Biodiversity Research Seminar Series (BRS)

BRS Joe Parker: Retracing the evolutionary steps towards symbiosis

January 21, 2026, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Beaty Biodiversity Museum auditorium & Online

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host: Ben Matthews

Title talk: Retracing the evolutionary steps towards symbiosis

Abstract: 

Short biography: Joe Parker is an evolutionary biologist who has pioneered the study of rove beetles to investigate the evolution of symbiosis and species interactions. Originally from Swansea, Wales, he received a BSc from Imperial College London and a PhD from the University of Cambridge/MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. and was a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University. Currently, he is a Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, where he is the director of Caltech’s Center for Evolutionary Science. He is also a research associate in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History.

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