Integrative Biodiversity Science
Our lab aims to document the vast diversity of life, learn how it evolved, and understand how to conserve it on a rapidly changing planet. We take an integrative approach, merging traditional field and museum collections-based science with emerging technologies in imaging, sequencing, and computation. Alongside our question-driven research program, we develop and harness new technologies to both enhance our scientific work and create new ways to interact with biodiversity. Learn more about our Research.
We are a joint lab based at the University of Maryland Department of Entomology and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. We are also affiliated with the U. of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computational Sciences (UMIACS), and the Artificial Intelligence Interdiciplinary Institute of Maryland (AIM).