My lab is located in the Department of Botany at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. We study how plants work and why they evolved to work that way using a combination of experimental, comparative, and quantitative approaches. Please check out the Research page for more information on current research. If these types of questions interest you, please contact me about working together!
PhD in Evolutionary Biology, 2013
Indiana University
BS in Biology, 2006
College of William & Mary
I am recruiting PhD students to join beginning Fall 2024. Please get in touch to find out more!
Potential projects should address the adaptive significance of various traits using plants as model systems. Approaches include, but are not limited to:
Explore research and publications to find out more about past and ongoing research visit. Please email me ( cdmuir@wisc.edu) to discuss your interests.
Luke Sparreo heads back to Connecticut after a semester in Hawaiʻi
Brandon Najarian is a summer research assistant
Max Gatlin is new technician studying how pathogens colonize leaves
I am not currently teaching any course(s) this semester at the University of Wisconsin