Nico Franz is an expert in biodiversity, systematics, evolution and insects.
He is a professor and biocollections director at the School of Life Sciences.
Professor Franz's research focuses on insect systematics, evolution, and historical biogeography, with an emphasis on weevils, a diverse lineage of plant feeding beetles.
At ASU, he is the Curator of the Hasbrouck Insect Collection,and the director of the Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center and Biocollections.