Beverly’s current research interests include the trophic ecology of coral reef fishes, and how food webs are structured on coral reefs across anthropogenic and oceanographic gradients. She is particularly interested in how foraging niche shifts contribute to speciation and biodiversity of fishes on reefs. Additional interests include using fish gut microbiomes to better understand fine-scale differences in the diets of reef fishes, as well as factors governing the structure of coral reef microbial communities in fish hosts.