Faculty
Dr. Rachael Morgan-Kiss conducts microbial research in Antarctica.
Students interested in the Ph.D. program in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (EEEB) should review the research interests of the faculty associates below. Any faculty associate can serve as a dissertation advisor. To be admitted to EEEB, applicants must identify at least one faculty associate who is willing to serve as the dissertation advisor. Therefore, students interested in applying are strongly encouraged to contact at least one potential advisor.
| Faculty Associate | Department | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Bauer, Jonathan | Biology | plant-microbe interactions restoration ecology sustainable agriculture |
| 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 |
| Crist, Thomas | Biology | landscape ecology biodiversity conservation biology statistical ecology insect ecology |
| 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 |
| Saxton, Matthew | Biological Sciences | microbial ecology biogeochemistry harmful algal blooms anthropogenic environmental change |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Costanzo, Jon P. | Biology | hibernation ecology and physiology amphibians reptiles cold hardiness mechanisms bioenergetics environmental physiology |
| Cummins, Hays | Geography | global change coral reef ecosystems science education |
| 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 |