With new (2019) funding from NSF (hooray!!!) we are going to continue work started in Hufbauer et al. (2015 PNAS) on the factors that enable populations to adapt to challenging environments. Using the Tribolium  model system, we can evaluate the consequences of density dependence and genetic load for determining whether population adapt or decline to extinction. We are currently seeking a postdoc to join us. We are also working with new CSU MS student Lily Durkee, and of course our amazing collaborators to the south: Brett Melbourne and PhD student Scott Nordstrom.