Developmental Evolution

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Associate Professor of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington

EDUCATION:
BS 1990, Genetics, Cornell University
MA 1995, Philosophy of Science, Michigan State University
PhD 1997, Genetics, Michigan State University

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
We pursue a wide range of questions about the ecology and evolution of social behavior in the Myxobacteria, which exhibit some of the most sophisticated cooperative behaviors in the bacterial kingdom. In particular, we focus on the model species Myxococcus xanthus, which engages in cooperative swarming, predation and multicellular development.