Faculty Associates
Students interested in the Graduate Program in Ecology should review the research interests of the faculty associates below. Any faculty associate in a participating department can serve as the thesis/dissertation advisor.
Faculty Associate | Department | Interests |
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Bailer, A. John | Statistics | design and analysis of ecotoxicological experiments and quantitative risk estimation |
Baker, Rob | Biology | plant evolutionary developmental biology genotype-phenotype connections environmental interactions |
Berg, David J. | Biology | biodiversity molecular ecology conservation of freshwater invertebrates |
Bollmann, Annette | Microbiology | microbial ecology nitrogen cycle bioremediation ecophysiology |
Boone, Michelle D. | Biology | amphibian conservation experimental ecology ecotoxicology invasive species pathogens multiple stressors |
Cady, Alan B. | Biology | terrestrial ecology, focusing on generalist predatory arthropods in agroecosystems |
Costanzo, Jon P. | Biology | hibernation ecology and physiology amphibians reptiles cold hardiness mechanisms bioenergetics environmental physiology |
Crist, Thomas | Biology | landscape ecology biodiversity conservation biology statistical ecology insect ecology |
Cummins, Hays | Geography | global change coral reef ecosystems science education |
Davis, Amélie Y. | Geography; Institute for the Environment and Sustainability | human-environment interactions landscape ecology land use land cover change modeling sustainable landscapes and ecosystem services GIS modeling |
Dong, Hailiang | Geology & Environmental Earth Science | microbial ecology in lakes, oceans, groundwater bioremediation geomicrobiology geochemistry |
Fisk, Melany C. | Biology | terrestrial ecosystems biogeochemistry decomposition soil ecology |
Gladish, Daniel K. | Biology | effects of environmental factors on root development prairie restoration soil remediation |
González, María J. | Biology | community ecology aquatic food webs zooplankton fish |
Gorchov, David L. | Biology | ecology of invasive plants (especially invasion dynamics) population ecology forest ecology |
Hagerman, Ann E. | Chemistry & Biochemistry | plant polyphenolics (tannins) soil decomposition of polyphenolics plant-animal interactions analytical biochemistry |
Henry, Mary C. | Geography | landscape ecology remote sensing vegetation dynamics fire ecology |
Hoffman, Susan M.G. | Biology | evolutionary, population and conservation genetics of mammals |
Jezkova, Tereza | Biology | population and landscape genetics genomics phylogeography phylogenetics and diversification species range and niche shifts ecological niche assessments |
Keane, Brian | Biology | mammalian social behavior inbreeding mate choice dispersal molecular genetic techniques |
Keiffer, Carolyn H. | Biology | ecological restoration invasive plants phytoremediation bioremediation |
Krekeler, Mark | Geology & Environmental Earth Science | constructed wetlands environmental mineralogy mine waste battery waste heavy metal pollution |
Levy, Jonathan | Geology & Environmental Earth Science | groundwater/surface-water interaction contaminant transport and water-resource issues in the developing world |
Maingi, John K. | Geography | GIS remote sensing forest ecology environmental change |
McCarty, Jessica | Geography | GIS remote sensing land-cover/land-use change food security and agriculture climate change geospatial data science spatial analysis |
Medley, Kimberly E. | Geography | biogeography plant ecology landscape ecology conservation |
Moore, Richard C. | Biology | plant evolutionary biology evolutionary genetics and genomics duplicate gene evolution evolution of sexual reproduction systems |
Morgan-Kiss, Rachael M. | Microbiology | distribution and function of phototrophic microorganisms in extreme environments production of biomass from cold-tolerant algal species |
Myers, Christopher A. | Biology | conservation, with community engagement and education projects worldwide |
Oris, James T. | Biology | ecological impacts of stressors and chemicals in the aquatic environment |
Rypstra, Ann L. | Biology | behavioral ecology community ecology predator-prey interactions spiders |
Schaeffer, Paul | Biology | energetics physiological ecology phenotypic plasticity of metabolism field physiology telemetry |
Shukla, Amit | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering | nonlinear dynamics bifurcation stability and control hybrid systems |
Solomon, Nancy | Biology | sociality group-living dispersal cooperative breeding communal and parental care mammals |
Steinly, Bruce A. | Biology | restoration wetlands insect primary consumers insect detritivores shore flies food webs arthropod brain morphology |
Stevens, Martin Henry H. | Biology | ecology and evolution of community dynamics and diversity statistical methods |
Tomoyasu, Yoshinori | Biology | evolutionary developmental biology using insect wings as a model system |
Tyler, Carrie | Geology & Environmental Earth Science | marine invertebrates and community interactions |
Vanni, Michael J. | Biology | ecosystem and community ecology aquatic ecology food webs nutrient cycling watersheds |
Vincent, Michael A. | Biology | plant/fungal taxonomy floristics endangered species conservation herbarium curation |
Williamson, Craig E. | Biology | global change limnology ecology of UV radiation zooplankton and larval fish ecology |
Zhang, Jing | Statistics | Bayesian statistics spatial analysis statistical modeling for environmental and biological sciences |
Faculty Affiliate | Department | Interests |
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Hickey, R. James | Biology | systematics and evolution of vascular plants, especially pteridophytes Bahamian flora |
Huerta, Alfredo | Biology | plant physiology |
Lee, Richard E. | Biology | ecophysiology of winter survival |
Renwick, William H. | Geography | land use water quality sedimentation erosion |
Smith-Huerta, Nancy | Biology | pollination biology |