Physiological Ecology

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

Name	Title	Dept	Interest
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
Jurgens, Laura	Assistant Professor	Marine Biology	Global change and extreme events; marine and estuarine community ecology; macro-ecology
Marshall, Christopher	Professor	Marine Biology	Comparative functional organismal biology and evolutionary adaptation
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
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