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Patrick Rohner conducts research that integrates concepts and methodologies from evolutionary developmental biology, evolutionary ecology, and genetics to understand how biological diversity arises and evolves. His primary research interests focus on insects, particularly relating to developmental plasticity and the interactions between organisms and their environments that shape phenotypic evolution. Rohner's ongoing and future research addresses the mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of plasticity, the role of developmental bias in evolution, and the impact of symbiotic relationships on development and evolution. His work on dung beetles and black scavenger flies involves studying how plastic morphology influences evolution, using techniques such as transcriptomics and geometric morphometrics. Rohner completed his doctoral research under Wolf Blanckenhorn at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and after earning his Ph.D. in 2018, he became a SNSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Biology at Indiana University. He joined the University of California, San Diego in July 2023 to establish his independent research laboratory.
Indiana University • Bloomington, IN
Conducted research in the Department of Biology focusing on evolutionary developmental biology and ecological genetics.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Established an independent research laboratory focusing on evolutionary developmental biology and its implications for ecological diversity.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).