Assistant Professor in the Department of Entomology at Louisiana State University and director of the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum. My research includes morphology, taxonomy, phylogenetics of Coleoptera. Current research is focused on the evolution of color and color visual systems of the jewel beetles (Buprestidae). I'm broadly interested in drivers of diversity across the insects. Back-burner groups include Zopheridae (= Colydiidae), Bothrideridae, various other families.