Academic Background: Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1996.
Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics, speciation, and recombination in Drosophila.
Appointments: John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor of Biology, Duke University; Former Dean of Natural Sciences.
Awards: Darwin-Wallace Medal, Linnean Society of London.
Publications: Author of Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution (Princeton University Press, 2018).