My research interest focuses on exploring the genetic basis of morphological evolution in reptiles, with an emphasis on the divergence between limbed lizards and snakes. As one of the most extreme examples of vertebrate body plan transformation, snakes exhibit many striking differences from their lizard relatives. This includes extreme axial elongation, highly kinetic skulls, and the loss of appendages. I am particularly interested in understanding how these morphological differences arise through changes in gene regulation during development. Through comparative approaches, my work aims to identify how shifts in genetic regulation can influence evolutionary transitions in vertebrate body plans.