# Robert M. Woollacott Professor of Biology, Emeritus former Curator of Marine Invertebrates ![Robert Woolacott](/sites/g/files/omnuum6431/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/mcz/files/woollacott_0.jpg?itok=T1lDF_wc) location\_on Museum of Comparative Zoology Laboratory smartphone [(617) 495-1755]() email Prof. Woollacott’s research focuses on aspects of marine invertebrate life history, such as synchronization of reproductive events and ecology and physiology of larvae. Topics of particular interest include larval dispersal and population connectivity, as well as human impacts on life in the sea.