Stony Brook University

Kazakhstan preserves a rich fossil record, including rare glimpses of some of the most important periods in vertebrate evolution with exceptional preservation. However, a lack of resources and i...

My project tests the hypothesis that microbiomes drive ecological differences among three new sponge species (Ircinia spp.). To test this hypothesis, I will sequence the metagenomes of ...

The neck is involved in most everyday behaviors. Still, we do not understand how specific behaviors shape neck anatomy. I will study this connection between behavior and anatomy by examining the...