The lab focuses on understanding the genomic processes underlying phenotypic convergence and the macroevolutionary process that shape species diversity through space and time. Specifically, we study how plants have adapted to different historic climate scenarios, how geological processes such as mountain uplift impact speciation and extinction, and similar/ different genetic architectures shape convergence plant habits. We use statistical models, genetic, genomic, transcriptomic, and morphological data, and species occurrence records, to understand the history of trait evolution in this group. We also develop computational tools to improve accessibility of complex statistical models.