Prashant Sharma
Expert on molecular phylogeny, macroevolution of arthropods, and developmental biology of arachnids. Director of the UW-Madison Zoological Museum.
Professor/Integrative Biology College of Letters and Science Work: 608-890-2346 — Home and cell phones available upon request prashant.sharma@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- How is biodiversity distributed through time and space?
- What are the genetic mechanisms that underlie body plan evolution?
- How does the integration of phylogenetic data classes resolve challenging parts of the Tree of Life?
Achievements
- Whitman Fellow, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
- Class of 1955 Teaching Excellence Award
- National Science Foundation CAREER awardee
- Research recurrently featured in major news outlets, such as The New York Times, National Geographic, Nature, and Science.