Corrie Moreau

The Moreau lab focuses on the symbiotic factors that drive evolutionary diversification in ants. One example question is whether seed-eating ants have distinct gut microbiomes to facilitate their use of this food source. Students will characterize the gut microbiomes of ant species using 16S amplicon sequencing and bioinformatics analyses, and gain skills in community ecology and evolution.

Title: Professor

Department: Entomology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Roles: Faculty Investigator, Potential MFF (REU) Host, Potential Postdoc Mentor, Potential Undergraduate Mentor

Research Areas: Animal Hosts, Bacteria, Disease Ecology and Evolution, Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology of Infection, Microbiota and Microbiomes

Lab: http://www.moreaulab.entomology.cornell.edu/

Email: corrie.moreau@cornell.edu