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.

Core Faculty

	Jaime Alvarado-Bremer Professor Marine Biology Department Profile	Conservation and population genetics of large pelagic fishes conservation biology/restoration ecology evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Sanjay Antony-Babu * Assistant Professor Plant Pathology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Plant-microbe interactions community ecology
	Anna Armitage Professor Marine Biology Ecology & Conservation Biology Department Profile	Coastal ecosystem ecology and management of restored and impacted habitats conservation biol/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology community ecology
	Giri Athrey Associate Professor Poultry Science Lab Website	Quantitative genetics and functional genomics, birds and disease vectors evolutionary genomics population & quantitative genetics population ecology
	Perry Barboza Professor Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Mgmt Lab Website	Consequences of life history and environmental change on nutrition in wildlife
	Spencer Behmer Professor Entomology Lab Website	Insect physiology and behavior, including their ecological and evolutionary bases behavioral ecology physiological ecology
	Christina Belanger * Assistant Professor Geology & Geophysics Department Profile * actively recruiting students	Biotic responses to environmental change; paleoecology; paleoenvironments community ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology evolutionary ecology
	Heath Blackmon * Assistant Professor Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Evolutionary genomics, quantitative genetics, character evolution, and applied phylogenetics evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Thomas Boutton Regents Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Department Profile	Land cover/land use effects on ecosystem biogeochemistry ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Donald Brightsmith Associate Professor Veterinary Pathobiology Department Profile Website TAMU Experts	Ecology and conservation of macaws and parrots behavioral ecology community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology population ecology
	James Cai Associate Professor Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department page Lab Website	Evolutionary biology and physiology, with emphasis on evolution of complex phenotypes evolutionary genomics population & quantitative genetics
	Lisa Campbell Regents Professor Oceanography Department page Lab website	Community structure, population dynamics and diversity of marine phytoplankton ecosystems/landscape ecology physiological ecology population ecology
	Claudio Casola * Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Evolutionary genomics of genes and transposable elements in conifers evolutionary genomics
	Thomas Chappell * Assistant Professor Plant Pathology & Microbiology Lab Website Department page * actively recruiting students	Epidemiology, ecology, and coevolution of plant-enemy systems evolutionary ecology community ecology population ecology
	Kevin Conway Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Systematic ichthyology; phylogenetic and comparative anatomy of ray-finned fishes phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Charles Criscione  Professor Biology Lab Website	Population genetics of metazoan parasites evolutionary ecology evolutionary genomics population & quantitative genetics
	Kira Delmore * Assistant Professor Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Speciation, hybridization, behavior and genomics behavioral ecology evolutionary ecology population & quantitative genetics
	Darryl de Ruiter Professor Anthropology Department page TAMU Experts	Ecology and evolution of the human lineage, with a particular focus on origin of genus Homo phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Micky Eubanks * Professor Entomology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Causes and consequences of variation in complex ecological interactions behavioral ecology community ecology evolutionary ecology population ecology
	Ron Eytan * Assistant Professor Marine Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Evolutionary genetics, molecular systematics, and speciation in marine fishes evolutionary ecology evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Rusty Feagin Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Responses of beach, dune, and wetland ecosystems to global change conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Lee Fitzgerald * Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Mechanisms underlying persistence and disappearance of species and communities community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology evolutionary ecology population ecology
	Courtney Fitzpatrick * Assistant Professor Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Influence of social environments on trait evolution evolutionary ecology population ecology
	Masami Fujiwara Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Effects of life history variation on population and community dynamics; statistical ecology; theoretical ecology population ecology
	Jacqueline Grace * Assistant Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Ecophysiology and behavior of birds behavioral ecology physiological ecology
	Sharon Gursky Professor Anthropology Department Profile	Behavioral ecology and conservation of non-human primates behavioral ecology evolutionary ecology population ecology
	Gabriel Hamer * Associate Professor Entomology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Ecology of infectious diseases of humans, wild animals, and domestic animals community ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology population ecology
	Sarah Hamer Associate Professor Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Lab Website TAMU Experts	Ecology and epidemiology of wildlife disease community ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Anjel Helms Assistant Professor Entomology Department Profile Lab Website	Chemical ecology, tritrophic and plant-herbivore interactions behavioral ecology evolutionary ecology physiological ecology
	Luis Hurtado Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Evolutionary origins, patterns and maintenance of biodiversity conservation biology/restoration ecology evolutionary ecology evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Laura Jurgens Assistant Professor Marine Biology Lab Website	Global change and extreme events; marine and estuarine community ecology; macro-ecology community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology physiological ecology
	Vaishali Katju * Professor Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Comparative evolutionary genomics; deleterious and compensatory mutations; evolution of eukaryotic genomes; evolution of reproductive incompatibility; experimental evolution; gene duplication and the origin of novel genes evolutionary genomics population & quantitative genetics
	Phillip Kaufman Professor Entomology Department Profile	Veterinary and livestock entomology, insecticide resistance, biological control, integrated pest management community ecology population ecology
	Tom Lacher Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Assessment and monitoring of patterns and trends in biodiversity community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology population ecology
	Michelle Lawing Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Evolutionary responses of species and communites to environmental change community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Jessica Light * Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Evolutionary and ecological assessments of host-parasite associations evolutionary ecology phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Anna Linderholm Associate Professor Anthropology Department Profile	Ancient DNA, dog domestication, adaptation to environmental change, environmental reconstructions in prehistory evolutionary ecology evolutionary genomics population & quantitative genetics population ecology
	Christopher Marshall Professor Marine Biology Lab Website TAMU Experts	Comparative functional organismal biology and evolutionary adaptation evolutionary ecology physiological ecology
	Mariana Mateos Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Evolution of host-symbiont associations and phylogeography of freshwater organisms evolutionary ecology evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Christine Merlin Assistant Professor Biology Lab Website	Circadian biology behavioral ecology
	Maria Pia Miglietta Assistant Professor Marine Biology Lab Website	Evolution, genetics, and ecology of Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Georgianne Moore Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Ecosystem management as it relates to the water cycle conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology physiological ecology
	William Murphy * Professor Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Mammalian phylogenetics and evolutionary genomics evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Alan Pepper Professor Biology Department Profile	Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution in terrestrial plants conservation biology/restoration ecology evolutionary ecology evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology physiological ecology population & quantitative genetics
	Josh Perkin Assistant Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes; riverine landscape ecology community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Antonietta Quigg Regents Professor Marine Biology Lab Website TAMU Experts	Elemental dynamics, physiology, and community ecology in coastal ecosystems community ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology physiological ecology
	Juliana Rangel Associate Professor Entomology Lab Website	Population, disease and reproductive biology of honey bees behavioral ecology (integrative animal behavior) physiological ecology population & quantitative genetics population ecology
	Anne Raymond Professor Geology & Geophysics Department Profile	Plant paleoecology, paleobiogeography and evolutionary history community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology evolutionary ecology phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Daniel Roelke Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Lower foodweb dynamics of aquatic ecosystems; interactions between biota and physicochemical environment community ecology population ecology
	William Rogers Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Department Profile	Plant-animal interactions, population dynamics, community assembly rules, and ecological restoration community ecology conservation biology/restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Gil Rosenthal * Professor Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Mate choice and evolutionary genetics in fish hybrid zones behavioral ecology evolutionary ecology evolutionary genomics
	Anja Schulze * Associate Professor Marine Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Species distributions, dispersal and local adaptation of marine invertebrates evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Michel Slotman Associate Professor Entomology Lab Website	Evolutionary genetics and genomics of disease transmitting mosquitoes evolutionary genomics population & quantitative genetics
	Michael Smotherman Professor Biology Lab Website	Physiology and evolution of vocal motor pathway in mammals behavioral ecology physiological ecology
	Hojun Song * Associate Professor Entomology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Insect systematics; phylogenetics of orthopteran insects; phenotypic plasticity; character evolution behavioral ecology evolutionary genomics phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Daniel Spalink * Assistant Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Plant systematics and biogeography evolutionary ecology phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Gregory Sword * Professor Entomology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Insect, plant & microbial ecology behavioral ecology physiological ecology population & quantitative genetics population ecology
	Aaron Tarone Associate Professor Entomology Lab Website	Genomic studies of development and population biology in flies evolutionary genomics physiological ecology population & quantitative genetics
	Jeffery Tomberlin Professor Entomology Lab Website	Ecology and biology of flies associated with decomposing matter behavioral ecology community ecology physiological ecology
	Ed Vargo * Professor & Endowed Chair Entomology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Urban and structural entomology behavioral ecology population & quantitative genetics population ecology
	Joseph Veldman * Assistant Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Department Profile Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Fire ecology of savannas and forests community ecology conservation biology/ restoration ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Gary Voelker * Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Systematics and biogeography of birds evolutionary ecology phylogenetics & comparative biology population & quantitative genetics
	Jason West Associate Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Terrestrial ecosystem ecology, plant-environment interactions, and global environmental change ecosystems/landscape ecology physiological ecology
	Mary Wicksten Professor Biology Department Profile	Behavior, classification and ecology of decapod Crustacea, plus adaptive coloration in marine organisms behavioral ecology phylogenetics & comparative biology
	Brad Wilcox * Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Understanding hydrologic processes on shrublands community ecology ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Kirk Winemiller Regents Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website	Ecology and evolution of fishes, community ecology, and aquatic ecosystems community ecology evolutionary ecology population ecology
	X. Ben Wu Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Department Profile	Landscape ecology and undergraduate ecology education ecosystems/landscape ecology
	Jessica Yorzinski * Assistant Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Lab Website * actively recruiting students	Animal behavior, sensory ecology, animal communication, conservation behavioral ecology (integrative animal behavior) evolutionary ecology

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.

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.