NANCY MORAN
Principal Investigator

My long-term interests are in the evolution of biological complexity, such as that apparent in complex life histories, in intimate interactions among species, and in species-diversity of clades and communities.

My focus is on symbiosis, particularly that between multicellular hosts and microbes.

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ELI POWELL
Research Associate

I have been helping to develop tools for studying the biological and functional complexity of microbes and their interactions with each other and their hosts in the guts of honey bees and bumble bees.

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WALDAN KWONG
Graduate Student

I study the gut bacteria of bees, with the ultimate goal of understanding their roles and functions within these ecologically important insects.

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GORDON BENNETT
Postdoctoral Associate

My work focuses on sap-feeding insects model systems to understand the role of obligate bacterial associations and insect-plant interactions in adaptive diversification.

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KATE FILUSH
Lab Assistant
University of New Haven

INGRID ROCHON
Undergraduate Researcher

ALLISON HANSEN
Postdoctoral Fellow

Broadly, I am interested in insect-bacterial endosymbiont interactions. My current focus in on gene expression and genome evolution of insects and their endosymbionts.

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PHILIPP ENGEL
Postdoctoral Fellow

Generally, my scientific interests focus on the genetic basis and evolution of bacterial adaptation to distinct host niches.

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DAN SLOAN
Postdoctoral Fellow

My research aims to understand the basic forces that shape the evolution of genome organization, structure, and function.

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HAUKE KOCH
Postdoctoral Fellow

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KATHERINE URBAN-MEAD
Undergraduate Researcher

KIM HAMMOND
Research Assistant