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Physiological Ecology

Core Faculty by Research Themes

Alphabetical listing of all faculty

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

Name Title Dept Interest
Ausprey, Ian Assistant
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Functional & demographic mechanisms underlying biodiversity change across environmental and Anthropogenic disturbance gradients
Barboza, Perry Professor Ecology & Conservation Biology Consequences of life history and environmental change on the nutrition of wild mammals; policies for conservation of wildlife
Behmer, Spencer Professor Entomology Insect physiology and behavior, including their ecological and evolutionary bases
Grace, Jacqueline Assistant
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Ecophysiology and behavior of birds
Helms, Anjel Assistant
Professor
Entomology Chemical ecology, tritrophic and plant-herbivore interactions
Kitchen, Sheila Assistant
Professor
Marine Biology Host-microbe interactions, comparative and functional genomics, coral reef conservation
Marshall, Christopher Professor Marine Biology Comparative functional organismal biology and evolutionary adaptation
Motta, Erick Assistant
Professor
Entomology Ecology and evolution of insect-microbiome interactions, impact of environmental stressors on insect-associated microbiomes, honey bee microbiome
Pepper, Alan Professor Biology Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution in terrestrial plants
Quigg, Antonietta Regents
Professor
Marine Biology Elemental dynamics, physiology, and community ecology in coastal ecosystems
Rangel, Juliana Associate
Professor
Entomology Population, disease and reproductive biology of honey bees
Smotherman, Michael Professor Biology Physiology and evolution of vocal motor pathway in mammals
Strader, Marie Assistant
Professor
Biology Marine molecular ecology focused on mechanisms of organismal responses to the environment
Sword, Gregory Professor Entomology Insect, plant & microbial ecology
Tarone, Aaron Associate
Professor
Entomology Genomic studies of development and population biology in flies
Tomberlin, Jeffery Professor Entomology Ecology and biology of flies associated with decomposing matter
West, Jason Associate
Professor
Ecology & Conservation Biology Terrestrial ecosystem ecology, plant-environment interactions, and global environmental change

Research Themes

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

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