Naomi E. Pierce
Sidney A. and John H. Hessel Professor of Biology
Curator of Lepidoptera in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows
Phone: 617-495-2576
E-mail:
Office: 426 MCZ Labs, 26 Oxford St
Lab Website: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pierce/lab
Behavioral ecology and evolution, focusing on species interactions such as insect/host plant associations and symbioses between insects and other organisms; life history evolution and systematics of Lepidoptera
Recent Publications
Whiteman, N.K. and N.E. Pierce (2008) Delicious poison: genetics of Drosophila host plant preference. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 473-478
Ramirez, S.R., Gravendeel, B., Singer, R.B., Marshall, C.R. and N.E. Pierce. (2007) Dating the origin of the Orchidaceae from a fossil orchid with its pollinator. Nature 448: 1042-1045
Kandul, N.P., V.A. Lukhtanov and N.E. Pierce. (2007) Karyotypic diversity and speciation in Agrodaietus butterflies. Evolution 61: 546-558
Quental, T. B., Patten, M.M. and N.E. Pierce. (2007). Host plant specialization driven by sexual selection. American Naturalist 169: 830-836
Quek, S-P., Davies, S.J., Ashton, P.S., Itino, T. and N. E. Pierce. (2007). The geography of diversification in mutualistic ants: a gene's-eye view into the Neogene history of Sundaland rain forests. Molecular Ecology 16: 2045-2062
Moreau, C.S., Bell, C.D., Vila, R, Archibald, S.B., and N.E. Pierce. (2006). Phylogeny of the Ants: Diversification in the Age of Angiosperms, Science 312: 101-104
Eastwood, R. , Pierce, N.E., Kitching, R.L. and J.M. Hughes. (2006). Do ants enhance diversification in lycaenid butterflies? Phylogeographic evidence from a model myrmecophile, Jalmenus evagoras. Evolution 60: 315-327
Courses Taught
OEB 57. Animal Behavior
OEB 155r. Biology of Insects
OEB 174r. Topics in Behavioral Ecology
OEB 334. Behavioral Ecology
