Introduction
I am an evolutionary biologist using fire ant and Caenorhabditis nematodes as model organisms to study diverse topics such as non-Mendelian inheritance and social biology.
Our lab studies social insect evolution, behavior, and sex determination and non-Mendelian inheritance in nematodes.
Research Topics
Fire ant social biology and sex determination. Nematode sex ratio bias, selfish genes and biodiversity.
Honor
The Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators (Division of Biological Sciences) 2015
Wu-Ta You Memorial Award 2014
Educational Background
Stanford University, 2002 (PhD)
The Ohio State University, 1995 (BS)