Core Faculty by Research Themes
Alphabetical listing of all faculty
Population Ecology is the study of population dynamics over space and time and how populations interact with the environment.
| Name | Title | Dept | Interest |
| Athrey, Giri | Assistant Professor |
Poultry Science | Quantitative genetics and functional genomics, birds and disease vectors |
| Ausprey, Ian | Assistant Professor |
Ecology & Conservation Biology | Functional & demographic mechanisms underlying biodiversity change across environmental and Anthropogenic disturbance gradients |
| Brightsmith, Donald | Associate Professor |
Veterinary Pathobiology | Ecology and conservation of macaws and parrots |
| Chappell, Thomas | Assistant Professor |
Plant Pathology & Microbiology |
Epidemiology, ecology, and coevolution of plant-enemy systems |
| Fitzgerald, Lee | Professor | Ecology & Conservation Biology |
Mechanisms underlying persistence and disappearance of species and communities |
| Fitzpatrick, Courtney | Assistant Professor |
Biology | Influence of social environments on trait evolution |
| Foroughirad, Vivienne | Assistant Professor |
Marine Biology | Behavioral ecology and genetics of cetaceans |
| Fujiwara, Masami | Associate Professor |
Ecology & Conservation Biology |
Effects of life history variation on population and community dynamics |
| 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 |
| Hamer, Gabriel | Associate Professor |
Entomology | Ecology of infectious diseases of humans, wild animals, and domestic animals |
| Kaufman, Phillip | Professor | Entomology | Veterinary and livestock entomology, insecticide resistance, biological control, integrated pest management |
| Motta, Erick | Assistant Professor |
Entomology | Ecology and evolution of insect-microbiome interactions, impact of environmental stressors on insect-associated microbiomes, honey bee microbiome |
| Rangel, Juliana | Associate Professor |
Entomology | Population, disease and reproductive biology of honey bees |
| 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 |
| Roelke, Daniel | Professor | Marine Biology | Lower foodweb dynamics of aquatic ecosystems; interactions between biota and physicochemical environment |
| Stronza, Amanda | Professor | Ecology & Conservation Biology |
Community-based conservation, human-wildlife conflict, sustainable development |
| Sword, Gregory | Professor | Entomology | Insect, plant & microbial ecology |
| Vargo, Ed | Professor and Endowed Chair |
Entomology | Urban and structural entomology |
| Winemiller, Kirk O. | Regents Professor |
Ecology & Conservation Biology |
Ecology and evolution of fishes, community ecology, and aquatic ecosystems |
