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FACULTY
- Lawrence G. Abele
Systematic biology; molecular phytogenetics and evolution of the Crustacea.
- Peter Beerli
(Department of Scientific Computing). Computational and mathematical biology; evolutionary and population genetics/genomics.
- Hongchang Cui
Cell fate specification and reprogramming in plants; evolutionary and developmental biology; plant-environment interaction; genomics and epigenomics; proteomics; molecular genetics.
- Jonathan H. Dennis
The biology of chromatin involved in the innate immune response.
- Emily H. DuVal
Behavioral ecology, evolution, molecular genetics, and ornithology.
- Gregory M. Erickson
Evolutionary morphology of vertebrates and paleobiology.
- Thomas F. Hansen
Theoretical evolutionary biology, through mathematical modeling.
- David Houle
Evolutionary and population genetics.
- Kimberly A. Hughes
Evolutionary, ecological, and behavioral genomics.
- Brian D. Inouye
Roles of spatial and temporal variation in population and community ecology; linking theoretical and
empirical approaches.
- Alan Lemmon
(Department of Scientific Computing). Aspects of evolutionary biology, including phylogenetics, phylogeography, speciation, population genetics, and genomics.
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Emily Lemmon
Phylogenetics, speciation, behavioral ecology, sexual selection, phylogeography, and population genetics of amphibians
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- Don R. Levitan
Evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrates; population biology.
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Austin Mast
Plant systematics, evolution, ecology, and biogeography.
- Thomas E. Miller
Plant evolutionary biology and community ecology.
- Gavin J. P. Naylor
(Department of Scientific Computing). Molecular evolution, protein structure and phylogenetics.
- Darin R Rokyta
Molecular and statistical properties of adaptive evolution.
- Dennis Slice
(Department of Scientific Computing). Development of biofidelic head models and the use of geometric morphometrics to characterize unidentified human remains.
- Scott J. Steppan
Evolutionary biology and mammalian molecular and morphological systematics.
- Joseph Travis
Ecological and population genetics; population biology.
- Walter R. Tschinkel
Biology and ecology of social insects.
- Nora Underwood
Ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions.
- Alice A. Winn
Plant population ecology and evolution.
- Janie L. Wulff
Roles of predators, physical disturbance, and competition in shaping sponge faunas.
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The program of research and graduate training in ecology
and evolutionary biology traditionally has been one of the Department of Biological Science's
areas of strength. The faculty members have a variety of interests in population and community
ecology, behavioral biology, ecological and population genetics, and systematics and phylogenetic
inference. Several faculty members apply their work to problems in conservation biology,
resource management, and the effects of human disturbance on ecosystems. The research
programs of the faculty are quite varied in their specific foci but have a common emphasis
on rigorous quantitative methods. Members of the group interact regularly with colleagues
in other areas of the department and with colleagues in other departments such as the
Department of Statistics and the Department of Mathematics.
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