Dr. Aaron Tarone is an Assistant Professor of Entomology at Texas A&M University and a member of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences faculty there. He has published widely on forensic entomology and the application of molecular methods in this field, and is heavily involved in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Interdisciplinary Research Program.His academic career has covered many fields. After completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Genetics at UC Davis, Dr. Tarone worked in the Section of Evolution and Ecology. He went on to do a Ph.D. in Zoology at the Michigan State University under Dr. David Foran, Directory of the Forensic Science Program. He went on to study molecular and computational biology as part of the University of Southern California’s post-doctorate program. After finishing this post-doctorate program, he moved to Texas A&M University.