EEB Core Faculty Research Themes
Below are EEB core faculty research themes followed by a listing of faculty in that cohort. Click on the faculty member’s link to visit their department Web page and find out more about their research.
Behavioral Ecology (Integrative Animal Behavior)
Behavioral Ecology (Integrative Animal Behavior) is the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures.
Community Ecology
Community Ecology is the study of how populations of species organize and interact with each other and the environment.
Conservation Biology / Restoration Ecology
Conservation Biology/Restoration Ecology is the study of biodiversity and how to sustainably protect, manage, and restore degraded habitats.
Ecosystems / Landscape Ecology
Ecosystems / Landscape Ecology is the study of the dynamics of ecological processes through time across a variety of spatial scales.
Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environments from an evolutionary perspective.
- Bapst, David
- Belanger, Christina
- Chappell, Thomas
- Criscione, Charles
- Fitzgerald, Lee
- Fitzpatrick, Courtney
- Gonder, Katy
- Gursky, Sharon
- Helms, Anjel
- Hurtado-Clavijo, Luis
- Kitchen, Sheila
- Light, Jessica
- Marshall, Christopher
- Mateos, Mariana
- Motta, Erick
- Pepper, Alan
- Raymond, Anne
- Rodrigues, Antonio M.M.
- Spalink, Daniel
- Strader, Marie
- Voelker, Gary
- Winemiller, Kirk
- Yorzinski, Jessica
Evolutionary Genomics
Evolutionary Genomics is the study of genome evolution.
Phylogenetics & Comparative Biology
Phylogenetics & Comparative Biology is the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms, and the mechanisms and patterns that drive the evolution of those relationships.
- Alvarado-Bremer, Jaime
- Ausprey, Ian
- Bapst, David
- Blackmon, Heath
- Conway, Kevin
- de Ruiter, Darryl
- Duell, Eric
- Hurtado-Clavijo, Luis
- Keene, Alex
- Lawing, Michelle
- Light, Jessica
- Mateos, Mariana
- Medina, Raul
- Miglietta, Maria Pia
- Murphy, William
- Pepper, Alan
- Raymond, Anne
- Schulze, Anja
- Spalink, Daniel
- Voelker, Gary
- Wicksten, Mary
Physiological Ecology
Physiological Ecology is the study of relationships between the physiology of organisms and their adaptation to environmental conditions.
Population Ecology
Population Ecology is the study of population dynamics over space and time and how populations interact with the environment.
- Athrey, Giri
- Brightsmith, Donald
- Butler, Chris
- Chappell, Thomas
- Fitzgerald, Lee
- Fitzpatrick, Courtney
- Foroughirad, Vivienne
- Fujiwara, Masami
- Gonder, Katy
- Gursky, Sharon
- Hamer, Gabriel
- Kaufman, Phillip
- Motta, Erick
- Rangel, Juliana
- Rodrigues, Antonio M.M.
- Roelke, Daniel
- Stronza, Amanda
- Sword, Greg
- Vargo, Ed
- Winemiller, Kirk
Population & Quantitative Genetics
Population & Quantitative Genetics is the study of genetic differences within and between populations and assessment of variability of continuous phenotypes.