Core Faculty Research Themes

Alphabetical listing of all faculty

Conservation Biology/Restoration Ecology is the study of biodiversity and how to sustainably protect, manage, and restore degraded habitats.

Name Title Dept Interest
Alvarado-Bremer, Jaime Professor Marine Biology Conservation and population genetics of large pelagic fishes
Armitage, Anna Professor Marine Biology
Ecology & Conservation Biology
Coastal ecosystem ecology and management of restored and impacted habitats
Ausprey, Ian Assistant
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Functional & demographic mechanisms underlying biodiversity change across environmental and Anthropogenic disturbance gradients
Belanger, Christina Assistant
Professor
Geology & Geophysics Biotic responses to environmental change; paleoecology; paleoenvironments
Brightsmith, Donald Associate
Professor
Veterinary Pathbiology Ecology and conservation of macaws and parrots
Duell, Eric Assistant
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Plant-soil-microbial interactions, plant ecology, community ecology, grassland ecology, phylogenetic patterns of mutualistic relationships
Feagin, Rusty Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Responses of beach, dune, and wetland ecosystems to global change
Fitzgerald, Lee Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Mechanisms underlying persistence and disappearance of species and communities
Hurtado, Luis Associate
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Evolutionary origins, patterns and maintenance of biodiversity
Lawing, Michelle Assistant
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Evolutionary responses of species and communites to environmental change
Pepper, Alan Professor Biology Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution in terrestrial plants
Perkin, Josh Assistant
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Ecology and conservation of freshwater fishes; riverine landscape ecology
Raymond, Anne Professor Geology & Geophysics Plant paleoecology, paleobiogeography and evolutionary history
Rogers, William E. Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Plant-animal interactions, population dynamics, community assembly rules, and ecological restoration
Stronza, Amanda Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Community-based conservation, human-wildlife conflict, sustainable development