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Behavior

Daniel Blumstein	The evolution of behavior and the integration of behavior and conservation biology.
Patricia Adair Gowaty	Evolutionary ecology, evolution of behavior, sexual behavior, mating systems, sexual conflict, parental behavior, maternal effects, developmental plasticity, sex allocation, genetic parentage, ornithology
Gregory Grether	Causes and consequences of aggression and reproductive interference between species; character displacement; species recognition; evolution of coloration; the role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution; animal behavior
Peter Narins	Auditory Behavior, Neurophysiology and Mechanics
Peter Nonacs	Behavioral ecology and social evolution, using both theoretical and experimental approaches.
Noa Pinter-Wollman	The emergence of collective behavior from variation and interactions among system components.
Barney Schlinger	Steroid hormone synthesis and action in birds; hormonal control of brain and behavior in tropical bird species
Pamela Yeh	Adaptation to novel environments; evolution of drug resistance in bacteria; urban ecology and evolution

Conservation Biology

Michael Alfaro	vertebrate diversification and macroevolution (especially coral reef fishes), functional and evolutionary morphology, comparative methods, phylogenetics
Paul Barber	Evolution of conservation of marine biodiversity, Coral reefs, Evolutionary and population genetics, Natural selection and adaptation.
Daniel Blumstein	The evolution of behavior and the integration of behavior and conservation biology.
Peggy Fong	Marine ecology of coastal ecosystems.
Gregory Grether	Causes and consequences of aggression and reproductive interference between species; character displacement; species recognition; evolution of coloration; the role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution; animal behavior
Stephen Hubbell	Community ecology; biodiversity
Peter Kareiva
Lawren Sack	Ecology and physiology of plant species coexistence. Hydraulics of plant water transport. Evolution and functional consequences of diversity in leaf size, shape and venation. Forest dynamics and ecohydrology. Conservation physiology.
H. Bradley Shaffer
Thomas Smith	Evolutionary ecology, speciation, and conservation of vertebrates, especially in the tropics.
Victoria Sork	Genetics and genomics of tree populations; molecular ecology of plants; conservation biology
Robert Wayne	Application of molecular genetic techniques to questions in systematics, population genetics, sociobiology and conservation

Ecology

Priyanga Amarasekare	Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in variable environments
Peggy Fong	Marine ecology of coastal ecosystems.
Peter Kareiva
Nathan Kraft	Plant community ecology, with an emphasis on functional and phylogenetic approaches to understanding community assembly and species coexistence; tropical forest dynamics; biogeography and the assembly of regional biotas.
James Lloyd-Smith	Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases; emerging pathogens and zoonoses; host population heterogeneities; integration of dynamics across scales.
Glen MacDonald	I am interested in the relationship between climatic variations and vegetation response at different spatial and temporal scales.
Lawren Sack	Ecology and physiology of plant species coexistence. Hydraulics of plant water transport. Evolution and functional consequences of diversity in leaf size, shape and venation. Forest dynamics and ecohydrology. Conservation physiology.
Van Savage	Effects of climate on ecological systems; species interactions; evolutionary dynamics; mathematical biology; biological scaling in relation to thermal responses, vascular systems, sleep, and tumor growth
H. Bradley Shaffer
Thomas Smith	Evolutionary ecology, speciation, and conservation of vertebrates, especially in the tropics.
Victoria Sork	Genetics and genomics of tree populations; molecular ecology of plants; conservation biology
Blaire Van Valkenburgh	Paleobiology, ecology, and functional morphology of vertebrates
Felipe Zapata	Systematics and evolutionary biology; plant biology; quantitative taxonomy; macroevolution; phylogenetic comparative functional genomics; tropical biology
Cheryl Ann Zimmer	Population ecology of marine organisms, especially the role of hydrodynamic processes
Richard Zimmer	Ecology and sensory biology of aquatic organisms; chemical signals and communication

Evolutionary Biology

Michael Alfaro	vertebrate diversification and macroevolution (especially coral reef fishes), functional and evolutionary morphology, comparative methods, phylogenetics
Paul Barber	Evolution of conservation of marine biodiversity, Coral reefs, Evolutionary and population genetics, Natural selection and adaptation.
Donald Buth	Ichthyology; parasitology, phylogenetic systematics, population structure of lower vertebrates
Patricia Adair Gowaty	Evolutionary ecology, evolution of behavior, sexual behavior, mating systems, sexual conflict, parental behavior, maternal effects, developmental plasticity, sex allocation, genetic parentage, ornithology
Gregory Grether	Causes and consequences of aggression and reproductive interference between species; character displacement; species recognition; evolution of coloration; the role of phenotypic plasticity in evolution; animal behavior
David Jacobs	Evolution/Development of Invertebrate Body Plans, Paleobiology and Marine Speciation
James Lloyd-Smith	Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases; emerging pathogens and zoonoses; host population heterogeneities; integration of dynamics across scales.
Kirk E. Lohmueller	Population genetics; Statistical methods in evolutionary and medical genetics; genetic variation data
Noa Pinter-Wollman	The emergence of collective behavior from variation and interactions among system components.
Karen Sears	Developmental and evolutionary biology of mammals
H. Bradley Shaffer
Thomas Smith	Evolutionary ecology, speciation, and conservation of vertebrates, especially in the tropics.
Victoria Sork	Genetics and genomics of tree populations; molecular ecology of plants; conservation biology
Blaire Van Valkenburgh	Paleobiology, ecology, and functional morphology of vertebrates
Robert Wayne	Application of molecular genetic techniques to questions in systematics, population genetics, sociobiology and conservation
Pamela Yeh	Adaptation to novel environments; evolution of drug resistance in bacteria; urban ecology and evolution
Felipe Zapata	Systematics and evolutionary biology; plant biology; quantitative taxonomy; macroevolution; phylogenetic comparative functional genomics; tropical biology

Marine Biology

Michael Alfaro	vertebrate diversification and macroevolution (especially coral reef fishes), functional and evolutionary morphology, comparative methods, phylogenetics
Paul Barber	Evolution of conservation of marine biodiversity, Coral reefs, Evolutionary and population genetics, Natural selection and adaptation.
Donald Buth	Ichthyology; parasitology, phylogenetic systematics, population structure of lower vertebrates
Peggy Fong	Marine ecology of coastal ecosystems.
Malcolm Gordon	Comparative ecological physiology of lower vertebrates, with emphasis on fish locomotion
David Jacobs	Evolution/Development of Invertebrate Body Plans, Paleobiology and Marine Speciation
James Lloyd-Smith	Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases; emerging pathogens and zoonoses; host population heterogeneities; integration of dynamics across scales.
Cheryl Ann Zimmer	Population ecology of marine organisms, especially the role of hydrodynamic processes
Richard Zimmer	Ecology and sensory biology of aquatic organisms; chemical signals and communication

Paleobiology

David Jacobs	Evolution/Development of Invertebrate Body Plans, Paleobiology and Marine Speciation
Karen Sears	Developmental and evolutionary biology of mammals
Glen MacDonald	I am interested in the relationship between climatic variations and vegetation response at different spatial and temporal scales.
Blaire Van Valkenburgh	Paleobiology, ecology, and functional morphology of vertebrates
Robert Wayne	Application of molecular genetic techniques to questions in systematics, population genetics, sociobiology and conservation

Plant Biology

Peggy Fong	Marine ecology of coastal ecosystems.
Stephen Hubbell	Community ecology; biodiversity
Nathan Kraft	Plant community ecology, with an emphasis on functional and phylogenetic approaches to understanding community assembly and species coexistence; tropical forest dynamics; biogeography and the assembly of regional biotas.
Lawren Sack	Ecology and physiology of plant species coexistence. Hydraulics of plant water transport. Evolution and functional consequences of diversity in leaf size, shape and venation. Forest dynamics and ecohydrology. Conservation physiology.
Victoria Sork	Genetics and genomics of tree populations; molecular ecology of plants; conservation biology
Felipe Zapata	Systematics and evolutionary biology; plant biology; quantitative taxonomy; macroevolution; phylogenetic comparative functional genomics; tropical biology

Physiological Ecology

Malcolm Gordon	Comparative ecological physiology of lower vertebrates, with emphasis on fish locomotion
Nathan Kraft	Plant community ecology, with an emphasis on functional and phylogenetic approaches to understanding community assembly and species coexistence; tropical forest dynamics; biogeography and the assembly of regional biotas.
Lawren Sack	Ecology and physiology of plant species coexistence. Hydraulics of plant water transport. Evolution and functional consequences of diversity in leaf size, shape and venation. Forest dynamics and ecohydrology. Conservation physiology.

Theory

Michael Alfaro	vertebrate diversification and macroevolution (especially coral reef fishes), functional and evolutionary morphology, comparative methods, phylogenetics
Priyanga Amarasekare	Mechanisms of diversity maintenance in variable environments
Stephen Hubbell	Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases; emerging pathogens and zoonoses; host population heterogeneities; integration of dynamics across scales.
James Lloyd-Smith	Comparative ecological physiology of lower vertebrates, with emphasis on fish locomotion
Kirk E. Lohmueller	Population genetics; Statistical methods in evolutionary and medical genetics; genetic variation data
Peter Nonacs	Behavioral ecology and social evolution, using both theoretical and experimental approaches.
Noa Pinter-Wollman	The emergence of collective behavior from variation and interactions among system components.
Van Savage	Effects of climate on ecological systems; species interactions; evolutionary dynamics; mathematical biology; biological scaling in relation to thermal responses, vascular systems, sleep, and tumor growth
Karen Sears	Developmental and evolutionary biology of mammals

Tropical Biology

Paul Barber	Evolution of conservation of marine biodiversity, Coral reefs, Evolutionary and population genetics, Natural selection and adaptation.
Stephen Hubbell	Community ecology; biodiversity
Nathan Kraft	Plant community ecology, with an emphasis on functional and phylogenetic approaches to understanding community assembly and species coexistence; tropical forest dynamics; biogeography and the assembly of regional biotas.
Lawren Sack	Ecology and physiology of plant species coexistence. Hydraulics of plant water transport. Evolution and functional consequences of diversity in leaf size, shape and venation. Forest dynamics and ecohydrology. Conservation physiology.
Thomas Smith	Evolutionary ecology, speciation, and conservation of vertebrates, especially in the tropics.
Victoria Sork	Genetics and genomics of tree populations; molecular ecology of plants; conservation biology