Nat Clarke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. Previously, he was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at MIT, working with Prof. Adam Martin. He completed his Ph.D. in 2018 with Chris Lowe and James Nelson at Stanford University. His research is focused on understanding the evolution of multicellularity in animals. In particular, he studies the evolution and function of cell adhesion proteins to understand how animal tissues are built. To do this, his lab utilizes a range of methods in embryology, cell biology, and biochemistry to explore how cells stick together in non-bilaterian animals (cnidarians, sponges, etc.).
Email: nxc1125@miami.edu
