Contact
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
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
Other Affiliations
UF Department of Entomology and Nematology
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
Recent Research News
Three Florida Museum postdocs receive UF awards
Three postdoctoral associates at the Florida Museum of Natural History have received awards from the University of Florida highlighting their…
Funding awarded for research on bagworms, bubonic plague, ancient mammals and a repository of changing seasons
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and collaborating institutions have been collectively awarded $2,837,441 in funding from the…
Moths may use disco gene to regulate day/night cycles
How does one species become two? If you’re a biologist, that’s a loaded question. The consensus is that, in most…
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