We are a comparative physiology and behavioral ecology lab using social insects as model systems to study social adaptations to environmental stressors. We are interested in how individual behavioral and physiological phenotypes scale to group strategies, and the adaptiveness of these strategies in different complex environments. Our lab has particular interest in ​macrophysiological patterns in the form and function of highly social species, particularly as related to the social dynamics of climate adaptation and competition. 

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Recent Lab News

• 24 April 2026 - Congratulations to Dr. Kristin Robinson on her successful dissertation defense!!! 🐝
• 22 April 2026 - Congratulations to MS student Ashley Pell for receving the "Communication award", to Beckman / Honors Scholar Noah Williamson for receiving the "Troubleshooting Award", and to Karen Robles Lopez for receiving the "Career Development" award at the annual USM student employee awards.
• 18 April 2026 - Congratulations to Beckman / Honors Scholar Noah Williamson on winning 3rd place at the USM Undergraduate Symposium on Research and Creative Activity!
• 27 March 2026 - Congratulations to Beckman / Honors Scholar Noah Williamson for receiving the Eugene P. Odum award for best undergraduate oral presentation at the Southeastern Section Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.
• 1 March 2026 - Congratulations to Honors Scholar Vinny Halsey on being named a 2026 Beckman Scholar!
• 21 January 2026 - Welcome to new MS student Ashley Pell!
• 10 December 2025 - Check out a new pre-print of our collaborative project on how to minimize inferential bias in the theory and design of nutritional experiments through the application of the equilateral mixture triangle 
• 10 November 2025 - Congratulations to PhD Candidate Karen Robles Lopez, whose talk at Entomology 2025 won 2nd place in the category of "Evolution".
• 10 November 2025 - Congratulations to Stan Lab / Baudier Lab Honors / Beckman Scholar Noah Williamson whose poster at Entomology 2025 won 1st place in the "Conservation" category.
• 27 October 2025 - Congratulations to GCPE REU Alumnus and Honors Scholar Vinny Halsey for winning 1st place in the Student Poster Competition at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Entomological Association. 
• 29 August 2025 - Check out PhD Candidate Kristin Robinson's newly published note on stingless bee mobbing defenses against bullet ant predation in the Journal of Insect Behavior. 
• ​24 April 2025 - Congratulations to Stan Lab / Baudier Lab Honors Scholar Noah Williamson for being named a 2025 Beckman Scholar!