Swanne Gordon is a behavioral and evolutionary ecologist currently at Cornell University as an Assistant Professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. Her group studies the evolution and maintenance of trait diversity in our ever-changing world, mainly in fish and Lepidoptera (but they also branch into other taxa). 

To do this they use a multidisciplinary approach, including a combination of field, laboratory, mathematical, and behavioral experiments to study the selective forces maintaining diversity in four main areas: 1) rapid evolution to novel environments; 2) warning color polymorphism; 3) urban ecology and human-induced effects on ecological communities; and 4) the role of behavior in eco-evolutionary dynamics. Their other major group focus involves outreach: to increase diversity in STEM across metrics, and to provide a safe and inclusive space where everyone feels welcome to pursue and be passionate about research.