Population Ecology

Core Faculty by Research Themes

Alphabetical listing of all faculty

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

Name	Title	Dept	Interest
Athrey, Giri	Assistant Professor	Poultry Science	Quantitative genetics and functional genomics, birds and disease vectors
Brightsmith, Donald	Associate Professor	Veterinary Pathobiology	Ecology and conservation of macaws and parrots
Chappell, Thomas	Assistant Professor	Plant Pathology & Microbiology	Epidemiology, ecology, and coevolution of plant-enemy systems
Fitzgerald, Lee	Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Mechanisms underlying persistence and disappearance of species and communities
Fitzpatrick, Courtney	Assistant Professor	Biology	Influence of social environments on trait evolution
Foroughirad, Vivienne	Assistant Professor	Marine Biology	Behavioral ecology and genetics of cetaceans
Fujiwara, Masami	Associate Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Effects of life history variation on population and community dynamics
Gonder, Katy	Professor & Dept Head	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Spatial biodiversity patterns, conservation strategies, evolutionary and ecological mechanisms contributing to diversity
Gursky, Sharon	Professor	Anthropology	Behavioral ecology and conservation of non-human primates
Hamer, Gabriel	Associate Professor	Entomology	Ecology of infectious diseases of humans, wild animals, and domestic animals
Kaufman, Phillip	Professor	Entomology	Veterinary and livestock entomology, insecticide resistance, biological control, integrated pest management
Rangel, Juliana	Associate Professor	Entomology	Population, disease and reproductive biology of honey bees
Roelke, Daniel	Professor	Marine Biology	Lower foodweb dynamics of aquatic ecosystems; interactions between biota and physicochemical environment
Stronza, Amanda	Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Community-based conservation, human-wildlife conflict, sustainable development
Sword, Gregory	Professor	Entomology	Insect, plant & microbial ecology
Vargo, Ed	Professor and Endowed Chair	Entomology	Urban and structural entomology
Winemiller, Kirk O.	Regents Professor	Ecology & Conservation Biology	Ecology and evolution of fishes, community ecology, and aquatic ecosystems

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