Marcus Kronforst

Departmental website:
https://pondside.uchicago.edu/ee/people/kronforst.html

Lab website:
https://www.kronforstlab.org/

Marcus Kronforst's research focuses on the genetics and evolution of mimicry and speciation in butterflies. He and the members of his lab apply a combination of molecular and population genetics, phylogenetics, behavioral studies, and field research to address questions regarding evolution and genetics of adaptation and speciation.

Marcus Kronforst

Title: Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Joined UChicago faculty: 2012
mkronforst@uchicago.edu

Media Contacts

Alison Caldwell, PhD

Senior Science Writer, University of Chicago Medical Center

alison.caldwell@uchicagomedicine.org
312-513-9642

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Expertise

Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Butterflies

Kronforst Stories

Butterfly in the wild

Asian butterfly populations show different mimicry patterns thanks to genetic ‘switch’

Jan 19, 2021

Monarch butterfly

Monarch butterflies bred in captivity may lose ability to migrate

Jun 24, 2019

Butterfly on a feeder

Single genetic switch changes butterfly wing color, study finds

Oct 26, 2018

Take time to enjoy some of Chicago’s beautiful “Urban Nature”

Apr 25, 2017

'Urban Nature' Web Series Zooms In On Green Roof At Notebaert Museum

Mar 17, 2017

DNA Info

Monarch

Genetic secrets of the monarch butterfly revealed

Oct 6, 2014

How One Gene Gives Monarch Butterflies the Power to Migrate

Oct 1, 2014

A single gene called doublesex controls wing mimicry in butterflies

Mar 7, 2014

The secrets of the masquerading butterfly are revealed

Mar 5, 2014

National Science Foundation funds study to unlock secrets of biodiversity

Oct 22, 2013