What we study

We study the molecular mechanisms that underlie adaptations mediating species interactions. We work with diverse sets of species, including including plant-herbivore and herbivore-parasitoid antagonisms that revolve around toxins produced as defenses, as well as hummingbird foraging traits shaped by their mutualistic relationships with their nectar plants. We use comparative evolutionary and population genomics, experimental evolution, functional genetics, biochemistry, chemical ecology, neuroethology, genome editing, and field experiments to pursue our research.

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