Brady, Sean
Chair of Entomology, Research Entomologist and Curator of Hymenoptera
Positions
- Chair and Research Entomologst, NMNH - Dept. of Entomology , National Museum of Natural History
Systematics, phylogenetics, genomics, and biology of Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
Background And Education
Professional Biography
- I study the evolutionary biology of Hymenoptera, especially Aculeata (bees, ants, stinging wasps), with particular focus on phylogenomics, genomics, systematics, historical biogeography, and social evolution. I also study co-evolutionary interactions between Hymenoptera and their symbionts (in the broad sense), including other arthropods, fungi, bacteria, and pollinated angiosperms. Additionally, I am interested in applications of genomic and other large-scale data to biodiversity questions using natural history collections.
Research And Grants
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- Understanding the evolution of sociality, foraging, and pollination in aculeates (bees, ants, stinging wasps) using genome-wide phylogenetic data awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
- Development of Molecular DNA Barcoding Tools to Identify Fire Ants awarded by University of Illinois
- NGS Symposium awarded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Phylogeny and diversification of the stinging Hymenoptera (Aculeata) using targeted enrichment of ultra-conserved elements awarded by Cornell University
- Phylogeny and diversification of the stinging Hymenoptera (Aculeata) using targeted enrichment of ultra-conserved elements awarded by Cornell University
- Phylogeny and diversification of the stinging Hymenoptera (Aculeata) using targeted enrichment of ultra-conserved elements awarded by Cornell University
- RUI: REVSYS: A Global Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Paratrechina awarded by Towson University
Publications
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- Gene Tree Estimation Error with Ultraconserved Elements: An Empirical Study on Pseudapis Bees 2021
- Phylogenomics of Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals pervasive morphological convergence and the shortcomings of previous classifications 2021
- A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) 2020
- Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses re-write the evolution of parasitism within cynipoid wasps 2020
- Genomic architecture of endogenous ichnoviruses reveals distinct evolutionary pathways leading to virus domestication in parasitic wasps 2020
- Phylogenomic analyses reveal a rare new genus of wasp (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest 2020
- Phylogenomic and Morphological Reevaluation of the Bee Tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) With Description of Three New Species of Schwarzia 2020
- Phylogenomics indicates Amazonia as the major source of Neotropical swarm-founding social wasp diversity 2020
- Ultra-Conserved Elements and morphology reciprocally illuminate conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses in Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) 2020
- Combining transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements to illuminate the phylogeny of Apidae 2019
- Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants 2019
- Molecular phylogeny of Ateleutinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): systematics and biogeography of a widespread parasitoid wasp lineage 2019
- Running in circles in phylomorphospace: host environment constrains morphological diversification in parasitic wasps 2019
- Correction to: Harden up: metal acquisition in the weaponized ovipositors of aculeate hymenoptera 2018
- Harden up: metal acquisition in the weaponized ovipositors of aculeate hymenoptera 2018
- Multiple origins of sexual dichromatism and aposematism within large carpenter bees 2018
- Paleotropical Diversification Dominates the Evolution of the Hyperdiverse Ant Tribe Crematogastrini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 2018
- Army ant invasions reveal phylogeographic processes across the Isthmus of Panama 2017
- Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants 2017
- Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Stinging Wasps and the Origins of Ants and Bees 2017
- The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA) 2017
- The roles of barriers, refugia, and chromosomal clines underlying diversification in Atlantic Forest social wasps 2017
- Greater than X kb: a quantitative assessment of preservation conditions on genomic DNA quality, and a proposed standard for genome-quality DNA 2016
- Phylogenetic classifications are informative, stable, and pragmatic: the case for monophyletic taxa 2016
- Phylogenomics, biogeography and diversification of obligate mealybug-tending ants in the genus Acropyga 2016
- Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis 2016
- Sequence Capture and Phylogenetic Utility of Genomic Ultraconserved Elements Obtained from Pinned Insect Specimens 2016
- Functional and phylogenetic approaches reveal the evolution of diversity in a hyper diverse biota 2015
- How do genomes create novel phenotypes? Insights from the loss of the worker caste in ant social parasites 2015
- Molecular Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Neotropical Swarm-Founding Social Wasp Genus Synoeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) 2015
- Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants 2015
- Target enrichment of ultraconserved elements from arthropods provides a genomic perspective on relationships among Hymenoptera 2015
- The Most Relictual Fungus-Farming Ant Species Cultivates the Most Recently Evolved and Highly Domesticated Fungal Symbiont Species 2015
- The evolution of myrmicine ants: Phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade 2015
- The Description of Rovnoeucoila tympanomorpha Buffington and Perkovsky, a New Genus and Species of Fossil Eucoiline, with Observations on the Asynchronous Evolution of Diglyphosematini (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) 2014
- The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants 2014
- Phylogeny and systematics of the bee genus Osmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) with special emphasis on North American Melanosmia: New subgenera, synonymies, and nesting biology revisited 2013
- A hymenopterists’ guide to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology: utility, clarification, and future directions 2012
- A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems 2012
- Biogeography and diversification of colletid bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): emerging patterns from the southern end of the world 2012
- Divergence estimates and early evolutionary history of Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) 2012
- Multiple Origins of kdr-type Resistance in the House Fly, Musca domestica 2012
- Phylogeny of halictine bees supports a shared origin of eusociality for Halictus and Lasioglossum (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae) 2012
- Symbiont fidelity and the origin of species in fungus-growing ants 2012
- The Importance of Using Multiple Approaches for Identifying Emerging Invasive Species: The Case of the Rasberry Crazy Ant in the United States 2012
- Effects of fossil calibration uncertainty on divergence dating in ants and bees 2011
- Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World: An introduction to the systematics and biology of the genus 2011
- Rooting phylogenies using gene duplications: an empirical example from the bees (Apoidea) 2011
- Designation of a neotype for Paratrechina currens Motschoulsky, 1863 2010
- New synonymies in the bee genus Nomada from North America (Hymenoptera: Apidae) 2010
- Phylogeny and Biogeography of Dolichoderine Ants: Effects of Data Partitioning and Relict Taxa on Historical Inference 2010
- Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 2010
- Episodes in insect evolution 2009
- Frequencies and evolution of organophosphate insensitive acetylcholinesterase alleles in laboratory and field populations of the house fly, Musca domestica L. 2009
- One nutritional symbiosis begat another: Phylogenetic evidence that the ant tribe Camponotini acquired Blochmannia by tending sap-feeding insects 2009
- Rediscovery of the ant genus Amyrmex Kusnezov (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its transfer from Dolichoderinae to Leptanilloidinae 2009
- The Gyne of the Enigmatic Fungus-Farming Ant Species Mycetosoritis explicata 2009
- A new ortheziid (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from Australia associated with Acropyga myops Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a key to Australian Ortheziidae 2008
- Major evolutionary transitions in ant agriculture 2008
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
