Chris Simon (biologist)

Christine M. Simon is an American evolutionary biologist and entomologist known for her work in the molecular phylogenetics of mitochondria and the behavior and evolution of cicadas.

Simon earned bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology at the University of Florida in 1971 and 1974, respectively.

She completed her Ph.D. in ecology and evolution in 1979 at Stony Brook University.

She also maintains affiliations as a research associate of the Bishop Museum, and was from 1996 to 2010 an honorary faculty member of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

[1] In 2016 Simon was elected as an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi.