portait of Akito Kawahara standing on a boardwalk outsideContact

Florida Museum of Natural History
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
3215 Hull Road
Gainesville, Florida 32611-2710
352-273-2018
kawahara@flmnh.ufl.edu
X: @DrAkito and @KawaharaLab

Collections & Programs

Kawahara Lab

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity

Other Affiliations

UF Department of Biology

UF Department of Entomology and Nematology

UF Genetics Institute

UF School of Natural Resources and Environment

Education

M.S. & Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Maryland

Research Interests

Insect evolution and diversity, phylogenomics, host-use evolution, biogeography

Publications

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