My research group performs integrative research
at the interface of evolutionary biology and ecology.
To do this, we explore how physiological traits govern individual performance and
species co-existence across environmental gradients in a changing climate.
Our favorite study organisms – ants – enable us to test hypotheses across levels of biological organization, from genes in genomes,
to cells in multicellular bodies, to individuals in societies, and symbioses.
Trillions of ants inhabit diverse habitats across the planet,
providing a rich canvas on which we and our collaborators apply integrative approaches
from metabolic respirometry, to stable isotopes, to DNA barcoding to transcriptomics.
at the interface of evolutionary biology and ecology.
To do this, we explore how physiological traits govern individual performance and
species co-existence across environmental gradients in a changing climate.
Our favorite study organisms – ants – enable us to test hypotheses across levels of biological organization, from genes in genomes,
to cells in multicellular bodies, to individuals in societies, and symbioses.
Trillions of ants inhabit diverse habitats across the planet,
providing a rich canvas on which we and our collaborators apply integrative approaches
from metabolic respirometry, to stable isotopes, to DNA barcoding to transcriptomics.
