The Edgar Lab at the New Jersey Institute of Technology studies the evolution of animal development, reproduction, and regeneration

The gonads and associated structures in the ctenophore Beroe ovata
A single individual sea urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) producing both eggs and sperm, which is not typical for this group of animals.

The Edgar lab studies the evolution of animal life histories.

Our lab primarily studies ctenophores, which are the sister group to all other living animals. We are interested in how these marine invertebrates respond to environmental inputs that modulate their life history strategies, such as energy investment in reproduction, growth, and whole-body regeneration.