I am an entomologist with USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, where I provide forest insect monitoring information and technical and financial assistance to prevent, suppress, and control insect outbreaks in forest ecosystems. My training blends aspects of forest entomology, evolutionary biology, and genomics, and my research aims to understand the genetic and genomic changes that give rise to adaptation and the evolution of new species. Much of my research has focused on the diversification of bark beetles and their symbiotic fungi, although I have more recently been exploring speciation genomics and genome evolution in non-model fruit flies.

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Ryan Bracewell, PhD
USDA Forest Service
Forest Health Protection
1249 S. Vinnell Way, Suite 200            
Boise, ID 83709