Eric Caldera

Education:

B.S., Biology, The University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dissertation:

Population Structure and Coevolutionary Dynamics of Fungus-Growing Ant Symbionts

Thesis Advisor:

Cameron Currie, Professor of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Research Topic:

Coevolutionary dynamics of a dual-purpose, marine microbial symbiosis

Mentor:

Paul Barber, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

See Profile