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Brian D. Farrell

Brian D. Farrell

Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America, Professor of Biology, Curator of Entomology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Faculty Dean of Leverett House of Harvard College

We are generally interested in whether the diversity of species on earth is a cause or consequence of the diversity of roles different species play in...

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Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-496-1057

Gary Alpert

Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology
Research Associate, Museum of Northern Arizona

Gary is an environmental biologist and MCZ Associate, specializing in ants. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1981 and has been conducting field studies on the ants of New England since 1990.

At present, Gary is also a Research Associate at the Museum of Northern Arizona, with research focused on the arthropod biodiversity of the Colorado Plateau (particularly ants).

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Whit Farnum

Curatorial Assistant
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Patrick Gorring

Patrick Gorring

Graduate Student through June 2019

Herbivorous insects and their hostplants together comprise about half of all terrestrial eukaryotes (Futuyma and Agrawal 2009) and are food for most of...

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Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Alyssa collecting in Puerto Rico
Photo by Sang Il Kim

Alyssa Hernandez

Graduate Student

Before pursuing my PhD at Harvard, my background had been largely focused on examining various ecological processes throughout the natural world. As an undergraduate at Cornell University, I completed a degree in Natural Resources with a focus on applied ecology. During my time at Cornell, an internship at Harvard Forest sparked my love of insects.... Read more about Alyssa Hernandez

Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Sang Il Kim at desk with microscope

Sangil Kim

Graduate Student

My broad interests include systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Previously I have worked on a taxonomic review...

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Sang's research site
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Bruno A. Souza de Medeiros

Bruno A. Souza de Medeiros

Postdoctoral Fellow - Climate Change Solutions Fund

I am generally interested in understanding the origins of the spectacular insect diversity. For my thesis work, I am studying a little-known but very promising system of insect herbivores and their host plants: palms and their flower visitors.... Read more about Bruno A. Souza de Medeiros

Bruno's research site
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138