Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty
Name | Research Focus |
Robbie Bear | Science education |
John Blair | Ecosystem ecology and terrestrial biogeochemistry; Grasslands and global change |
Alice Boyle | Behavioral, evolutionary, and physiological ecology; Basic and applied ornithology |
Walter Dodds | Water quality; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient criteria; Value of water; Nitrogen cycling |
Ben Downer-Bartholomew | Evolution of mating preferences |
Carolyn Ferguson | Plant systematics; Phylogeny and evolution of Phlox (Polemoniaceae) |
Keith Gido | Fish ecology; Invasive species effects; Fish assemblage structure |
David Haukos | Wetland ecology; Avian population dynamics; Migration ecology |
Andrew Hope (section chair) |
Mammalian systematics and phylogenetics |
Eva Horne | Agonistic and anti-predator behavior in reptiles, amphibians, and dragonflies |
Loretta Johnson | Ecological Genomics, Plant Ecology, Climate Change |
Ari Jumpponnen | Mycology; Fungal ecology; Fungus-plant interactions |
Sonny Lee | Metagenomics, Bioinformatics, Microbial ecology, microbial diversity and cultivation |
Allison Louthan | Population biology, community ecology |
Martha Mather | Fish ecology, aquatic community ecology |
Mark Mayfield | Plant systematics; Taxonomy of new world Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) |
Eve McCulloch | Population genetics, landscape genetics, conservation biology, science communication |
Jesse Nippert | Grassland ecophysiology, grass/tree ecological dynamics |
Brad Olson | Molecular and ecological basis of multicellular evolution |
Thomas Platt | Bacterial genetics; Quorum sensing; Microbial interactions; Virulence plasmid conjugation |
Zak Ratajczak | Community Ecology, Fire, Grasslands & Savannas, and Resilience Theory |
Mark Ungerer | Evolutionary and ecological genetics in plants; Genome structure and evolution |
Lydia Zeglin | Microbial ecology, microbial diversity and nutrient cycling processes in streams and soils |