Biology Seminar Series: Mercedes Burns," Species, sex, and silk: arachnid evolution in three parts     "

Mercedes Burns is an evolutionary biologist and arachnologist. She is currently an assistant professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, since 2017. Her research primarily focuses on the evolution of sexual reproduction and attendant sexual conflict, which occurs between males and females due to their differing fitness strategies. Mercedes additionally collaborates with Dr. Sarah Stellwagen at UNC Charlotte to describe the form and function of Panarthropod prey capture glues.