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Faculty

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.

 

Executive Committee

Chair of the Executive Committee

Hank Stevens, PhD

Director of the EEEB PhD Program
EEEB Lead Departmental Advisor
Associate Professor of Biology

Executive Committee Members

David Berg, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor of Biology

Rich Moore, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology


Affiliated Faculty
Faculty Associate Department Interests
Bauer, Jonathan Biology
  • plant-microbe interactions
  • restoration ecology
  • sustainable agriculture
Berg, David J. Biology
  • biodiversity
  • molecular ecology
  • conservation of freshwater invertebrates
Bollmann, Annette Biology
  • microbial ecology
  • nitrogen cycle
  • bioremediation
  • ecophysiology
Boone, Michelle D. Biology
  • amphibian conservation
  • experimental ecology
  • ecotoxicology
  • invasive species
  • pathogens
  • multiple stressors
Castillo, Dean Biology; Biological Sciences; Center for Neuroscience and Behavior
  • behavior
  • evolutionary biology
  • genetics
  • speciation
Elewa, Ahmed Biology
  • nematodes
  • transgenerational non-genetic inheritance evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo)
  • developmental plasticity
  • philosophy of biology
Fisk, Melany C. Biology
  • terrestrial ecosystems
  • biogeochemistry
  • decomposition
  • soil ecology
Gorchov, David L. Biology
  • ecology of invasive plants (especially invasion dynamics)
  • population ecology
  • forest ecology
Hofmeister, Natalie Biology
  • evolutionary and social histories of invasive species
Jacobsen, Deidra  Biology
  • evolutionary ecology
  • plant-insect interactions
Jezkova, Tereza Biology
  • population and landscape genetics
  • genomics
  • phylogeography
  • phylogenetics and diversification
  • species range and niche shifts
  • ecological niche assessments
Knoll, Lesley Biology
  • ecosystem and community ecology
  • aquatic ecology
  • anthropogenic environmental change
  • lake-watershed connections
  • winter limnology
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
Li, Zheng Biology
Love, Ashley Biology
  • avian disease ecology
  • animal behavior
  • ecophysiology
Moore, Richard C. Biology
  • plant evolutionary biology
  • evolutionary genetics and genomics
  • duplicate gene evolution
  • evolution of sexual reproduction systems
Morgan-Kiss, Rachael M. Biology
  • distribution and function of phototrophic microorganisms in extreme environments
  • production of biomass from cold-tolerant algal species
Peterman, David Geology and Environmental Earth Science
  • quantitative paleobiology
  • evolutionary biomechanics
  • paleoecology hydrostatics
  • hydrodynamics
  • robotics
  • biomimicry
  • bioinspiration
Saxton, Matthew Biological Sciences
  • microbial ecology
  • biogeochemistry
  • harmful algal blooms
  • anthropogenic environmental change
Stevens, Hank Biology
Tomoyasu, Yoshinori Biology
  • evolutionary developmental biology using insect wings as a model system
Warner, Tyler Biology
  • landscape limnology,
  • global change,
  • fish ecology and management,
  • aquatic ecology,
  • environmental pollution in aquatic systems,
  • aquatic invasive species lab
Zhang, Jing Statistics
  • Bayesian statistics
  • spatial analysis
  • statistical modeling for environmental and biological sciences

Emeritus Faculty
Faculty Associate Department Interests
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
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
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
Keane, Brian Biology
  • mammalian social behavior
  • inbreeding
  • mate choice
  • dispersal
  • molecular genetic techniques
Maingi, John K. Geography
  • GIS
  • remote sensing
  • forest ecology
  • environmental change
McCarty-Kern, Jessica Geography
  • GIS
  • remote sensing
  • land-cover/land-use change
  • food security and agriculture
  • climate change
  • geospatial data science
  • spatial analysis
Myers, Christopher A. Biology
  • conservation, with community engagement and education projects worldwide
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
Solomon, Nancy Biology
  • sociality
  • group-living
  • dispersal
  • cooperative breeding
  • communal and parental care
  • mammals
Vanni, Michael J. Biology
  • ecosystem and community ecology
  • aquatic ecology
  • food webs
  • nutrient cycling
  • watersheds

Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology PhD Program

Hank Stevens, Chair EEEB Executive Committee
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Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-4206
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