Faculty Mentors from the College of William and Mary will be
matched with students applying to the REU program:

Greg Capelli (Associate Professor, Biology Department): Behavior and ecology of freshwater benthic invertebrates; stream biomonitoring; response of benthos to chemical gradients. gmcape@wm.edu

Martha Case (Associate Professor, Biology Department): Systematics and evolutionary mechanisms of Orchid taxa; rare species conservation and applications of population genetic data to plant conservation; lichen ecology. macase@wm.edu

Randy Chambers (Associate Professor, Biology Department): Ecology and restoration of wetlands; environmental sciences; biology and geochemistry of sedimentary environments. rmcham@wm.edu

Dan Cristol (Associate Professor, Biology Department): Animal Behavior; Behavioral ecology and neuroethology of bird migration and foraging; conservation biology. dacris@wm.edu

Matt Evans (Assistant Professor, Geology Department): Geochemistry of groundwater contamination and streamwater discharge. mjevan@wm.edu

Mark Forsyth (Assistant Professor, Biology Department): Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; bacterial contamination of surface waters. mhfors@wm.edu

Greg Hancock (Assistant Professor, Geology Department): Hydrogeology, geomorphology, and fluvial processes. gshanc@wm.edu

George Gilchrist (Associate Professor, Biology Department): Adaptive responses of insects to environmental change; computational biology; evolutionary genetics and genomics. gwgilc@wm.edu

Rob Hicks (Assistant Professor, Economics Department): environmental economics; non-market valuation of natural resources. rlhick@wm.edu

Rowan Lockwood (Assistant Professor, Geology Department): Invertebrate paleontology, evolutionary biology, mass extinctions, morphometrics, and biogeography. rslock@wm.edu

Timmons Roberts (Professor, Sociology Department): Development and social change; globalization and environmental justice. jtrobe@wm.edu

John Swaddle (Assistant Professor, Biology Department): Behavioral ecology of birds; sexual selection; influence of developmental variation on evolutionary processes; functional morphology; body mass regulation. jpswad@wm.edu

Stewart Ware (Professor, Biology Department): Environmental control of plant distribution and abundance; edaphic factors and vegetation; role of interspecific competition in plant community structure. saware@wm.edu