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Please visit individual faculty websites to learn more about the research of EEB graduate faculty.
| Faculty | Research Focus | Lab Website/Email |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Albert | Genomics, statistical and quantitative genetics, transcriptomics | Albert Lab falbert@umn.edu |
| F. Keith Barker | Avian phylogeny and genetics, evolution of social behavior, spatial and temporal patterns, molecular evolution | Barker Lab barke042@umn.edu |
| Beatriz Baselga Cervera | Microbial experimental evolution and bioprospection. We focus on the evolution of phenotypic novelty to inform temporal and functional eco-evolutionary dynamics. | bbaselga@umn.edu |
| Mark Bee | Acoustic communication, neuroethology sexual selection, sound pattern recognition | Bee Lab mbee@umn.edu |
| Elizabeth Borer | Nutrient network (NutNet), nitrogen deposition, global change, biodiversity, ecosystem function, plant disease ecology, grasslands | borer@umn.edu |
| Mark Borrello | History of 19th and 20th century evolutionary theory and genetics | borrello@umn.edu |
| Yaniv Brandvain | My group investigates plant evolution at micro- and macro-evolutionary scales. | Lab website ybrandva@umn.edu |
| Joseph Bump | Forest wildlife ecology, conservation, and management; climate change and predator-prey dynamics | bump@umn.edu |
| James B. Cotner | Biological limnology and oceanography, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology | cotne002@umn.edu |
| Meggan Craft | Infectious disease dynamics in animal populations. | Craft Lab craft@umn.edu |
| Antony M. Dean | Biochemistry; ecology, evolution and behavior; microbial engineering | deanx024@umn.edu |
| R. Ford Denison | Evolution of cooperation; agricultural implications of past and ongoing natural selection | denis036@umn.edu |
| Jacques C. Finlay | My lab studies freshwater ecosystems and their interactions with surrounding landscapes. | Finlay Lab jfinlay@umn.edu |
| Kassandra Ford | Evolutionary Biology, Ichthyology, Convergent Evolution, Functional Morphology, Biomechanics, Neotropical Fishes, Afrotropical Fishes | |
| James D. Forester | Animal movement ecology, quantitative landscape ecology | jdforest@umn.edu |
| David L. Fox | Paleobiology and paleoclimatology | dlfox@umn.edu |
| Lee E. Frelich | Boreal forests, climate change, earthworms, forest ecology, forest fires, windstorms | freli001@umn.edu |
| Susan M. Galatowitsch | Ecological restoration of wetlands, rivers, lakeshores, prairies; land use impacts to wetland biodiversity; climate change adaptation | galat001@umn.edu |
| Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido | We focus on how predatory insects code motion information about their prey. | paloma@umn.edu |
| Jeff Gralnick | Physiology of Shewanella | gralnick@umn.edu |
| Jessica Gutknecht | I study soil microbial community dynamics and how they inform our understanding of ecosystem functions such as carbon cycling and sustainability. | jgut@umn.edu |
| Gretchen Hansen | Climate change, long-term trends in fish populations, aquatic invasive species | ghansen@umn.edu |
| William Harcombe | We do experimental evolutionary ecology of microbial systems. | harcombe@umn.edu |
| George Heimpel | We study host-parasitoid interactions, usually in the context of biological control of invasive species. | heimp001@umn.edu |
| Jessica Hellmann | Ecological effects of climate change and strategies for reducing climate-related risks in species and ecosystems | Lab website hellmann@umn.edu |
| Sarah Hobbie | Ecosystem ecology, carbon and nutrient cycling, decomposition, species effects on ecosystem processes, plant-soil interactions | Research website shobbie@umn.edu |
| Forest Isbell | Anthropogenic drivers and ecosystem consequences of changes in biodiversity | Lab Website isbell@umn.edu |
| Sharon Jansa | Systematics, biogeography, and diversification of mammals, particularly rodents and opossums | Jansa Lab jansa003@umn.edu |
| Susan Jones | History of disease ecology, history of science, environmental history, history of human-animal interactions | jone0996@umn.edu |
| Peter Kennedy | Symbioses, ectomycorrhizal fungi, community ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen cycling | Kennedy Lab kennedyp@umn.edu |
| Linda Kinkel | Ecology and evolutionary biology of soil and plant microbiomes | kinkel@umn.edu |
| Kenneth Kozak | Phylogeography, molecular ecology, and historical biogeography of amphibians and reptiles | Bell Museum Amphibians & Reptiles kozak016@umn.edu |
| Daniel Larkin | Restoration ecology, invasion biology | djlarkin@umn.edu |
| Clarence Lehman | Theoretical ecology, computational biology, biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, habitat restoration, ecology of disease | lehman@umn.edu |
| Peter Makovicky | Vertebrate paleontology, diversity and evolution of dinosaurs | pmakovic@umn.edu |
(Professor May is no longer adding new students to her research group) | Evolution of host/microbe interactions, molecular evolution, genome organization, fungal population genetics | gmay@umn.edu |
| Suzanne McGaugh | Conservation genetics, molecular evolution, population genomics, quantitative genetics | smcgaugh@umn.edu |
| Kieran McNulty | My research seeks to understand factors that govern how and why primate anatomy changes on evolutionary time scales. | kmcnulty@umn.edu |
| David Moeller | Evolution of species' geographic ranges, ecology and genetics of speciation | Moeller Lab Website moeller@umn.edu |
| Rebecca Montgomery | Global change impacts on forest ecosystems,phenology, the timing of biological activity, and how it influences ecological communities | The Montgomery Lab rebeccam@umn.edu |
| Raymond Newman | Assessing control of invasive aquatic macrophytes and factors influencing restoration of native macrophyte communities | rnewman@umn.edu |
| Craig Packer | Animal cognition, savanna ecology, wildlife conservation, primarily in southern Africa | packer@umn.edu |
Jesús Pinto-Ledezma | Theoretical and evolutionary ecology, evolutionary macroecology, macrogenetics, species coexistence, biodiversity models (big data), invasion ecology | jpintole@umn.edu |
| Steve Polasky | Ecosystem services, natural capital, biodiversity conservation, endangered species policy | polasky@umn.edu |
| Jennifer Powers | Ecosystem ecology of tropical landscapes | powers@umn.edu |
| Sushma Reddy | Origins and maintenance of biological diversity, primarily, the evolutionary history of birds | sreddy@umn.edu |
| Peter Reich | Ecology, tree physiology, ecophysiology, and silviculture | Forest Ecology Laboratory preich@umn.edu |
| Eric Seabloom | Community ecology, disease ecology, restoration ecology, species invasions, top-down and bottom-control of communities, animal behavior | Lab Website seabloom@umn.edu |
| Allison Shaw | Mathematical theory, ecology and evolution of long-distance movement, species interactions | Shaw Lab Website ashaw@umn.edu |
(Professor Shaw is no longer adding new students to her research group) | Evolutionary responses of native plant populations to spatially varying and changing environments | Lab website shawx016@umn.edu |
| Emilie Snell-Rood | Evolution of behavioral and developmental plasticity, especially in the context of anthropogenic change | Snell-Rood Lab emilies@umn.edu |
| Peter Sorensen | Biology and control of invasive fishes, behavior of fish; olfaction; fish reproductive biology; pheromones; fish migration; aquatic chemical ecology, marine biology | soren003@umn.edu |
| Daniel Stanton | Lichen ecology, bryophyte ecology, plant ecophysiology, desert ecosystems, fog and dew, self-organizing systems | stan0477@umn.edu |
| Robert Sterner | Ecological stoichiometry, balance of elements in ecological systems. | The Sterner Lab stern007@umn.edu |
| G. David Tilman | Ecological effects of humans, biodiversity, population ecology, resource competition, ecosystem, Cedar Creek | tilman@umn.edu |
| Michael Travisano | Ecological and evolutionary dynamics, evolutionary genetics, microbial ecology and evolution | Travisano Lab travisan@umn.edu |
| Trevor Wardill | Neuroethology of cephalopods and insects: vision, behavior, camouflage, motor control, physiology, neuroscience |
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| George Weiblen | Plant and insect systematics, molecular phylogenetics, population genetics, ecology and coevolution | Weiblen Lab gweiblen@umn.edu |
| Michael Wilson | Social behavior, communication, intergroup relations, aggression, wildlife health, conservation | wilso198@umn.edu |
| Sasha Wright | I focus on the facilitative interactions between neighboring plant species that may improve plant community performance. | awright@umn.edu |
| Mingzi Xu | Evolution and genomics of mating behaviors, sexual selection, animal communication, acoustic signaling and preferences in insects | xu000574@umn.edu |
| Ya Yang | Plant systematics, evolutionary genomics | Yang Lab yangya@umn.edu |
(Professor Zuk is no longer adding new students to her research group) | Sexual selection and mate choice, ways that parasites and disease can affect those patterns. | mzuk@umn.edu |