A research assistantship (PDF) is available for a motivated student fascinated by insect biodiversity and interested in learning/developing novel approaches to taxonomy, phylogenetics, and informatics.

Our research focuses on a broad array of evolutionary questions relating to insect taxonomy, biodiversity, phylogenetics, natural history, and bioinformatics. We are especially motivated by critical problems that encumber systematic entomology, namely the biodiversity crisis (i.e., the undervaluation and rapid loss of life) and the taxonomic impediment (i.e., lack of trained taxonomists, funding, and effective presentation of information), but we also collaborate in efforts that address questions in molecular evolution.