Principal Investigators

• Dr. Jong Kyun Park

  Co-P.I.
  
  

  My major area of study is the systematics of Palaearctic Carabidae. My research focuses on geographic and phylogenetic work in Nearctic and Palaearctic areas. I am also interested in the taxonomic work of Carabidae from Vietnam and China.

• Dr. Athula Attygalle

  Co-P.I.
  
  

  Mass Spectrometry is a rapidly advancing scientific discipline with tremendous employment opportunities. Our aim is to provide most up-to-date teaching and frontier-level research programs to our students.

• Dr. Tanya Renner

  Co-P.I.
  
  

  The Renner Lab explores evolutionary genetics and genomics, the effects of multi-species interactions on form and function and the evolution of defensive systems.

• Dr. Wendy Moore

  Co-P.I.
  
  

  The Moore lab uses molecular genetic techniques and morphological methods to infer robust phylogenetic frameworks to identify and describe natural groups of terrestrial arthropods, to study their diversification and patterns of distribution, and to elucidate the ecological roles and the importance of key innovations that have significantly affected their evolutionary histories. Presently lab members are focusing efforts on lineages within the Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Myriapoda and Arachnida.