Much of the role of the OSU Museum of Biological Diversity is devoted to the study of systematics, a field in which OSU is particularly strong. Research in systematics at Ohio State includes more than a dozen faculty from the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology (EEOB) and the Department of Entomology (College of Biological Sciences), from the Department of Geological Sciences (College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences), from the Department of Statistics (College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences), and the Department of Biomedical Informatics (College of Medicine and Public Health).  Although we have diverse interests and not all faculty are directly associated with the Museum, we all work on reconstructing patterns of phylogenetic relationships among taxa and interpreting them. Few Universities have this breadth of expertise and a large biological collection to support a research program.

For a concise overview of what systematics entails, click here.

The following MBD research labs have a strong emphasis in systematic research: