We use mathematical models and computer simulations to study how information flows through the world.

• How do living organisms acquire, store, and make use of information?
• How and why does communication evolve?
• How does information travel through biological or social networks?

Our work on these questions leads us through evolutionary biology, animal behavior, philosophy of biology, network theory, epidemiology, and even into domains of the social sciences such as economics and bibliometrics.

December 5th, 2011. Carl's undergraduate textbook Evolution, co-authored with Lee Dugatkin, is now available from W. W. Norton and Co.

September 14th, 2011. The Chronicle of Higher Education published feature article on the lab's efforts to create tools for nagivating the scholarly literature.