Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, 1969-1971 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Naval Medical Center, 1967-1969 Ph.D., Duke University, 1967

evolutionary developmental biology (EVO-DEVO); microbial processes in the fossilization of embryos

J. L. Eagan, M. E. Andrews, R. L. Pearson, F. R. Turner, E. C. Raff, and R. A. Raff. Identification and modes of action of endogenous bacteria in taphonomy of embryos and larvae. Palaios 32, 206-217, 2017. Israel JW, Martik ML, Byrne M, Raff EC, Raff RA, McClay DR, Wray GA. Comparative Developmental Transcriptomics Reveals Rewiring of a Highly Conserved Gene Regulatory Network during a Major Life History Switch in the Sea Urchin Genus Heliocidaris. PLoS Biol. 2016 Mar 4;14(3):e1002391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002391. Zigler KS, Raff RA. A shift in germ layer allocation is correlated with large egg size and facultative planktotrophy in the echinoid Clypeaster rosaceus. Biol Bull. 2013 Aug;224(3):192-9. Raff EC, Andrews ME, Turner FR, Toh E, Nelson DE, Raff RA. Contingent interactions among biofilm-forming bacteria determine preservation or decay in the first steps toward fossilization of marine embryos. Evol Dev. 2013 Jul-Aug;15(4):243-56. doi: 10.1111/ede.12028. Raff, R. A. Once We All Had Gills: Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 2012.