Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Faculty conduct research in evolutionary biology and ecology using a diverse campus landscape and regional ecosystems, as well as greenhouse, aviary, and other laboratory settings. Studies include a wide range of organisms (microbes, insects, orchids, fish, birds and turtles) and ecological and evolutionary processes (conservation, soil diagenesis, sexual selection, and interspecific competition).
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Faculty Research Interests in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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Faculty member |
Research Interest |
| Jonathan Allen Assistant Professor Ph.D., U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Marine invertebrate biology; life history evolution; larval ecology and the role of maternal effects in development |
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Gregory M. Capelli |
Behavior and ecology of freshwater benthic invertebrates; stream biomonitoring; response of benthos to chemical gradients |
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Martha Case |
Systematics and evolutionary mechanisms of Orchid taxa; rare species conservation and applications of population genetic data to plant conservation |
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Randolph M.
Chambers |
Ecology and restoration of wetlands; environmental sciences and biology and geochemistry of sedimentary environments |
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Daniel A.
Cristol |
Animal behavior; behavioral ecology and neuroethology of bird migration and foraging; conservation biology |
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Eric Engstrom |
Plant development and evolution of developmental processes. Establishment of leaf polarity. |
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Norman J.
Fashing |
Behavior and ecology of insects and arachnids; systematics of astigmatid mites. |
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George W. Gilchrist |
Evolutionary genetics of physiological and behavioral adaptations of insects to environmental change and ecological stress. Biostatistics. |
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Paul
Heideman |
Ecological and evolutionary physiology; variation of neuroendocrine pathways; environmental regulation of reproduction in mammals; seasonal rhythms. |
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Assistant
Professor |
Conservation ecology of flora and fauna; animal-climate interactions; conservation planning and reserve design; landscape ecology; population ecology. |
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S. Laurie
Sanderson |
Vertebrate functional morphology; fish ecology and feeding behavior; functional ecology of filter-feeding vertebrates. |
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John P. Swaddle |
Behavioral ecology of birds; sexual selection; influence of developmental variation on evolutionary processes; functional morphology; body mass regulation. |
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Stewart Ware |
Environmental control of plant distribution and abundance; edaphic factors and vegetation; role of interspecifiic competition in plant community structure. |
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Bryan D.
Watts |
Avian community ecology; habitat dynamics in disturbance-prone landscapes; conservation of rare and endangered species and communities. |
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Kurt Williamson |
Soil microbial ecology. Environmental virology. |
