Mathematical & Computational Biology Faculty

By modeling the biological world, we formalize verbal theories, generate testable hypotheses, and develop methods of data analysis. Within OEB, we are focussed primarily on evolutionary and ecological modeling.

Benjamin L. de Bivort

Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

d ebivort@oeb.harvard.edu
de Bivort Lab

Discovering why individuals behave uniquely by linking automated quantification of behavior to variation at the molecular, cellular and neural circuit levels

Michael M. Desai

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

mdesai@oeb.harvard.edu
Desai Lab

How genetic variation is created and maintained; natural selection in asexual populations such as microbes and viruses

Scott V. Edwards

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Curator of Ornithology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

sedwards@fas.harvard.edu
Edwards Lab

Evolutionary biology of birds and relatives, combining field, museum and genomics approaches to understand the basis of avian diversity, evolution and behavior

Gonzalo Giribet

Professor Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Curator-in-Charge of Invertebrate Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

ggiribet@g.harvard.edu
Giribet Lab

Evolution and biogeography of invertebrate animals, mainly arthropods and mollusks

David A. Haig

George Putnam Professor of Biology

dhaig@oeb.harvard.edu
Haig Lab

Maternal-fetal conflict in human pregnancy to the evolution of plant life cycles; genetic conflicts within individual organisms, as exemplified by genomic imprinting

Daniel L. Hartl

Higgins Professor of Biology
Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

dhartl@oeb.harvard.edu
Hartl Lab

Interface between evolution, molecular biology and genomics

L. Mahadevan

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Professor of Physics
Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics (SEAS)

lm@seas.harvard.edu
The Applied Math Lab

Natural interface between physical and biological systems that arises in the context of collective biophysical and biomechanical behavior over a range of scales, from O(nm) to a O(cm)