Profiles in "Social Insects" Expertise Area

  • Rabeling is an evolutionary biologist who studies the speciation mechanisms and biological diversity of ants, as well as the evolutionary ecology of symbiotic interactions between ants and other organisms.
  • Amalie is an Animal Behavior PhD candidate studying the human-honeybee relationships made possible by digital environmental education.
  • Scofield is an evolutionary PhD student in the Amdam Lab. His research is focused on the molecular basis of division of labor in honey bees, how these mechanisms have developed through evolutionary co-option.
  • Linksvayer is the Robert A. Johnson Chair in Social Insect Biology. He studies the genetic, developmental and behavioral underpinnings of social insect colonies to understand how these complex systems evolve and function.