Evolutionary Ecology

Core Faculty by Research Themes

Alphabetical listing of all faculty

Evolutionary Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environments from an evolutionary perspective.

Name	Title	Dept	Interest
Bapst, David	Instructional Assistant Professor	Geology & Geophysics	Paleobiology, morphological systematics, macroevolution, fossil record of marine invertebrates
Belanger, Christina	Assistant Professor	Geology & Geophysics	Biotic responses to environmental change; paleoecology; paleoenvironments
Chappell, Thomas	Assistant Professor	Plant Pathology & Microbiology	Epidemiology, ecology, and coevolution of plant-enemy systems
Criscione, Charles	Professor	Biology	Population genetics of metazoan parasites
Fitzgerald, Lee	Professor & Curator Co-director, ABS	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Mechanisms underlying persistence and disappearance of species and communities
Fitzpatrick, Courtney	Assistant Professor	Biology	Influence of social environments on trait evolution
Gonder, Katy	Professor & Dept Head	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Spatial biodiversity patterns, conservation strategies, evolutionary and ecological mechanisms contributing to diversity.
Gursky, Sharon	Professor	Anthropology	Behavioral ecology and conservation of non-human primates
Helms, Anjel	Assistant Professor	Entomology	Chemical ecology, tritrophic and plant-herbivore interactions
Hurtado, Luis	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolutionary origins, patterns and maintenance of biodiversity
Kitchen, Sheila	Assistant Professor	Marine Biology	Host-microbe interactions, comparative and functional genomics, coral reef conservation
Light, Jessica	Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolutionary and ecological assessments of host-parasite associations
Marshall, Christopher	Professor	Marine Biology	Comparative functional organismal biology and evolutionary adaptation
Mateos, Mariana	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolution of host-symbiont associations and phylogeography of freshwater organisms
Motta, Erick	Assistant Professor	Entomology	Ecology and evolution of insect-microbiome interactions, impact of environmental stressors on insect-associated microbiomes, honey bee microbiome
Pepper, Alan	Professor	Biology	Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution in terrestrial plants
Raymond, Anne	Professor	Geology & Geophysics	Plant paleoecology, paleobiogeography and evolutionary history
Rodrigues, Antonio M.M.	Assistant Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Social evolution and altruism, demography and life history evolution, multilevel selection and intergroup cooperation, host-symbiont interactions, behavioral ecology and conservation
Spalink, Daniel	Assistant Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Plant systematics and biogeography
Strader, Marie	Assistant Professor	Biology	Marine molecular ecology focused on mechanisms of organismal responses to the environment
Voelker, Gary	Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Systematics and biogeography of birds
Winemiller, Kirk O.	Regents Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Ecology and evolution of fishes, community ecology, and aquatic ecosystems
Yorzinski, Jessica	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Animal behavior, sensory ecology, animal communication, conservation