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).

Faculty Research Interests in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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
Martha Case Associate Professor Ph.D., Michigan State	Systematics and evolutionary mechanisms of Orchid taxa; rare species conservation and applications of population genetic data to plant conservation
Randolph M. Chambers Professor Ph.D., University of Virginia	Ecology and restoration of wetlands; environmental sciences and biology and geochemistry of sedimentary environments
Daniel A. Cristol Professor Ph.D., Indiana University	Animal behavior; behavioral ecology and neuroethology of bird migration and foraging; conservation biology
Harmony Dalgleish Assistant Professor Ph.D. Kansas State University	Plant population ecology; demography and matrix population models; bud seed bank ecology; plant-animal interactions; restoration ecology of American chestnut
Norman J. Fashing Professor Ph.D., University of Kansas	Behavior and ecology of insects and arachnids; systematics of astigmatid mites.
Paul Heideman Professor Ph.D., University of Michigan	Ecological and evolutionary physiology; variation of neuroendocrine pathways; environmental regulation of reproduction in mammals; seasonal rhythms.
Matthias Leu Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Washington	Conservation ecology of flora and fauna; animal-climate interactions; conservation planning and reserve design; landscape ecology; population ecology.
Helen Murphy Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania	Evolutionary genetics; experimental evolution; sociomicrobiology; microbial population dynamics; microbial ecology and evolution
Joshua Puzey Assistant Professor Ph.D., Harvard University	Plant development and biomechanics; adaptation to polyploidy (whole genome duplication); evolutionary genomics
S. Laurie Sanderson Professor Ph.D., Harvard	Vertebrate functional morphology; fish ecology and feeding behavior; functional ecology of filter-feeding vertebrates.
John P. Swaddle Professor Ph.D., University of Bristol, U.K.	Behavioral ecology of birds; sexual selection; influence of developmental variation on evolutionary processes; functional morphology; body mass regulation.
Bryan D. Watts Professor Ph.D., University of Georgia	Avian community ecology; habitat dynamics in disturbance-prone landscapes; conservation of rare and endangered species and communities.
Kurt Williamson Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Delaware	Soil microbial ecology. Environmental virology.

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