#  Birding helped him soar in evolutionary science 

 





May 28, 2026

 

 

     ![Ashwin Sivakumar, at right, shows off specimens from the Harvard Museum of Natural History collection. Tony Rinaldi](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Ashwin%20Sivakumar_Visitas-TonyRinaldo.jpg?itok=4WE7SGjI) 

Ashwin Sivakumar, at right, shows off specimens from the Harvard Museum of Natural History collection. Credit: Tony Rinaldi



 



 

The [*FAS Current*](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/birding-helped-him-soar-evolutionary-science) featured Ashwin Sivakumar, IB Concentrator in Scott Edwards Lab, detailing how his interest in nature shaped his academic pursuits and his work with Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

Ashwin's work in the Edwards Lab led to his senior thesis which reveals not only a separation in the evolutionary roles of bones and features, but also a discovery that feathers drive differences in wing shape between subspecies, while bones eventually start to contribute to their shape over millions of years.



 

 

 



 

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