Sarah Davies, PhD

Associate Professor, Biology
- Education
- Ph.D., Ecology Evolution Behavior, UT Austin
- daviessw@bu.edu
Sarah Davies is an an integrative biologist and associate professor at Boston University studying mechanisms of acclimation and adaptation in reef building corals in response to climate change. Her expertise includes ecological and evolutionary genomics, symbiosis, ecophysiology, and marine biology, and her research largely focuses on how coral symbioses respond to climate change. Davies is a core member of the Genetics Working Group of the Coral Restoration Consortium, which focuses on providing guidance to reef managers on how to best restore coral populations. Davies is also deeply passionate about mentorship and its ability to facilitate increased representation of marginalized scholars in STEM. She is also an academic mother and aims to create a safer space for parents across all career stages in the academy.
- Fields
- Hariri Faculty Affiliate