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  [### Scott V. Edwards

 ](/people/scott-v-edwards) <sedwards@fas.harvard.edu>Professor, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology

 

 

 B.A. Harvard University 1986 PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1992 Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Evolution, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1992-94 CV PROFESSIONAL BIO DETAILED BIO I am a scientist with broad interests in... 

 

 

      ![Scott Edwards with a tray of birds in the MCZ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-05/Scott%20Edwards_MCZ_9433_.jpg?itok=l2zHqM4e) 

 

 

 

   [### Lauren Bartel

 ](/people/lauren-bartel) <laurenbartel@college.harvard.edu>Undergraduate Researcher

 

 

 Lauren Bartel is a Harvard College student (Class of 2026) concentrating in Integrative Biology with a secondary in Anthropology. A member of the Edwards Lab since 2023, her research interests include evolutionary biology, conservation genetics, and... 

 

 

      ![Lauren Bartel](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-03/Bartel.jpeg?itok=wSe6Re6e) 

 

 

 

   [### Gustavo Bravo

 ](/people/gustavo-bravo) [gustavo\_bravo@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:gustavo_bravo@fas.harvard.edu)Postdoctoral Fellow

 

 

 Gustavo's general research goal is to understand the evolutionary mechanisms underlying the diversification, phenotypic evolution, historical biogeography, and distributional patterns of birds. Specifically, he is interested in understanding how the... 

 

 

      ![Gustavo Bravo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/gustavo.jpeg?itok=NRBiOEJy) 

 

 

 

   [### Christian Burns

 ](/people/christian-burns) <otusasio451@gmail.com>Graduate Student

 

 

 Christian earned his Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences from Cornell University, where he began his work with birds through field work and specimen collection for local and migrant songbirds. After a high school teaching career, he obtained his... 

 

 

      ![Christian](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/burnspicture.png?itok=ywPbJfrc) 

 

 

 

   [### Christian Burns

 ](https://edwards.oeb.harvard.edu/people/christian-burns) <caburns@fas.harvard.edu>Graduate Student

 

 

 Christian earned his Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences from Cornell University, where he began his work with birds through field work and specimen collection for local and migrant songbirds. After a high school teaching career, he obtained his... 

 

 

      ![Christian Burns](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/BurnsPicture.png?h=2ed18357&itok=iNOP1gKo) 

 

 

 

   [### Johnathan Clark

 ](/people/johnathan-clark)Undergraduate Research Assistant

 

 

 Education Johnathan Clark is an undergraduate student concentrating in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is currently pursuing his A.B. degree and conducting research that will constitute his senior honors thesis. Research... 

 

 

      ![Johnathan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/screen_shot_2017-12-13_at_3.12.39_pm.png?itok=t8bb1luk) 

 

 

 

   [### Alexandria DiGiacomo

 ](/people/alexandria-digiacomo) <adigiacomo@g.harvard.edu>Graduate Student

 

 

 Alexandria's research interests center on the macroevolution of Aves and the evolution of morphological traits during the transition from theropods to birds. Her prior work investigated this in a phylogenetic context by seeking to reconstruct the... 

 

 

      ![Alexandria](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/screen_shot_2018-11-02_at_2.14.35_pm.png?itok=LMvb679O) 

 

 

 

   [### Bohao Fang

 ](/people/bohao-fang) <bfang@fas.harvard.edu>Postdoctoral Fellow

 

 

 Bohao is broadly interested in the process and drivers of biodiversity. He is particularly interested in understanding how quickly and the mechanisms by which natural populations respond to selection pressures induced by environmental and demographic... 

 

 

      ![Bohao Fang](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/bfang_crop.png?itok=gmCfac2T) 

 

 

 

   [### Max Laubstein

 ](/people/max-laubstein) <maxlaubstein@g.harvard.edu>Graduate Student

 

 

 Max is interested in merging genomics, computing, and field study to understand the processes that form and maintain biodiversity in the wild. He is especially interested in uncovering the genomic basis of adaptive traits, and how landscapes shape... 

 

 

      ![Max Laubstein](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/MaxLaubstein.jpg?itok=X4O_UNxU) 

 

 

 

   [### Kelsie Lopez

 ](/people/kelsie_lopez) <kelsielopez@g.harvard.edu>Graduate Student

 

 

 Kelsie is broadly interested in the genetics of adaptation, diversification, and conservation biology. She earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Cornell University in 2021, where she studied the underlying genetic architecture... 

 

 

      ![Kelsie Lopez](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/k_lopez_crop.jpg?itok=uLrhxLxQ) 

 

 

 

   [### Talia Lowi-Merri

 ](/people/talia-lowi-merri) <talialowimerri@gmail.com>Postdoc

 

 

 Talia is an evolutionary biologist and NSERC postdoctoral fellow in the Edwards lab at Harvard University. She completed her PhD at the University of Toronto, based in the Royal Ontario Museum, in 2023 investigating the dinosaur-bird transition through... 

 

 

      ![Talia Lowi-Merri](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/LowiMerri.jpeg?itok=I6Cu1mz-) 

 

 

 

   [### Inbar Maayan

 ](/people/inbar-maayan) <imaayan@g.harvard.edu>Graduate Student

 

 

 Inbar is a Ph.D. candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, interested in understanding the mechanisms that generate and maintain biodiversity. ​ Presently, Inbar is studying the diverse Anolis lizards; specifically, her... 

 

 

      ![Inbar Maayan](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/edwards/files/inbar_maayan500.jpeg?itok=zWx-NkFM) 

 

 

 

  

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