Faculty
Dr. Agusto's research work is focused on the use of mathematical and statistical modeling approaches to gain insight into the ecology and epidemiology of some emerging and re-emerging human and zoonotic disease of public health importance.
Dr. Beard's research focuses on reconstructing the origin and early evolution of the order Primates and its major clades. He is especially interested in documenting how changes in the Earth's physical environment have impacted the evolution of early primates and other mammals.
Dr. Bever's research focuses on testing basic ecological and evolutionary processes occurring within plants and their associated fungi.
Dr. Billings' research characterizes the features governing nitrogen, carbon and water fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems, and how these dynamics are influenced by environmental change.
Dr. Blumenstiel's research is focused on understanding how both genetic and epigenetic systems evolve.
Dr. Brown is a herpetologist interested in understanding evolutionary processes of diversification in island archipelagos.
Dr. Burgin's research integrates across the fields of microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, and aquatic ecosystem ecology.
Dr. Cartwright's research focuses on understanding evolutionary patterns and developmental processes in medusozoans.
Dr. de Boer studies the physiological basis of insect-plant interactions; he is a faculty advisor with KUUB.
Dr. deNoyelles' interests include the use of in situ experimental methods in aquatic ecosystems and the effects of stress on aquatic ecosystems.
Dr. Engel focuses on the fossil record of insects and what it reveals about the past and present.
Dr. Foster studies the ecological forces that shape plant communities.
Dr. Gleason's research focuses on molecular evolution, behavioral genetics, and the evolution of courtship song in Drosophila.
Dr. Glor studies the evolution of biological diversity, focusing on adaptive radiation in Anolis lizards and other reptiles.
Dr. Hileman's research focuses on understanding the evolution of plant development with a focus on floral diversification.
Dr. Holder develops statistical and computational approaches for estimating genealogical relationships.
Dr. Jensen is a parasitologist specializing on coevolution and the systematics, diversity, and biogeography of the tapeworms that parasitize elasmobranchs.
Dr. Kelly studies evolutionary quantitative genetics, molecular population genetics, evolution of pathogens, and kin selection.
Dr. Krishtalka's interests include science policy and administration, biodiversity informatics, and the paleobiology of mammals.
Dr. Lieberman is a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist interested in macroevolution and the evolutionary history of invertebrates.
Dr. Martin studies the biochemical, physiological, anatomical, and morphological responses of plants to stressful environments.
Dr. Martinko's interests include ecosystem ecology and management, landscape analysis and characterization, and remote sensing of natural and biological resources, integrated reservoir mapping and assessment, water quality analysis, ecosystems research, landscape ecology and insect community ecology.
Dr. Mort studies the evolutionary relationships of the angiosperm family Crassulaceae using DNA sequences from chloroplast and nuclear gene regions
Dr. Moyle's research seeks to understand the patterns and processes of avian diversification.
Dr. Orive's research area is theoretical population genetics.
Dr. Peterson's focuses on aspects of the geography of biodiversity with a focus on tropical ornithology and systematics.
Dr. Pierotti's research investigates the evolutionary biology of vertebrates with male parental care and socially monogamous breeding systems.
Dr. Reuman studies quantitative population, community, and landscape ecology.
Dr. Short's research program centers on elucidating the diversity, biology, and evolutionary history of aquatic beetles.
Dr. Sikes is a microbial ecologist whose research focuses on soil fungi, their community interactions and use in restoration
Dr. Smith's research combines molecular systematics with the study of social arthropods
Dr. Smith's research focus is the comparative evolutionary biology of fishes.
Dr. Soberón is mainly interested in documenting and understanding large-scale spatial patterns in the biodiversity of terrestrial species.
Dr. Thorp's research centers on the community and ecosystem levels of aquatic ecology.
My research focuses on evolutionary genomics in Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. I am particularly interested in the molecular evolution of sex chromosomes and reproductive traits. My work makes extensive use of next-generation sequencing data (i.e. Illumina) for measuring gene expression and genetic variation genome-wide. We also use shotgun proteomics to directly identify proteins found in complex biological samples, such as the saliva and also sperm of butterflies.
More information about my lab and research activities can be found on my website: www.walterslab.org
Dr. Ward is interested in understanding how global change factors influence the physiology, population structure, and evolution of plants.
