Michael S. Brewer - P.I. & Associate Professor
My research focuses on using genomics tools to answer broad evolutionary questions. Using arthropods as focal systems, I investigate the mechanisms that create and maintain biodiversity, including adaptive radiations. Specific interests include venomics, color evolution, co-evolution, taxonomy, biogeography, and phylogenetics. Additionally, I investigate the population genomics of complex traits (e.g., mimicry in millipedes and recurrent stroke in humans) along with conservation genetics and eDNA techniques for conservation.

​EDUCATION
B.S. - Marshall University
M.S. - Marshall University
Ph.D. - East Carolina University
Postdoc - University of California, Berkeley

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Christopher Cohen - Ph.D. Student
Robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) systematics and genomics.

​EDUCATION
B.S. - Oregon State University

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Timothy J. Cole - Ph.D. Student
Spider venomics, genomics, and bioinformatics.

​EDUCATION
B.S. - Samford University

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Zarif Hasan - M.S. Graduated
Spider venomics, phenotypic plasticity, and local adaptaion

​EDUCATION
B.S. - Cornell University

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Richard (Starling) Krentz - M.S. Graduated
Bumblebee immune genetics and apiculture

​EDUCATION
B.S. - East Carolina University

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Chase Magsig - Undergraduate Graduated
Florida burying beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Peltotrupes) phylogeography and spider behavor.

​EDUCATION
B.S. - East Carolina University

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Aayushi Patel - Undergraduate Graduated
Crayfish social brain transcriptomics and spider veomics.

​EDUCATION
B.S. - East Carolina University

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