# Lab Members and Affiliates ## expand\_more ## Lab Members [### Charles Davis ](/people/charles-davis) Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Curator of Vascular Plants Director, Harvard University Herbaria ![Charles Davis](/sites/g/files/omnuum6336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/davislab/files/charles_davis-1.jpeg?itok=dpnpzTKW) [### Peter Flynn ](/people/peter-flynn) Postdoctoral Researcher Hi! I am a postdoctoral fellow in OEB working with the Davis Lab. I am an evolutionary biologist broadly interested in plant and insect phylogenetics, innovative approaches to museum genomics, and microbial evolution. My postdoctoral research at the... ![a man with glasses facial hair wearing a chicago baseball cap smiles](/sites/g/files/omnuum6336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/davislab/files/headshot.jpg?itok=LEtrwR2N) [### Lova Marline ](/people/lova-marline) Postdoctoral Research Associate I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Farlow Herbarium within OEB, working with the Davis Lab. I am broadly interested in the ecology and evolution of lower land plants, especially on tropical islands and mountains. My main taxonomic interest and... ![Lova Marline](/sites/g/files/omnuum6336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Screenshot%202026-01-26%20at%2011.57.36%E2%80%AFAM_0.png?itok=KwDP4HKn) [### Esteban Ramirez Chueca ](/people/esteban-ramirez-chueca) [esteban\_ramirezchueca@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:esteban_ramirezchueca@fas.harvard.edu)Postdoctoral Fellow I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard University Herbaria (Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology), in collaboration with the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard (RCC). My research focuses on the taxonomy, systematics, and biogeography of... ![Davis Lab ](/sites/g/files/omnuum6336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Esteban_Salicornia_Florida_Esteban%20Ramirez%20Chue_0.jpg?itok=bk9EvGZ7) [### Kristen Saban ](/people/kristen-saban) [kristen\_saban@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:kristen_saban@fas.harvard.edu)Graduate Student Hi! I am a Ph.D. student in the Davis lab broadly interested in plant evolutionary ecology. I am particularly interested in how climatic and edaphic factors interact to shape plant diversification, distribution, and ecosystem function. My research... ![K.Saban](/sites/g/files/omnuum6336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/IMG_3493%20Kristen%20Saban.jpeg?itok=1TS9OyGo) [### Ryan Schmidt-Knapik ](/people/ryan-schmidt-knapik) Graduate Student Hi! I am a PhD student in the Davis lab working in the Harvard University Herbaria. I am a botanist broadly interested in understanding how humans have shaped biodiversity through space and time, with a focus on the ecologies and evolutionary histories of... ![Ryan Schmidt, a man wearing a construction vest, stands next to a tall Verbascum plant in flower, smiling](/sites/g/files/omnuum6336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/davislab/files/schmidt-profile_verbascum_sewell.jpg?itok=tWSsO_bb) [### Dawson White ](/people/dawson-white-0) Postdoctoral Fellow Dawson is a botanist and postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard University Herbaria. His work integrates phylogenomic systematics, herbarium-based leaf spectroscopy, and botanical surveys to better characterize floristic, genotypic, and phenotypic dimensions... ![Dawson White](/sites/g/files/omnuum6336/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/IMG_4005%20copy_Dawson%20White_0.jpeg?itok=ilwuwgCf) ## Affiliates [### Tiago Vieira ](/people/tiago-vieira) HUH Research Fellow Tiago is an Evolutionary Biologist interested in plant systematics and taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, and Neotropical orchid flora. He recently completed his Ph.D. at the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana in Brazil where he... person