# People ## expand\_more [### Brian D. Farrell ](/people/brian-d-farrell)Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Curator of Entomology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology My lab and I work on the evolution of interactions between different kinds of tiny consumers, especially beetles and other arthropods, and their much larger hosts, such as plants or large animals. We use phylogenetics to understand the directions, rate... ![Brian Farrell smiling, with plants in background and foreground](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/bdf_plants.jpg?itok=g__phlHQ) [### Gary Alpert ](/people/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. He has photographed many ant species in the field and is... ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait.jpg?itok=0K0NtYar) [### S. Bruce Archibald ](/people/s-bruce-archibald)Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology Curator of Paleontology Collections, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Univ. of British Columbia ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Valentine Bouju ](/people/valentine-bouju)MCZ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow The history of ants: What do Dominican resins unveil about the biodiversity and ecological evolution of Formicidae? I am a paleoentomologist and a paleobotanist, working on fossilized resin and its exquisitely preserved inclusions. I specialize in the... ![Portrait of Valentine Bouju, smiling, with short hair, blurred foliage background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/valentine-portrait-2024web_1.jpg?itok=5db3-ix_) [### Kaylin Chong ](/people/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... ![portrait of Kaylin Chong, wearing glasses outdoors on breezy day, blurred background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/kaylin_2022.jpg?itok=Nb_xypw0) [### Whit Farnum ](/people/whit-farnum)Curatorial Assistant ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait.jpg?itok=0K0NtYar) [### Patrick Gorring ](/people/patrick-gorring)Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Research Curator of Coleoptera and Odonata, FL Dept. of Ag. & Consumer Services and FL State Collection of Arthropods I am an evolutionary biologist and entomologist who uses species-rich herbivorous insects to study how the insect-plant interface has contributed to diversity and will respond to global change. I use genomic tools to investigate factors limiting ranges... ![Headshot of Patrick Gorring, blurry leaves in background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/patrick_gorring_msu_entomology_09-08-2022-043_1.jpg?itok=5RROn40H) [### Alyssa Hernandez ](/people/alyssa-hernandez)Alyssa Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Biology, Bard College Graduate student through August 2021; biography below is based on graduate studies: 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... ![Alyssa collecting in Puerto Rico](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/alyssa_2016_news_001.jpg?itok=yyMpVof6) [### Jordan Johnson ](/people/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... ![Jordan Johnson, sitting on boulder in front of gray sky, field, trees, and "Brompton Lakes" sign](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/jordan_2023.jpg?itok=7TcFQESh) [### Amie Jones ](/people/amie-jones)Faculty/Collection Assistant Amie helps the lab run smoothly. She works as a liaison between the Farrell Lab, Entomology, OEB, and the MCZ. Amie can best be reached via email [ajones at oeb dot harvard dot edu] at present. ![portrait of Amie Jones](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/amie_2014.jpeg?itok=iH6VY7GD) [### Sangil Kim ](/people/sang-il-kim)Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate student through May 2023 My broad interests include systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Previously I have worked on a taxonomic review of the Korean lucanids with the description of one new species and... ![Sang Il Kim at desk with microscope](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/sang_2016_2.jpg?itok=wi9jEVfq) [### Anthony (Tony) Kiszewski ](/people/anthony-tony-kiszewski)MCZ Associate Associate Professor of Public Health Entomology, Bentley University ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait.jpg?itok=0K0NtYar) [### Fabio Laurindo da Silva ](/lab-alumni/fabio-laurindo-da-silva)Researcher, Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2016 Biography below is from fellowship years: I am an evolutionary biologist with a strong interest in the use of molecular phylogenies as a tool to understand biogeographical and evolutionary processes in time and space. Most of... ![Fabio Laurindo da Silva outdoors, leaning against sign for Cape Point, South Africa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/fabio.jpg?itok=ZqgMT6xJ) [### Piotr Naskrecki ](/people/piotr-naskrecki) MCZ Associate Director of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory, Gorongosa, Mozambique Piotr (Peter) Naskrecki is an entomologist, photographer and author, based at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA.). He received his M. Sc. degree in Zoology from the A. Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland;, and a... ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait.jpg?itok=0K0NtYar) [### Thalles Platiny Lavinscky Pereira ](/people/thalles-platiny-lavinscky-pereira) Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology MCZ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023-2025 50 new species for the 49th state - Alaska: using integrative taxonomy to illuminate a dark taxon (Diptera: Phoridae) Thalles’ research focuses on the diversity of flies (Diptera), especially the Phoridae... ![Thalles Lavinscky Pereira, smiling and holding a drawer of insect specimens, in front of gray collections cabinets](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/thalles_2023_0.jpg?itok=kQHNLGmX) [### Jessica Rykken ](/people/jessica-rykken)MCZ Associate Entomology Collections Manager, Univ. of Alaska Museum, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Andrea S. Sequeira ](/people/andrea-s-sequeira)MCZ Associate Gordon and Althea P. Lang ’26 Professor of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Scott Shaw ](/people/scott-shaw)MCZ Associate Professor of Entomology and Insect Museum Curator, Univ. of Wyoming ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Paulino Siqueira Ribeiro ](/people/paulino-siqueira-ribeiro)Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology MCZ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow 2023-2025 Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the subgenus Decamyia Dyar, genus Wyeomyia Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) with a description of new species Paulino is a biologist interested in the study of mosquitoes... ![Paulino Siqueira Ribeiro, looking at the camera while wearing a blue shirt](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/paulino_2023.jpg?itok=DwkrGqeY) [### Bruno A. Souza de Medeiros ](/people/bruno-souza-de-medeiros)MCZ Associate Negaunee Assistant Curator of Pollinating Insects, Field Museum, Chicago Postdoctoral Fellow in OEB, 2018-2019; Graduate Student through 2018 Biography below is based on graduate studies: I am generally interested in understanding the origins of the spectacular insect diversity. For my thesis work, I am studying a little-known... ![Bruno, standing with green mountains and trees behind him](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/bruno_2015_05.jpg?itok=AeAoNDZg) ## Recent Lab Publications Download 4 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&taxonomy_filters=&&&format=ris) ### 2026 Kim S, Farrell BD. [Tetraopes milkweed beetle genomes elucidate the adaptive basis of a temperate coevolutionary radiation](/publication/tetraopes-milkweed-beetle-genomes-elucidate-adaptive-basis-temperate-coevolutionary). Molecular Ecology Resources. 2026;26(3). doi:10.1111/1755-0998.70117 Kim S, Farrell BD. [Tetraopes milkweed beetle genomes elucidate the adaptive basis of a temperate coevolutionary radiation](/publication/tetraopes-milkweed-beetle-genomes-elucidate-adaptive-basis-temperate-coevolutionary). Molecular Ecology Resources. 2026;26(3). doi:10.1111/1755-0998.70117 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](< https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70117>) - [ picture\_as\_pdfMolecular Ecology Resourc...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/2026-03/Molecular%20Ecology%20Resources%20-%202026%20-%20Kim%20-%20Tetraopes%20Milkweed%20Beetle%20Genomes%20Elucidate%20the%20Adaptive%20Basis%20of%20a%20Temperate.pdf) The coevolutionary radiation of 27 species of *Tetraopes* longhorned beetles and their *Asclepias* milkweed hosts represents a classic example of adaptive evolution driven by plant chemical defences and herbivore counteradaptations. Investigations to date... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](< https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70117>) - [ picture\_as\_pdfMolecular Ecology Resourc...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/2026-03/Molecular%20Ecology%20Resources%20-%202026%20-%20Kim%20-%20Tetraopes%20Milkweed%20Beetle%20Genomes%20Elucidate%20the%20Adaptive%20Basis%20of%20a%20Temperate.pdf) Lourenço-De-Oliveira R, Pereira GR, Neves MSAS, Santos SDS, Ribeiro PS, Nascimento-Pereira AC, Talaga S, Pavan MG, Sallum MAM, Motta MA. [Systematics of Leonidasdeanea, a new subgenus of Wyeomyia (Diptera: Culicidae), with recognition of Wy. luciae as a valid species and synonymy of Wy. surinamensis with Wy. flui](/publication/systematics-leonidasdeanea-new-subgenus-wyeomyia-diptera-culicidae-recognition-wy). Zootaxa. 2026;5782(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.1.1 Lourenço-De-Oliveira R, Pereira GR, Neves MSAS, Santos SDS, Ribeiro PS, Nascimento-Pereira AC, Talaga S, Pavan MG, Sallum MAM, Motta MA. [Systematics of Leonidasdeanea, a new subgenus of Wyeomyia (Diptera: Culicidae), with recognition of Wy. luciae as a valid species and synonymy of Wy. surinamensis with Wy. flui](/publication/systematics-leonidasdeanea-new-subgenus-wyeomyia-diptera-culicidae-recognition-wy). Zootaxa. 2026;5782(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.1.1 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract A new subgenus, *Leonidasdeanea*, of the genus *Wyeomyia* Theobald, 1901 is established based on morphological and molecular analyses. It comprises three sibling species: Wyeomyia chalcocephala Dyar & Knab, *Wy. flui* (Bonne-Wepster & Bonne) and *Wy. luciae* Sene... Fiorentino G, Bouju V, Sosa D, Navarro nto, Barden P. [The ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber](/publication/ant-genus-hypoponera-hymenoptera-formicidae-dominican-amber-1). Journal of Paleontology. 2026. doi:10.1017/jpa.2025.10213 Fiorentino G, Bouju V, Sosa D, Navarro nto, Barden P. [The ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber](/publication/ant-genus-hypoponera-hymenoptera-formicidae-dominican-amber-1). Journal of Paleontology. 2026. doi:10.1017/jpa.2025.10213 - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2025.10213) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2025.10213) ### 2025 Kim S, Farrell BD. [Chromosome-level genome assembly of the white-spotted sawyer Monochamus scutellatus(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)](/publication/chromosome-level-genome-assembly-white-spotted-sawyer-monochamus-scutellatuscoleoptera). Scientific Data. 2025. doi:10.1038/s41597-025-06258-0 Kim S, Farrell BD. [Chromosome-level genome assembly of the white-spotted sawyer Monochamus scutellatus(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)](/publication/chromosome-level-genome-assembly-white-spotted-sawyer-monochamus-scutellatuscoleoptera). Scientific Data. 2025. doi:10.1038/s41597-025-06258-0 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06258-0) - [ picture\_as\_pdfKim\_Farrell-2025-Scientif...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/2025-12/Kim_Farrell-2025-Scientific_Data.pdf) The white-spotted sawyer, *Monochamus scutellatus* (Say) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae),is an important vector of pinewood nematode(PWN), *Bursaphelenchus xylophilus* (Steiner and Buhrer) Nickle, in North America. While *Monochamus* species from the Palearctic... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06258-0) - [ picture\_as\_pdfKim\_Farrell-2025-Scientif...](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/2025-12/Kim_Farrell-2025-Scientific_Data.pdf) [ More publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications)