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Marcus Kronforst is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago. He has extensive education and training, holding a B.S. in Biology from the University of Miami (1998) and a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution & Behavior from the University of Texas, Austin (2004). After completing a post-doc in Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, he was awarded the title of Bauer Fellow in 2012 and has received multiple prestigious awards such as the NSF CAREER Award and the Pew Biomedical Scholar distinction. Kronforst's research focuses on the adaptation and speciation in butterflies, particularly the genetic basis of wing pattern mimicry. His lab investigates mate preference evolution in butterflies, monarch butterfly migration, and the color patterning of poison dart frogs, combining various fields such as genomics, population genetics, and animal behavior. He has been a Principal Investigator on NIH-funded projects and contributed significantly to our understanding of molecular mimicry in butterflies, marking him as a leader in his field.
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