Following is a list of faculty in the Ecology Behavior & Evolution
section. Click on a name to see a more comprehensive description
of their research.
- Doris Bachtrog, Assistant Professor of Biology
- Population genetics, molecular evolution & comparative genomics; evolution of sex.
- Lin Chao, Professor of Biology
- Evolutionary processes in microbes: bacteria and their viruses.
- Elsa Cleland
- David Holway, Associate Professor of Biology
- Ecological basis of invasive species. Argentine Ants, Fire Ants - California.
- Walter Jetz, Assistant Professor of Biology
- Ecological patterns at the level of the individual, population and community.
- Joshua Kohn, Professor of Biology
- Plant population biology; mating system evolution; ecological genetics.
- Therese Markow, Professor of Biology (arriving July 2008)
- Speciation and adaptation to novel environments; Mating system evolution; Drosophila evolutionary genetics.
- James Nieh, Associate Professor of Biology
- Evolution of animal language: symbolic communication in highly social bees; sensory physiology and mechanisms of multi-modal communication; bioacoustics; Cyborg bee project.
- Kaustuv Roy, Professor of Biology
- Physical and biotic controls on the distribution and diversity of species in benthic marine ecosystems.
- Oliver Ryder, Adjunct Professor of Biology, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, S. D. Zoo
- Genetics of endangered species; zoo biology
- Christopher Wills, Professor of Biology
- Molecular evolution; genetic variation at DNA level.
- David Woodruff, Professor of Biology
- Conservation and evolutionary biology; speciation; genetics of endangered species.
List of all adjunct faculty
