Elucidation and study of biosynthetic pathways and enzymes as well as the development of synthetic methods that are compatible with microbial chemistry.
(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) The molecular and neural circuit basis of behavioral individuality.
(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Ecology and evolution of microbial symbioses.
(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolution of molecular and developmental mechanisms controlling cell fate decisions
(Not Accepting Graduate Students) The genetic basis of adaptive morphology and behavior.
(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolutionary, ecological, and genetic basis of speciation
(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Evolution of floral developmental genetic pathways
Development of chemical and molecular biology tools to allow new measurements and perturbations in biological systems; study mechanisms of gene regulation and dysregulation in cancer.
(Not Accepting Graduate Students for 2026-2027) Study evolution, hybridization, and speciation - mainly in butterflies
Human development, Stem cell biology, Neuroscience, Computational Biology
Small molecule probes and therapeutics controlling gene expression, epigenetics, and cell states
