John P. Wares

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Museum Fellow
Professor, Department of Genetics and Odum School of Ecology
Curator of Genomics and Aquatic Invertebrates

Dr. Wares uses molecular techniques to understand movement and diversity, primarily in marine and freshwater organisms.

Education:

Ph.D. (2000) Duke University

Research Interests:
  • Population Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Organismal Ecology
  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Disease Ecology
  • Evolutionary Ecology
Selected Publications:

Hoebeke, Bartlett, Evans, Freeman, and Wares. First records of Vespa velutina in North America. in press, Proc. Ento. Soc. Washington.

Of note:

I have two interns currently, and may have one in the spring. They are helping stabilize, catalog, and reorganize the marine invertebrate collections.