Faculty
Core, Associate and Adjunct Faculty
Core Faculty are members of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University. Core faculty teach EEB module courses and also serve as committee chairs for EEB students. A list of faculty research themes can be found here and are also listed under each core faculty member’s interest in the list below. Other information about Core Faculty can be found in the bylaws.
Giri Athrey
Associate Professor, Associate Dept Head for Undergraduate Education Poultry Science
Brian Davis
Assistant Professor and Director Veterinary Pathobiology, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Sharon Gursky
Professor and Associate Dept Head, Biological Anthropology Program Coordinator Anthropology
Sarah Hamer
Professor, Director, Schubot Center, Richard Schubot Endowed Chair Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
William Murphy
Professor & Asst Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Judit Penzes
Assistant Professor Entomology
Antonietta Quigg
Sr. Assoc. VP Research & Grad. Studies, TAMUG Regents Professor Marine Biology
Daniel Spalink
Associate Professor, Director, S.M. Tracy Herbarium Ecology and Conservation Biology
Aaron Tarone
Professor, Associate Dept Head, Undergraduate Education, Director, Forensic & Investigative Sciences Program Entomology
Jeffery Tomberlin
Professor, AgriLife Research Fellow, Presidential Impact Fellow Entomology
Kirk Winemiller
University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, Faculty Fellow Ecology & Conservation Biology
Associate Faculty
Associate Faculty are members of the Graduate Faculty at Texas A&M University, but they cannot serve as committee chairs for EEB students. Other information about Associate Faculty can be found in the bylaws.
| Name | Title | Dept | Interest |
| Alvard, Michael S. | Associate Professor | Anthropology | Evolution of human behavior |
| Andersson, Leif | Professor | Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Genome biology and evolutionary biology |
| Cairns, David | Professor | Geography | Landscape ecology and ecosystem modeling |
| Coulson, Robert | Professor | Entomology | Activities and impacts of insects and other taxa in forest, prairie, and savanna landscapes |
| Criscitiello, Michael | Professor | Veterinary Pathobiology | Evolutionary genetics of immune function |
| de Figueiredo, Paul | Associate Professor | Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, College of Medicine | Microbiology, cell biology, and genetics to develop novel biotechnologies and elucidate the molecular dynamics of living systems. |
| Lafon, Charles W. | Professor | Geography | Assessment and monitoring of patterns and trends in biodiversity |
| Lockless, Steve | Associate Professor | Biology | Information processing in biological systems |
| Oswald, John D. | Professor | Entomology | Systematics and evolution of insects |
| Sansom, Roger | Associate Professor | Philosophy | Integrating evolution and development |
| Schartl, Manfred | Visiting Professor | Biology | Evolutionary genomics and evolution of sex determination and sex chromosomes in fish; cancer genetics and genomics |
| Selig, Keegan | Assistant Professor | Anthropology | Evolutionary ecology, phylogenetics & comparative biology |
| Thakar, Heather | Assistant Professor | Anthropology | Evolutionary and Ecological Theory, Coastal and Island Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Foraging and Proto-agricultural Societies |
| Thornton, Daniel | Professor | Oceanography | Ecology of nutrient cycling in coastal systems |
| Tice, Michael | Associate Professor | Geology & Geophysics | Early evolution of microorganisms and metabolisms |
| Walton, Jay | Professor Emeritus | Mathematics | Modeling spatial ecology and structured populations |
| Wilkinson, Heather H. | Professor | Plant Pathology & Microbiology | Evolution of microbial genes, genomes and communities |
| Williams, Tiffani | Associate Professor | Computer Science & Engineering | Computational biology and phylogenetic inference |
| Winking, Jeffrey | Associate Professor | Anthropology | Evolutionary ecology of human behavior |
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty may co-advise students and serve on student committees, provided they are appointed to the TAMU graduate faculty. Other information about Adjunct Faculty can be found in the bylaws.
| Name | Title | Institution | Interest |
| Delmore, Kira | Associate Professor | Columbia University | Adaptation, speciation, behavior |
| Kitchen, Sheila | Assistant Professor | Stony Brook University | Molecular Ecology, evolutionary genomics, aquatic symbioses |
| Meik, Jesse | Assistant Professor | Tarleton State University | Ecology, comparative evolution biology |
| Moran, Rachel | Assistant Professor | University of Chicago | Behavioral research with genomic technologies to understand the adaptive and mechanistic underpinnings of species diversification |
| Rosenthal, Gil | Professor | University of Padova, Italy CICHAZ, Co-Director | Mate choice and evolutionary genetics in fish hybrid zones |
| Song, Hojun | Director of Biocollections & Professor | Arizona State University | Insect systematics; phylogenetics of orthopteran insects; phenotypic plasticity; character evolution |