#  Research 

 
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Four broad research areas capture the core expertise of the members of OEB. Groundbreaking research in the life sciences is now more interdisciplinary than ever and many OEB faculty work in more than one of these areas. OEB also maintains expertise in a number of sub-fields of biology, including [evolutionary developmental biology](/evolutionary-developmental-biology-faculty), [neuroethology &amp; behavioral ecology](/neuroethology-behavioral-ecology-faculty), [paleobiology](/paleobiology-faculty), [population &amp; evolutionary genetics](/population-evolutionary-genetics-faculty), [physiology](/physiology-faculty), [biodiversity &amp; systematics](/biodiversity-systematics-faculty), [biology of marine systems](/biology-marine-systems-faculty), and [mathematical &amp; computational biology](/mathematical-computational-biology-faculty). Please visit i[ndividual faculty-group web sites](https://www.oeb.harvard.edu/people?f%5B0%5D=hwp_c_people12345678910111%3A48886) for more specific information. Faculty are listed under the four broad research areas below according to their primary and, for some, secondary research interests. Please click on the links below to connect to faculty in the field.


  [### Evolution

 ](/evolution-faculty) 

   ![Desai Research graph](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/oeb/files/evol_text_-220.png?itok=JULfiUln) 

 
  [### Ecology

 ](/ecology-faculty) 

   ![Image of a field with flowers](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/oeb/files/ecology-220-shadow.png?itok=_Ry68iRk) 

 
  [### Behavior

 ](/behavior-faculty) 

   ![Image of a mouse on a clipboard](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/oeb/files/behavior-220-shadow.png?itok=YZrjyqTo) 

 
  [### Biomechanics

 ](/biomechanics-faculty) 

   ![Drawing of fish tail from Lauder lab](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/Biomechanics_Lauder-220_Shadow.jpg?itok=C73fF4SA)