William T. Starmer

William Thomas Starmer (born 1944) is an emeritus professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.^[1] Starmer is known for his work on population genetics, specifically the ecological genetics of the interactions between cactus, yeast, and fruit flies (Drosophila). Species of Drosophila and yeast have been named in his honor.