Corrie S. Moreau | |
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Born | Corrie Saux New Orleans, United States |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | USA |
Alma mater | Harvard University San Francisco State University University of California, Berkeley |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology Evolutionary biology |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Thesis | Evolution and diversification of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2007) |
Doctoral advisor | E. O. Wilson Naomi Pierce |
Corrie S. Moreau is an evolutionary biologist and entomologist with a specialty in myrmecology, the study of ants. She is currently a professor and curator at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Moreau studies the evolution, ecology, biogeography, systematics, and diversification of insects and their microbial gut-symbionts using molecular and genomic tools.[1] She has also been an advocate for increasing women and diversity in the sciences.[2][3][4][5][6]