Faculty

My research program investigates the physiological ecology and the evolution of nitrogen metabolism in marine diatoms and other ecologically important groups of marine algae. In many marine environments, nitrogen availability is an important factor regulating primary productivity. By characterizing the […]

Professor Ahlgren is a marine microbial ecologist. He is interested in understanding how environmental factors and interactions between microbes and viruses shape the evolution, diversity, and structure of microbial communities. Marine microbial communities are extremely diverse and control globally important […]

My research takes an integrative approach to studying the evolution and diversification of functional morphological systems. I am particularly interested in how form (phenotype) and function are related, and how these relationships are context-dependent in terms of habitat use and […]

Jackie Dresch received a B.A from SUNY Geneseo in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Quantitative Biology from Michigan State University in 2012.  She has been at Clark since 2015. Professor Dresch’s research focuses on modeling transcriptional regulation in fruit […]

The research in my lab applies experimental molecular genomic, mathematical and computational approaches to investigate the regulation of gene expression during development. The major focus is on analyzing the epigenetic and regulatory networks that control transcription in the embryo in […]

David Hibbett is a Professor of Biology at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. USA. He received a B.S. in Botany from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a PhD in Botany from Duke University. He held postdoctoral fellowships at the Tottori […]

My broad research interests are the evolution and ecology of complex biotic interactions between individuals and their subsequent effect on fitness and population structure. It has long been accepted that ecology influences evolution but only recently has is it become […]

Cytokinesis, the process by which a cell constricts at the equator to ultimately divide into two daughter cells remains poorly understood. My primary interest has been to identify the proteins/genes involved in both the mechanics and the regulation of this […]

My research uses an integrated approach, combining observational studies, manipulative field experiments, chemical ecology techniques, and lab experiments to examine the dynamics of complex species interactions and how they are shaped by managed systems. Within the last 100 years, most […]

Professor Erin McCullough is an evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist whose research aims to understand patterns of morphological and behavioral diversity. She specializes in studying the evolution of reproductive traits and uses diverse and integrated approaches to explore the evolutionary forces […]

Néva Meyer is an associate professor in the Biology Department at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Her research addresses questions of annelid and spiralian development with the goal of gaining a better understanding of how animal body plans evolved […]

My research program investigates the physiological ecology and the evolution of nitrogen metabolism in marine diatoms and other ecologically important groups of marine algae. In many marine environments, nitrogen availability is an important factor regulating primary productivity. By characterizing the […]

Javier is an Assistant Professor of Genomics at the Department of Biology of Clark University. His lab is interested in identifying the patterns of genomic evolution of fungal species and populations, especially focused on the evolution, systematics, and genomics of […]

Associate Professor Justin Thackeray is a geneticist whose current research interest lies in understanding mechanisms of growth factor signaling pathway regulation, using the model system Drosophila melanogaster. His main focus has been investigating phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma), which is a key […]