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 |
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 |