#  Current Members 

 



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##  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 

 



  [### Naomi Pierce

 ](/people/naomi-pierce) <npierce@oeb.harvard.edu>Principal Investigator

 

 

 Research Interests Naomi Pierce is the Hessel Professor of Biology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, and Curator of Lepidoptera in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Research in her laboratory focuses on the... 

 

 

      ![Naomi Pierce Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/pierce/files/naomi-pierce-headshot.jpg?itok=Qp8EJ_FA) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS 

 



  [### Anshuman Swain

 ](/people/anshuman-swain) <anshumanswain@fas.harvard.edu>

 

   ![Photograph of Anshuman Swain](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/swain_anshuman_2022.jpg?itok=JVaVgK7J) 

 

 

 

   [### Trey Scott

 ](/people/trey-scott)Postdoctoral Fellow

 

 

 

   ![Photograph of Trey Scott](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/trey_scott.jpg?itok=JCbwgv9B) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  GRADUATE STUDENTS 

 



  [### Richard Childers

 ](/people/richard-childers) <richardchilders91@gmail.com>PhD Student

 

 

 

      ![Richard Childers](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/pierce/files/richard_childers.jpg?itok=CbliaooO) 

 

 

 

   [### R Knecht

 ](/people/r-knecht) <rknecht@fas.harvard.edu>PhD Student

 

 

 

   ![Photograph of RJ Knecht](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/rjknecht_photo.jpg?itok=7Gwimivi) 

 

 

 

   [### Galen Tiong

 ](/people/galen-tiong) <galentiong@g.harvard.edu>PhD Student

 

 

 

   ![Galen_Tiong_photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/mcz_photo.jpg?itok=nH8wG_S8) 

 

 

 

   [### Wendy Valencia Montoya

 ](/people/wendy-valencia-montoya) <wvalenciamontoya@g.harvard.edu>PhD Student

 

 

 

      ![Photo of Wendy Valencia Montoya](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/pierce/files/wendy_valencia-montoya.png?itok=H69vUrMH) 

 

 

 

   [### Dillon Wheeler

 ](/people/dillon-wheeler) <dwheeler@fas.harvard.edu>PhD Student

 

 

 

   ![Photograph of DWheeler](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/dillon_wheeler.jpg?itok=yWTWy2nF) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  STAFF 

 



  [### Maggie Starvish

 ](/people/maggie-starvish) <mstarvish@oeb.harvard.edu>Faculty Assistant

 

 

 

      ![starvish_120_138.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/pierce/files/starvish_120_138.jpg?itok=CnYLRRr9) 

 

 

 

   [### Evan Hoki

 ](/people/evan-hoki) <ewh29@cornell.edu>Research Assistant

 

 

 

      ![Evan Hoki](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/pierce/files/hoki_e.jpg?itok=3BmEhEUY) 

 

 

 

   [### Even Dankowicz

 ](/people/even-dankowicz)Research Assistant

 

 

 

   ![Photograph of Even Dankowicz](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/evend.jpg?itok=2V96Qk6O) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  COLLABORATORS 

 



  [### Alan Heath

 ](/people/alan-heath) <alan.heath3@gmail.com>Collaborator

 

 

 Background Alan was born in London, UK on 17th March 1933. An engineer by profession, Alan spent 14 years in Zambia where he collected widely. Encouraged by the late Elliot Pinhey, then Keeper of Entomology at the National Museum, Zimbabwe, Alan wrote his... 

 

 

      ![heath_120_151.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/pierce/files/heath_120_151.jpg?itok=fVGja_v4) 

 

 

 

   [### Neil Rosser

 ](/people/neil-rosser)MCZ Entomology Research Associate

 

 

 

   ![Photograph of Neil Rosser](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/neil_rosser.jpeg?itok=nn0jp7Ml) 

 

 

 

   [### Cong Liu

 ](/people/cong-liu)MCZ Entomology Research Associate

 

 

 

   ![Photo of C Liu](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/pierce/files/cong_liu.jpg?itok=z34-QbMf) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

##  Pierce Lab Through the Years 

   ![Pierce Lab 2017](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/pierce/files/dsc_2817_2819_composite_lighter-rsize.jpg?itok=hUufFsXz) 

 

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   ![pierce_lab-turku_2014.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/pierce/files/pierce_lab-turku_2014.jpeg?itok=rhG_1R7l) 

 

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