My PhD is from Uppsala University in Sweden, where I studied the comparative morphology, phylogeny, and evolution of cynipoid wasps. I spent a few years at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm before returning to Uppsala University, where I became Professor of Systematic Zoology before moving to Florida State University in 2003. I still maintain an active interest in the systematics, phylogeny and evolution of the Hymenoptera but much of my post-PhD research has focused on computational phylogenetics, particularly the development of parsimony methods for the study of coevolution and biogeography and more recently Bayesian MCMC methods for phylogenetic inference. I am also an adjunct member of the steering group for the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative, and I am coordinating the large interdisciplinary team developing MorphBank.

Andy's professional interests lie in the systematics of parasitic Hymenoptera, specifically Evaniidae (ensign wasps), Braconidae, Ceraphronoidea, and "Proctotrupoidea". His postdoctoral research will focus on elucidating new (and improving known) morphological character systems for estimating relationships between apocritan lineages.

Debra is interested in insect systematics, in particular diversifications, host shifts, molecular evolution, and natural history. For her Ph.D. she focused on the phylogeny of a neotropical group of satyrine butterflies. Although satyrine larvae are traditionally viewed as grass-feeding, basal members of the subfamily utilize other monocots, with the shift to grass-feeding occurring after the subfamily diverged. Currently Debra is working on the evolution of the Hymenoptera, as part of a NSF funded Assembling the Tree of Life grant, focusing on the higher level systematics of three superfamilies, Cynipoidea, Proctotrupoidea, and Ceraphronoidea. She is also exploring the methods and effects of gene choice in molecular systematic studies.

Paul has a background in computer science and his interests lie in compiler technology, parallel computing and computational science. During his Ph.D. he worked on a code generation tool for applications based on differential equations. Currently Paul is working on the new version of MrBayes with an emphasis on the specification of new models and model hierarchies, likelihood calculators for the phylogenies, and improving the parallelization of the program.

Neelima is intersted in developing Bioinformatics tools and applications, biological databases that help researchers to better their research. She got her Masters in Bioinformatics from Georgia Institute of Technology. She started working on MorphBank project in March 2004 by maintaining and developing software for the project. Currently, she is developing an Image client that will help researchers to better utilize MorphBank.

Katja received her Masters in Entomology from the University of Kentucky studying Hymenoptera systematics, with a focus in informatics. Her primary interests are in using art and new media in Entomology for education and biodiversity studies, facilitation of collaboration in large projects and key for identification. She is working for MorphBank to help facilitate upload of image collections and provide input as a biologist.

Mattias Forshage is working toward his Ph.D. in Uppsala, Sweden, and travels extensively to museums and field sites as part of his studies. His dissertation research is centered on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Eucoilinae, a poorly known group of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). Other research interests of his includes dung beetle phylogeny, taxonomy, ecology and faunistics, and other areas of entomological systematics and conservation.

I am a PhD student and I am interested in phylogenetics - particularly in Bayesian methods - and models of protein evolution based on structural properties. With Fredrik I am currently evaluating topology update mechanisms for Bayesian MCMC.

I am working this summer as a molecular systematic research assistant for the Ronquist Lab. I am currently an undergraduate marine biology major and plan to pursue my PhD. I am most interested in marine bioacoustics and the behavioral ecology and sensory biology of sharks and fishes.