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Nico Franz
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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.
There’s a universe that’s larger than mammals and yet there are very few specialists. It’s this huge portion of the tree of life that’s largely unknown.
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