Professor Dr. Sean Schoville

Biography

Sean Schoville is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research lab focuses on species diversity and determining the role of ecological and evolutionary processes that generate this diversity. Schoville develops and applies genetic approaches to address pertinent research questions, integrating spatial and environmental data with ecological studies, physiological experiments, and morphological variation. Major themes of research within the lab include suborganismal and organismal studies. He teaches various courses including Insects and Human Culture, Molecular Evolution, Molecular Ecology, and Landscape Genomics Seminar. Schoville is actively engaged in professional societies such as the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Entomological Society of America (ESA), and the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB).

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