Graduate students
Kaylin Chong
Graduate Student
My interests are centered around the diversity of invertebrate sensory systems, including the evolutionary and ecological factors driving this diversity. I have previously worked with Dr. Lauren Sumner-Rooney at the Oxford Natural History Museum where I...
Jordan Johnson
Graduate Student
Prior to pursuing my PhD at Harvard, I undertook an MPhil project at Cambridge University, studying the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides . This spirited little beetle reproduces on carrion—a highly variable ecological resource—and exhibits complex...
Recent Lab Publications
2024
McKenna D, Farrell B, Marvaldi A, Oberprieler RG, Li X. Phylogenomics of palynophagous pine cone weevils (Coleoptera: Cimberididae) recovers the monophyly of Cimberidini and Doydirhynchini and reveals the paraphyly of Cimberis. European Journal of Entomology. 2024;121:435–442.
McKenna D, Farrell B, Marvaldi A, Oberprieler RG, Li X. Phylogenomics of palynophagous pine cone weevils (Coleoptera: Cimberididae) recovers the monophyly of Cimberidini and Doydirhynchini and reveals the paraphyly of Cimberis. European Journal of Entomology. 2024;121:435–442.
Kawahara A, Miller D, Solis A, Farrell B. Charles Mitter (1948–2024) Evolutionary Biologist, Consortium Builder, and Leader in Insect Evolutionary Biology. American Entomologist. 2024;70(3):58.
Kawahara A, Miller D, Solis A, Farrell B. Charles Mitter (1948–2024) Evolutionary Biologist, Consortium Builder, and Leader in Insect Evolutionary Biology. American Entomologist. 2024;70(3):58.
Boeger W, Valim M, Zaher H, Rafael J, Forzza R, Percequillo A, Serejo C, Garraffoni A, Santos A, Pereira T, et al. Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: Setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil. Zoologia (Curitiba). 2024;41:e24005. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005
Boeger W, Valim M, Zaher H, Rafael J, Forzza R, Percequillo A, Serejo C, Garraffoni A, Santos A, Pereira T, et al. Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: Setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil. Zoologia (Curitiba). 2024;41:e24005. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005
Chong K, Grahn A, Perl C, Sumner-Rooney L. Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in spiders. Current Biology. 2024;34:3178–3188.e5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.020
Chong K, Grahn A, Perl C, Sumner-Rooney L. Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in spiders. Current Biology. 2024;34:3178–3188.e5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.020