Dr. Christopher Lowe

Biography

Christopher Lowe is a trained biologist from the University of Sussex, UK. He completed his BSc. Hons in Biology and European Studies in 1991, followed by a PhD in Ecology and Evolution from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1998. His research focuses on the evolution of body plans, particularly in echinoderms. Following his PhD, Lowe worked as a Miller Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where he concentrated on the origins of chordates, with particular attention to the evolution of the vertebrate central nervous system, collaborating with renowned scientists such as Mike Levine, John Gerhart, and Marc Kirschner at Harvard University. In 2005, he took on an academic position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago before moving to Stanford University in 2010. His lab is located at the Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, where his main research interests involve the major groups of animals that have evolved and the adaptation of emerging biotechnological techniques to apply to new species. The appointment at Hopkins Marine Station allows him access to the incredible biodiversity of the marine environment in Monterey Bay.

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