Research in my lab is focused on investigating patterns of change underlying organismal diversity. We employ a wide range of experimental approaches to explore the relationships between genotype and phenotype from both developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Developmental studies in the lab use three species as models; the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, and the anthozoan cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. Evolutionary investigations include work on a range of species affiliated with these three taxa
