I am broadly interested in the evolution and ecology of species interactions. Research in my lab combines approaches from phylogenetics, species interaction networks, and evolutionary ecology to study the macroevolution and microevolution of mutualistic and parasitic associations between plants and insects. Most of this work uses the highly diverse interactions between leafflower plants (Phyllanthaceae: Phyllanthus s. l.) and their pollinating and non-pollinating leafflower moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Epicephala) as a model, which are widely distributed in the tropics and warm temperate regions. My lab has active or previous field research projects on this system in the southeastern United States, the Neotropics, Asia, and the Pacific Islands.

• PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, 2012, University of California, Berkeley
• BA in Biology, 2003, Harvard University

• Hembry DH, Weber MG. 2020. Ecological interactions and macroevolution: a new field with old roots. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 51: 215-243.
• Hembry DH, Yoder JB, Goodman KR. 2014. Coevolution and the diversification of life. The American Naturalist 184: 425-438
• Hembry DH, Kawakita A, Gurr NE, Schmaedick MA, Baldwin BG, Gillespie RG. 2013. Non-congruent colonizations and diversification in a coevolving pollination mutualism on oceanic islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20130361