Looking to join a lab? Many of our faculty are looking for new students every year. Faculty currently accepting students for Fall 2017 are indicated by an *asterisk below. Please visit individual faculty websites to learn more about the research of EEB graduate faculty.
NOTE: Faculty without an (*) may still be interested in recruiting students, feel free to contact any faculty listed below.
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Frank Albert | I study the genetic basis and evolution of variation in gene expression, cell biology, and fitness. | |
David Andow | Ecology and management of arthropods in human dominated ecosystems | |
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Mark Bee | My lab studies the mechanisms and evolution of acoustic communication. | |
Ran Blekhman | My lab uses genomics to study the evolution of symbiosis between humans and their microbiome. | |
Elizabeth Borer | I study the effects of environmental change on communities. I am currently looking for a student to work in a collaborative group using empirical and theoretical approaches to study vector movement behavior and pathogen dynamics in communities of pathogens. | |
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Yaniv Brandvain | Grounded in theoretical and empirical population genomics, my group investigates plant evolution at micro and macroevolutionary scales. | |
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Jeannine Cavender-Bares | I study plant physiological ecology and evolutionary ecology. I am currently using remotely sensed hyperspectral data to detect plant biodiversity and examine ecological processes above and below ground. | |
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Meggan Craft | My lab studies infectious disease dynamics in animal populations. | |
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My lab studies freshwater ecosystems and their interactions with surrounding landscapes. | ||
Valery Forbes | Our research focuses on predicting the effects of toxic chemicals and other stressors on populations using mechanistic modeling. | |
James D. Forester |
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Emma Goldberg | My group uses mathematical and computational methods to learn about biogeography and plant mating system evolution. | |
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Jessica Gutknecht | I study soil microbial community dynamics and how they inform our | |
WIlliam Harcombe | We do experimental evolutionary ecology of microbial systems. | |
George Heimpel | We study host-parasitoid interactions, usually in the context of biological control of invasive species; projects include conservation of Darwin's finches in the Galapagos Islands and biological control of agricultural pests and weeds in the United States. | |
Jessica Hellmann | I research ecological effects of climate change and strategies for reducing climate-related risks in species and ecosystems. | |
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We investigate anthropogenic drivers and ecosystem consequences of changes in biodiversity. | ||
Sharon Jansa | The Jansa lab studies the systematics, biogeography, and diversification of mammals, particularly rodents and opossums. | |
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Linda L. Kinkel |
We study the ecology and evolutionary biology of soil and plant microbiomes focusing on the relationships between plant communities, soil carbon dynamics, and microbiome composition and functional characteristics. | |
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My lab is interested in plant-pollinator interactions at the community scale and how invasive plants (and their control) affect these interactions. | ||
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My research involves monitoring wolf-deer relations in the Superior National Forest. | ||
David Moeller |
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My research focuses on global change impacts on forest ecosystems. I am particularly interested in phenology, the timing of biological activity, and how it influences ecological communities. | ||
Analysis of ecological and evolutionary models and the development of statistical methods in biomedical applications | ||
My lab is assessing control of invasive aquatic macrophytes and factors influenceing restoration of native macrophyte communities. | ||
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Craig Packer | My current research interests range from animal cognition to savanna ecology to wildlife conservation, and my lab group works primarily in southern Africa. | |
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We study ecosystem ecology of tropical landscapes. | ||
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Allison Shaw | My group uses theory to study evolutionary and ecological aspects of migration and dispersal behaviors. | |
Using the concepts and approaches of quantitative genetics and plant population biology, our group is addressing questions about evolutionary responses of native plant populations to spatially varying and changing environments. | ||
Andrew M. Simons | My lab studies systematics and evolution of trophic morphology in fishes. | |
Emilie C. Snell-Rood | My lab studies the evolution of behavioral and developmental plasticity, especially in the context of anthropogenic change. | |
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Marla Spivak | We study mechanisms of honey bee social immunity, incorporating molecular, cellular, behavioral and ecological approaches to improve bee health. | |
David W. Stephens | Experimental and theoretical behavioral ecology especially the statistical determinants of behavioral plasticity and the evolution of non-human conventions. | |
Robert W. Sterner | My research concerns ecological stoichiometry, the balance of elements in ecological systems. | |
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Paul Venturelli | My group studies life history, temperature effects, and population dynamics in the context of fish management and conservation. | |
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George Weiblen | The Weiblen lab studies plant and insect systematics, molecular phylogenetics, population genetics, ecology and coevolution. | |
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Marlene Zuk | My lab studies sexual selection and mate choice, and we are especially interested in the ways that parasites and disease can affect those patterns. |