Levi Morran

Levi Morran is Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Emory University, where he leads research on factors facilitating or constraining adaptive evolution using experimental approaches with model organisms.

Research focus investigates coevolutionary dynamics between hosts and parasites, mating system evolution, and real-time adaptation at phenotypic, genotypic, and genomic levels. The lab combines microbiology with evolutionary theory to test mechanisms of genetic architecture change.

Core inquiries include parasite-driven selection for host outcrossing, constraints on pathogen adaptation, and fitness trade-offs in symbiotic relationships. Model systems include Caenorhabditis nematodes and bacterial pathogens to examine evolutionary trajectories.