Chris Kirby

Chris is a Biology PhD student in the Lowe and Petrov labs. He is broadly interested in the evolution of developmental modes and life history traits. Currently he is also investigating the repeatability of adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster. Prior to starting grad school, Chris received his B.S. in biology from Northeastern University where he studied how different bacterial metabolites affect phytoplankton mortality. After that he worked in the Hoekstra lab at Harvard University and researched the evolution of tail development across deermice.