. She was a National Science Foundation REU Fellowship recipient and received numerous grants while a Ph.D candidate at Stockholm University.