EEB Faculty EEB Faculty Dr. Folashade B. AgustoAssociate ProfessorView full profile Dr. Brian AtkinsonAssistant ProfessorAssistant CuratorView full profile Dr. Sara BaerProfessor, Senior ScientistDirector, Kansas Biological SurveyResearch Interests: Plant, Soil, Ecosystem, and Restoration EcologyView full profile Dr. K. Christopher BeardSenior Curator, Biodiversity InstituteDistinguished Foundation ProfessorResearch Interests: Mammalian Paleontology, Primate Evolution, Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Functional MorphologyView full profile Dr. James BeverFoundation Distinguished ProfessorResearch Interests: Population and Community Ecology, Mutualisms, Mycorrhizae, Pathogens, Microbiome FeedbackView full profile Dr. Sharon BillingsProfessor, Senior ScientistUniversity Distinguished ProfessorResearch Interests: Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Forest and Grassland Responses to Climate and Land Use ChangeView full profile Dr. Justin BlumenstielAssociate ProfessorResearch Interests: Genomics, Evolutionary Genetics, Epigenetics, Genetic ConflictView full profile Dr. Rafe BrownProfessorCurator-in-Charge, Herpetology Division, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity InstituteResearch Interests: Island Archipelagos, Biogeography, Speciation Genomics, Amphibians & ReptilesView full profile Dr. Amy BurginProfessor, Senior ScientistResearch Interests: Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Functions, Anthropogenic Changes to Water Quantity and QualityView full profile Dr. Paulyn CartwrightBaumgartner Professor of BiologyResearch Interests: Invertebrate Zoology, Comparative Genomics, Evolution and Development, PhylogeneticView full profile Dr. Jae Young ChoiAssistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Evolutionary Genomics, Adaptive Radiation, Telomere EvolutionView full profile Dr. Jocelyn ColellaRobert W. and Geraldine Wilson Assistant ProfessorAssistant CuratorResearch Interests: Evolutionary Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, HybridizationView full profile Dr. Gerrit de BoerAssociate ProfessorView full profile Dr. Bryan FosterProfessor, Senior ScientistResearch Interests: Plant Community Ecology, Grasslands, Ecological RestorationView full profile Dr. Jennifer GleasonAssociate ProfessorView full profile Dr. Richard GlorAssociate ProfessorAssociate CuratorView full profile Dr. Lena HilemanProfessorChair, Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyProfessorChair of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyResearch Interests: Floral Evolution, Plant Development, Plant Evolutionary GenomicsView full profile Dr. Mark HolderAssociate ProfessorAssociate CuratorResearch Interests: Phylogenetics, Computational Biology, and Computational StatisticsView full profile Dr. Kirsten JensenProfessorSenior CuratorAssociate Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyResearch Interests: Parasitology, Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity Patterns, Taxonomy, PhylogeneticsView full profile Dr. John K KellyProfessorResearch Interests: Evolutionary Genetics, Quantitative Genetics, Evolutionary Theory, ScienceView full profile Dr. Bruce LiebermanProfessor and Senior CuratorResearch Interests: Macroevolution, Paleobiology, Phylogenetics, Invertebrate PaleontologyView full profile Dr. Katya MackAssistant Professor - Joining EEB in January 2024View full profile Dr. Kelly MatsunagaThomas N. Taylor Assistant ProfessorAssistant CuratorResearch Interests: Plant Evolution, Paleobotany, Phylogenetics, Plant DevelopmentView full profile Dr. Mark MortProfessorCo-Chair, Undergraduate BiologyView full profile Dr. Robert Glen MoyleProfessorCuratorView full profile Dr. Maria E. OriveProfessorAssociate Dean, College of Liberal Arts & SciencesResearch Interests: Evolutionary Theory, Clonal Reproduction, Pathogens and Symbionts, Eco-Evolutionary DynamicView full profile Dr. A. Townsend PetersonUniversity Distinguished ProfessorView full profile Dr. Raymond John PierottiAssociate ProfessorView full profile Dr. Daniel ReumanProfessorSenior ScientistResearch Interests: Quantitative Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Spatial and Landscape Ecology, Synchrony and Stability, Biodiversity and CoexistenceView full profile Dr. Benjamin SikesAssociate ProfessorAssociate ScientistView full profile Dr. Deborah Roan SmithProfessorView full profile Dr. W. Leo SmithAssociate ProfessorAssociate CuratorView full profile Dr. Jorge SoberónUniversity Distinguished ProfessorResearch Interests: Species Distribution Patterns, Macroecology, Biogeography, Biodiversity Governance and Policy View full profile Dr. James Thorp, IIIProfessorSenior ScientistResearch Interests: Aquatic Ecology, Foodwebs, Macrosystem EcologyView full profile Dr. Maggie WagnerAssistant ProfessorAssistant ScientistResearch Interests: Integrative Plant Biology, Complex Trait Evolution, Plant MicrobiomeView full profile Dr. James WaltersAssociate ProfessorView full profile
Dr. Sara BaerProfessor, Senior ScientistDirector, Kansas Biological SurveyResearch Interests: Plant, Soil, Ecosystem, and Restoration EcologyView full profile
Dr. K. Christopher BeardSenior Curator, Biodiversity InstituteDistinguished Foundation ProfessorResearch Interests: Mammalian Paleontology, Primate Evolution, Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Functional MorphologyView full profile
Dr. James BeverFoundation Distinguished ProfessorResearch Interests: Population and Community Ecology, Mutualisms, Mycorrhizae, Pathogens, Microbiome FeedbackView full profile
Dr. Sharon BillingsProfessor, Senior ScientistUniversity Distinguished ProfessorResearch Interests: Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Forest and Grassland Responses to Climate and Land Use ChangeView full profile
Dr. Justin BlumenstielAssociate ProfessorResearch Interests: Genomics, Evolutionary Genetics, Epigenetics, Genetic ConflictView full profile
Dr. Rafe BrownProfessorCurator-in-Charge, Herpetology Division, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity InstituteResearch Interests: Island Archipelagos, Biogeography, Speciation Genomics, Amphibians & ReptilesView full profile
Dr. Amy BurginProfessor, Senior ScientistResearch Interests: Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Microbial Functions, Anthropogenic Changes to Water Quantity and QualityView full profile
Dr. Paulyn CartwrightBaumgartner Professor of BiologyResearch Interests: Invertebrate Zoology, Comparative Genomics, Evolution and Development, PhylogeneticView full profile
Dr. Jae Young ChoiAssistant ProfessorResearch Interests: Evolutionary Genomics, Adaptive Radiation, Telomere EvolutionView full profile
Dr. Jocelyn ColellaRobert W. and Geraldine Wilson Assistant ProfessorAssistant CuratorResearch Interests: Evolutionary Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, HybridizationView full profile
Dr. Bryan FosterProfessor, Senior ScientistResearch Interests: Plant Community Ecology, Grasslands, Ecological RestorationView full profile
Dr. Lena HilemanProfessorChair, Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyProfessorChair of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyResearch Interests: Floral Evolution, Plant Development, Plant Evolutionary GenomicsView full profile
Dr. Mark HolderAssociate ProfessorAssociate CuratorResearch Interests: Phylogenetics, Computational Biology, and Computational StatisticsView full profile
Dr. Kirsten JensenProfessorSenior CuratorAssociate Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyResearch Interests: Parasitology, Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity Patterns, Taxonomy, PhylogeneticsView full profile
Dr. John K KellyProfessorResearch Interests: Evolutionary Genetics, Quantitative Genetics, Evolutionary Theory, ScienceView full profile
Dr. Bruce LiebermanProfessor and Senior CuratorResearch Interests: Macroevolution, Paleobiology, Phylogenetics, Invertebrate PaleontologyView full profile
Dr. Kelly MatsunagaThomas N. Taylor Assistant ProfessorAssistant CuratorResearch Interests: Plant Evolution, Paleobotany, Phylogenetics, Plant DevelopmentView full profile
Dr. Maria E. OriveProfessorAssociate Dean, College of Liberal Arts & SciencesResearch Interests: Evolutionary Theory, Clonal Reproduction, Pathogens and Symbionts, Eco-Evolutionary DynamicView full profile
Dr. Daniel ReumanProfessorSenior ScientistResearch Interests: Quantitative Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Spatial and Landscape Ecology, Synchrony and Stability, Biodiversity and CoexistenceView full profile
Dr. Jorge SoberónUniversity Distinguished ProfessorResearch Interests: Species Distribution Patterns, Macroecology, Biogeography, Biodiversity Governance and Policy View full profile
Dr. James Thorp, IIIProfessorSenior ScientistResearch Interests: Aquatic Ecology, Foodwebs, Macrosystem EcologyView full profile
Dr. Maggie WagnerAssistant ProfessorAssistant ScientistResearch Interests: Integrative Plant Biology, Complex Trait Evolution, Plant MicrobiomeView full profile
