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. Emily Lemmon Phylogenetics, speciation, behavioral ecology, sexual selection, phylogeography, and population genetics of amphibians

Don R. Levitan Evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrates; population biology. 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.

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.