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
Associate of the Dunster House
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
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: xxx-xxx. OnlineEarly
Kandul, N.P., Lukhtanov, V.A. and N.E. Pierce. 2007. Karyotype diversity and speciation in Agrodiaetus butterflies. Evolution 61: 546-558
Braby, M.F., N.E. Pierce, and R. Vila. 2007. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the subtribe Aporiina, with particular reference to Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): implications for the origin of Australian butterflies? Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 90: 413-440
Braby, M.F. and N.E. Pierce. 2007. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of the Indo-Australian genus Delias Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): phylogenetic evidence supports an ‘out-of-Australia’ origin. Systematic Entomology 32: 2-25
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 (5770): 101-104
Courses Taught
OEB 57. Animal Behavior
OEB 155r. Biology of Insects
OEB 174r. Topics in Behavioral Ecology
OEB 334. Behavioral Ecology
