Population & Quantitative Genetics

Core Faculty by Research Themes

Alphabetical listing of all faculty

Population and Quantitative Genetics is the study of genetic differences within and between populations and assessment of variability of continuous phenotypes.

Name	Title	Dept	Interest
Alvarado-Bremer, Jaime	Professor	Marine Biology	Conservation and population genetics of large pelagic fishes
Athrey, Giri	Assistant Professor	Poultry Science	Quantitative genetics and functional genomics, birds and disease vectors
Blackmon, Heath	Assistant Professor	Biology	Evolutionary genomics, quantitative genetics, character evolution, and applied phylogenetics
Cai, James	Associate Professor	Veterinary Integrative Biosciences	Evolutionary biology and physiology, with emphasis on evolution of complex phenotypes
Criscione, Charles	Professor	Biology	Population genetics of metazoan parasites
Foroughirad, Vivienne	Assistant Professor	Marine Biology	Behavioral ecology and genetics of cetaceans
Hurtado, Luis	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolutionary origins, patterns and maintenance of biodiversity
Light, Jessica	Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolutionary and ecological assessments of host-parasite associations
Mateos, Mariana	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Evolution of host-symbiont associations and phylogeography of freshwater organisms
Pepper, Alan	Professor	Biology	Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution in terrestrial plants
Rangel, Juliana	Associate Professor	Entomology	Population, disease and reproductive biology of honey bees
Spalink, Daniel	Assistant Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Plant systematics and biogeography
Sword, Gregory	Professor	Entomology	Insect, plant & microbial ecology
Tarone, Aaron	Associate Professor	Entomology	Genomic studies of development and population biology in flies
Vargo, Ed	Professor and Endowed Chair	Entomology	Urban and structural entomology
Voelker, Gary	Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Systematics and biogeography of birds

Behavioral Ecology (Integrative Animal Behavior)
– the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures

Community Ecology
– the study of how populations of species organize and interact with each other and the environment

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

Ecosystems/Landscape Ecology
– the study of the dynamics of ecological processes through time across a variety of spatial scales

Evolutionary Ecology
– the study of interactions between organisms and their environments from an evolutionary perspective

Evolutionary Genomics
– the study of genome evolution

Phylogenetics & Comparative Biology
– the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms, and the mechanisms and patterns that drive the evolution of those relationships

Physiological Ecology
– the study of relationships between the physiology of organisms and their adaptation to environmental conditions

Population & Quantitative Genetics
– the study of genetic differences within and between populations and assessment of variability of continuous phenotypes

Population Ecology
– the study of population dynamics over space and time and how populations interact with the environment