Merging microbial experimental evolution and bioprospecting to evaluate causal factors and integrate across ecology and evolution.

My lab investigates how and why animals communicate using acoustic signals to convey information in social and reproductive interactions.

Evolutionary basis of variation in plant phenotypes and spectral properties, community assembly, remote biodiversity sensing, ecosystem change

We study how microbes influence and are influenced by aquatic environments.

I am an infectious disease ecologist and I lead a lab aiming to understand infectious disease dynamics in animal populations.

Can we enhance beneficial legacy effects of soybean sanctions against mediocre nitrogen-fixing symbionts?

My lab investigates the ecology of freshwater ecosystems, and their interactions with surrounding natural and human-altered landscapes.

Microbial interactions, Eco-evolutionary dynamics, Systems biology

Global change biology, climate change adaptation, sustainability science, science communication, environmental policy

Investigating the drivers and consequences of changes in biodiversity

History of science: global ecology of zoonotic disease, 1800-2000

In the McGaugh lab, we study how organisms adapt to unique environments by examining genomic data.

My lab studies ape and human evolution using virtual technologies and through long-term paleontological research at fossil ape sites in Kenya.

I focus on restoration and biodiversity of East African grasslands via the propagation of native plants and managing livestock grazing.

My research interests include many topics in community and ecosystem ecology including disease, biological invasions, and global change.

Developing mathematical theory to understand the causes and consequences of organismal movement.

Our research employs quantitative genetics to study ongoing evolution in wild plant populations.

Animal response to human environments such as cities or roadsides; Restoration ecology related to toxins such as road salts or heavy metals.