Ecology and evolution of insect-plant interactions

Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Evolution of plant development; Molecular evolution

Plant ecology, biogeography and evolution

Microbial cellular and community networks; influence of environmental change on the evolution of molecular processes; systems biology; bioinformatics

Evolutionary consequences of interactions between behavior, morphology and the environment

Statistical theory, methods and applcations, Quantitative ecology

Acoustic communication in birds

Muscle mechanics and modeling in human motor performance

Marine global change ecology and the dynamics of predator-prey interactions

pollinators, secondary compounds, self-medication, chemical ecology

Statistical methods in genomics and bioinformatics

Ecology and evolutionary diversity of neotropical freshwater fishes, particularly within the Amazon River

Fish conservation, recreational fisheries, sustainable aquaculture

Quantitative ecology, population dynamics, applied ecology

Population dynamics and biological control of invasive forest insects

Network Analysis of Acoustic Telemetry

Quantitative Evolutionary Cell Biology

How plants respond to climate change, and physiological processes underpinning how plants interact with the changing climate around them

Human and comparative physiology, neuroscience, endocrinology, herpetology, conservation biology, and behavioral biology

Bat ecology & behavior, population ecology, plant biology, management & conservation of wildlife

Plant-microbe interactions, biogeochemistry, ecosystem response to change, sustainable agriculture

Biocultural evolution of the genus Homo, functional morphology and biomechanics of the appendicular skeleton, paleoecology, forager ecology, Old World prehistory, Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene ecology, bone mass and physical activity.

Evolutionary forces that shape systems of inheritance and disease transmission

Animal Behavior, Vertebrate Ecology, and Conservation Biology

Invasive plant ecophysiology, global change, and equity in STEM education

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of vertebrate retinal development and retinal disease.

Ecosystems, modeling, tagging, movement, trophic dynamics, diadromous, marine,
fisheries, historical ecology

The general research objective in our lab is to understand the neural and physiological systems that the brain and body use to protect us from harm and adapt to changes in the environment. We focus on biological rhythms, stress, immunology, and metabolism

Genome evolution and biodiversity studies of microbial eukaryotes

Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology; Climate Change Biology; Soil Ecology; Biogeochemistry

Quantifying age, gender, and activity based changes in human skeletal muscle function. Measuring the roles of neural activation, intramuscular metabolism, contractile function and blood flow in the development of muscle fatigue in a variety of populations.

Conservation genomics and ecophysiology in marine and freshwater ecosystems

Micropaleontology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography

Population ecology of stream fishes

Fungal comparative genomics, eukaryotic genome evolution and organism adaptation

Environmental Physiology of Fish

Sexual selection, animal communication, macroevolution, ornithology

Climate change ecology, montane and boreal wildlife, and decision analysis and translational ecology for climate adaptation  

Evolution of alternative genetic systems; evolution of host range; scale insect systematics

Visual and acoustic communication in mammals

Evolutionary biology; hybridization, introgression & speciation; ecological genetics; evolution of regulatory genetic pathways; computer and mathematical modeling; invasion and range expansion; insects, especially butterflies and moths

Evolution and development, history of evolutionary theory

Molecular Evolution and Population Genomics of Arthropod-borne Microbial Pathogens

Freshwater ecology, fish and macroinvertebrates, urban ecology, conservation

Social behavior and communication of cetaceans (whales and dolphins)

Plant ecology, plant diversity, invasive plants, climate change

Conservation biology, physiological ecology and biostatistics

Climate change impacts on coastal biodiversity and trophic relationships

Behavior and physiology of flies especially of the adult crop organ and the mechanisms regulating filling and depletion

Urban ecology, animal behavior, ornithology, conservation biology

Effects on behavior by environmental xenobiotics with endocrine disruptive properties

Molecular genetic approaches to studying mechanisms of metal ion homeostasis in plants

Landscape ecology, spatial ecology, wildlife conservation and management, structured decision-making