College of Letters & Science
Research Biodiversity, Systematics Google Scholar My research combines lab, field, & herbarium work to embrace the discipline of plant systematics in the broadest sense. My students and I are interested especially in questions regarding the evolution, classification, naming, and conservation of plant diversity, especially within Orchidaceae and other monocot families. My research is strongly grounded …
Research Biodiversity, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics/Genomics, Molecular Biology, Systematics Google Scholar Our research broadly addresses macroevolution of invertebrates through the lenses of phylogenetics, genomics, and comparative development, with emphasis on chelicerate arthropods. This body of work integrates three avenues of inquiry: (1) How is biodiversity distributed through time and space? (2) What are the …