. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Scott V. Edwards Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Curator of Ornithology Prof. Edwards' research focuses on the evolutionary biology of birds and relatives, combining field, museunn and genomics approaches to understand the basis of avian diversity, evolution and behavior. Andrew A. Biewener Charles P. Lynuni Professor of Biology Director, Concord Field Station Prof. Biewener's research focuses on understanding the biomechanics, neiiromiisciilar contr ol and energetics of
. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Scott V. Edwards Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Curator of Ornithology Prof. Edwards' research focuses on the evolutionary biology of birds and relatives, combining field, museunn and genomics approaches to understand the basis of avian diversity, evolution and behavior. Andrew A. Biewener Charles P. Lynuni Professor of Biology Director, Concord Field Station Prof. Biewener's research focuses on understanding the biomechanics, neiiromiisciilar contr ol and energetics of animal movement on land and in die air. His goal is to understand general principles diat govern the biomechanical and physiological design of vertebrate animals related to their moxement in natural Brian D. Farrell Pi of-ssor of Biology Curator of Fjitoinology Prof . Farrell's research is broadly concerned with whether the diversity of species on Earth is a cause or consequence of die diverse roles different species play in ecosyslems, parlicularlv interactions hclween inse( Is and plants. 1 he Fai rell lab serves as a base for the Beetle Tree of Life |ir()ject, a (ollaboiative and (oinprelu'usixe I)hvlogenetic sludv ol this most diverse group ol animals. The guiding principles of his lab's research include population genetics, systematics and field observations of diversity and behavior. His research emphasizes applying the methods of genomics to understand the history of populations, species and larger evolutionary groups of birds. In recent years several members of his lab have conducted genomic studies of reptiles to find clues to what the ancestral avian genome may have looked like. A major ongoing project focuses on the evolutionary consequences of a new host-pathogen association brought about in 1994, when a bacterial pathogen, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, switched avian hosts from poultry to House Finches, a common North American songbird. Edwards has also
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