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