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. Other information about Core Faculty can be found in the bylaws.
| Name | Title | Dept | Interest |
| Alvarado-Bremer, Jaime | Associate Professor | Marine Biology | Conservation and population genetics of large pelagic fishes |
| Armitage, Anna | Associate Professor | Marine Biology & Ecosystem Science and Management | Coastal ecosystem ecology and management of restored and impacted habitats |
| Athrey, Giri | Assistant Professor | Poultry Science | Quantitative genetics and functional genomics, birds and disease vectors |
| Behmer, Spencer | Professor | Entomology | Insect physiology and behavior, including their ecological and evolutionary bases |
| Blackmon, Heath | Assistant Professor | Biology | Evolutionary genomics, quantitative genetics, character evolution, and applied phylogenetics |
| Boutton, Thomas | Regents Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Land cover/land use effects on ecosystem biogeochemistry |
| Brightsmith, Donald | Assistant Professor | Veterinary Pathobiology | Ecology and conservation of macaws and parrots |
| Cai, James J | Assistant Professor | Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Evolutionary biology and physiology, with emphasis on evolution of complex phenotypes |
| Campbell, Lisa | Professor | Oceanography | Community structure, population dynamics and diversity of marine phytoplankton |
| Casola, Claudio | Assistant Professor | Ecosystem Science & Management | Evolutionary genomics of genes and transposable elements in conifers |
| Conway, Kevin | Associate Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Systematic ichthyology; phylogenetic and comparative anatomy of ray-finned fishes |
| Criscione, Charles | Associate Professor | Biology | Population genetics of metazoan parasites |
| de Ruiter, Darryl | Professor | Anthropology | Ecology and evolution of the human lineage, with a particular focus on origin of genus Homo |
| Eubanks, Micky | Professor | Entomology | Causes and consequences of variation in complex ecological interactions |
| Eytan, Ron | Assistant Professor | Marine Biology | Evolutionary genetics, molecular systematics, and speciation in marine fishes |
| Feagin, Rusty | Associate Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Responses of beach, dune, and wetland ecosystems to global change |
| Fitzgerald, Lee | Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Mechanisms underlying persistence and disappearance of species and communities |
| Fujiwara, Masami | Associate Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Effects of life history variation on population and community dynamics |
| Grace, Jacqueline | Assistant Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Ecophysiology and behavior of birds |
| Gursky, Sharon | Professor | Anthropology | Behavioral ecology and conservation of non-human primates |
| Hamer, Gabriel | Assistant Professor | Entomology | Ecology of infectious diseases of humans, wild animals, and domestic animals |
| Hamer, Sarah | Associate Professor | Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Ecology and epidemiology of wildlife disease |
| Hurtado, Luis | Associate Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Evolutionary origins, patterns and maintenance of biodiversity |
| Katju, Vaishali | Associate Professor | Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | 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 |
| Lacher, Tom | Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Assessment and monitoring of patterns and trends in biodiversity |
| Lawing, Michelle | Assistant Professor | Ecosystem Science & Management | Evolutionary responses of species and communites to environmental change |
| Light, Jessica | Associate Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Evolutionary and ecological assessments of host-parasite associations |
| Marshall, Christopher D. | Professor | Marine Biology | Comparative functional organismal biology and evolutionary adaptation |
| Mateos, Mariana | Associate Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Evolution of host-symbiont associations and phylogeography of freshwater organisms |
| Medina, Raul | Associate Professor | Entomology | Population genetic aspects of pest species and their natural enemies |
| Merlin, Christine | Assistant Professor | Biology | Circadian biology |
| Miglietta, Maria Pia | Assistant Professor | Marine Biology | Evolution, genetics, and ecology of Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) |
| Moore, Georgianne | Associate Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Ecosystem management as it relates to the water cycle |
| Murphy, William J. | Professor | Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Mammalian phylogenetics and evolutionary genomics |
| Pepper, Alan | Associate Professor | Biology | Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution in terrestrial plants |
| Perkin, Josh | Assistant Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes; riverine landscape ecology |
| Quigg, Antonietta | Professor | Marine Biology | Elemental dynamics, physiology, and community ecology in coastal ecosystems |
| Rangel, Juliana | Assistant Professor | Entomology | Population, disease and reproductive biology of honey bees |
| Raymond, Anne | Professor | Geology and Geophysics | Plant paleoecology, paleobiogeography and evolutionary history |
| Roelke, Daniel | Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Lower foodweb dynamics of aquatic ecosystems; interactions between biota and physicochemical environment |
| Rogers, William E. | Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Plant-animal interactions, population dynamics, community assembly rules, and ecological restoration |
| Rosenthal, Gil | Professor | Biology | Mate choice and evolutionary genetics in fish hybrid zones |
| Samollow, Paul | Professor | Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Conservation genetics, evolution of genome structure and function, and epigenetics of heteriochiasmy |
| Schulze, Anja | Associate Professor | Marine Biology | Species distributions, dispersal and local adaptation of marine invertebrates |
| Slotman, Michel | Associate Professor | Entomology | Evolutionary genetics and genomics of disease transmitting mosquitoes |
| Smotherman, Michael | Associate Professor | Biology | Physiology and evolution of vocal motor pathway in mammals |
| Song, Hojun | Associate Professor | Entomology | Insect systematics; phylogenetics of orthopteran insects; phenotypic plasticity; character evolution |
| Sword, Gregory | Professor | Entomology | Insect, plant & microbial ecology |
| Tarone, Aaron | Assistant Professor | Entomology | Genomic studies of development and population biology in flies |
| Tomberlin, Jeffery | Associate Professor | Entomology | Ecology and biology of flies associated with decomposing matter |
| Vargo, Ed | Professor and Endowed Chair | Entomology | Urban and structural entomology |
| Voelker, Gary | Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Systematics and biogeography of birds |
| West, Jason | Associate Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Terrestrial ecosystem ecology, plant-environment interactions, and global environmental change |
| Wicksten, Mary | Professor | Biology | Behavior, classification and ecology of decapod Crustacea, plus adaptive coloration in marine organisms |
| Wilcox, Bradford | Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Understanding hydrologic processes on shrublands |
| Winemiller, Kirk O. | Regents Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Ecology and evolution of fishes, community ecology, and aquatic ecosystems |
| Woolley, James B. | Professor | Entomology | Phylogenetics, evolution, systematics and taxonomy of parasitoid wasps |
| Wu, X. Ben | Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Landscape ecology and undergraduate ecology education |
| Yorzinski, Jessica | Assistant Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Animal behavior, sensory ecology, animal communication, conservation |
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 |
| Bapst, David | Lecturer | Geology & Geophysics | Marine invertebrate paleontology, morphological phylogenetics, macroevolution |
| Barboza, Perry | Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Consequences of life history and environmental change on nutrition in wildlife |
| Belanger, Christina | Assistant Professor | Geology and Geophysics | Paleoecology of marine invertebrates and foraminifera, biotic responses to environmental change |
| Bergthorsson, Ulfar | Visiting Associate Professor | Veterinary Integrative Biosciences | Evolutionary genetics and genomics |
| Bernardo, Joseph | Research Associate Professor | Biology | Biodiversity conservation in the face of climate change, vertebrate ecology and life history, biology of amphibians and reptiles (especially salamanders and lizards) |
| Briske, David D. | Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Grassland ecology and global change |
| 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 | Associate Professor | Veterinary Pathobiology | Evolutionary genetics of immune function |
| de Figueiredo, Paul | Associate Professor | Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Vet Pathobiology | Microbiology, cell biology, and genetics to develop novel biotechnologies and elucidate the molecular dynamics of living systems. |
| DeWitt, Thomas J. | Associate Professor | Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences | Ecological mechanisms of evolutionary diversification |
| Greenbaum, Ira | Professor | Biology | Vertebrate cytogenetics |
| Heinz, Kevin M. | Professor | Entomology | Behavioral ecology of host-parasitoid interactions |
| Lafon, Charles W. | Professor | Geography | Assessment and monitoring of patterns and trends in biodiversity |
| Lockless, Steve | Assistant 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 |
| Scott, David | Professor | Recreation, Parks & Tourism | Sociology of leisure and community parks and recreation |
| Stronza, Amanda | Associate Professor | Recreation, Parks & Tourism | Community-based conservation; applied biodiversity sciences, ecotourism; environmental anthropology, ethnographic research; Amazon |
| Thornton, Daniel | Associate Professor | Oceanography | Ecology of nutrient cycling in coastal systems |
| Tice, Mike | Associate Professor | Geology and Geophysics | Early evolution of microorganisms and metabolisms |
| Tjoelker, Mark G. | Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Plant physiological ecology |
| Vogel, Jason | Assistant Professor | Ecosystem Science and Management | Ecosystem management, the physical environment, plant and microbial communities interactions |
| Walton, Jay | Professor | Mathematics | Modeling spatial ecology and structured populations |
| Wilkinson, Heather H. | Associate Professor | Plant Pathology and Microbiology | Evolution of microbial genes, genomes and communities |
| Williams, Tiffani | Associate Professor | Computer Science | Computational biology and phylogenetic inference |
| Winking, Jeff | Assistant 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 |
| Meik, Jesse | Assistant Professor | Tarleton State University | Ecology, comparative evolution biology |
