Graduate Students - 
While the lab is not actively recruiting for particular PhD positions, we are always interested in considering new students in an opportunistic fashion. We are generally looking for motivated students who are broadly interested in the intersection of evolution, ecology, and genetics and who are interested in conducting integrative research spanning field, bench, and computational work. There are potential avenues of inquiry that students can pursue in any of our established study systems: Rhagoletis flies and their parasitoids, tritrophic gall-former systems, or seed-dispersing ants, but I am also open to discussing projects in other relevant systems. 

​Interested students are strongly encouraged to contact me directly, but will also have to apply to Department of Biological Sciences's Graduate Program through the Graduate School's admission system.

See below for more information on our department and the intellectual opportunities it offers graduate students.


Undergraduate researchers- 
We are always looking for capable, motivated undergraduates to join our team. 

EEB at Binghamton The biology department is home to 30 tenured or tenure-track faculty.These research programs encompass a wide range of the life sciences, spanning levels of biological organization from molecules to ecosystems. The ecology, evolution, and behavior group is comprised of a number of labs that form a smooth continuum across ecology and evolutionary biology. I've found that many of these labs have strong overlaps in fundamental research interests in a way that provides a rich and stimulating intellectual setting for evolutionary and ecological genetics. For instance, other labs in the department share our interests in ecological speciation, plant-insect interactions, quantitative genetics, community ecology, physiological ecology, insect conservation, and evolutionary genomics. We have a vibrant EEB discussion group that meets each Friday to talk about recent papers and/or interact with our departmental seminar speakers. The lab is part of BU's new NATCHANGE organized research center, which provides opportunities for collaboration and interaction with faculty in students in other departments who share our interests in how global change affects natural systems. BU is also home to the interdisciplinary Evolutionary Studies program (EvoS), led by David Sloan Wilson.