Division of Biology and Medicine
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Faculty
Students work closely with a faculty member in the department to make a significant contribution to scholarship and research in their field.
Faculty
Students work closely with a faculty member in the department to make a significant contribution to scholarship and research in their field.
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Mark Bertness
Robert P. Brown Professor Emeritus of BiologyResearch Interests Problems in the population and community, ecology of marine plants and animals -
Elizabeth Brainerd
Robert P. Brown Professor of Biology; Professor of Medical Science, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Functional morphology, comparative physiology, and biomechanics -
Eleanor Caves
Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Animal Behavior, Sensory Ecology, Visually-mediated interactions between and within species, marine cleaning mutualisms -
Matthew Fuxjager, PhD
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Director of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests Animal behavior, with an emphasis on its physiological and evolutionary basis -
Stephen Gatesy
Professor Emeritus of Biology; Professor of Medical Science, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Functional morphology, the evolution of the vertebrate locomotor system -
Patrick Green
Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Integrative organismal biology: behavioral ecology & evolution, biomechanics, and physiology -
Emilia Huerta-Sanchez
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology; Director, Center for Computational Molecular BiologyResearch Interests Detecting and characterizing natural selection in human populations and estimating human demographic histories -
Christine M. Janis
Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyResearch Interests Vertebrate evolution, especially Cenozoic mammals, craniodental functional morphology, mammalian systematics, especially ungulates -
Rebecca Kartzinel
Assistant Teaching Professor in Biology and Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology; Herbarium Director; Interim PEC DirectorResearch Interests Plant population genetics, genomics, and ecological epigenetics -
Tyler Kartzinel
Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Environment and SocietyResearch Interests Conservation biology, molecular ecology and the evolution of species interactions -
James Kellner
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, and Environment and Society; Vice Chair of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Structure and dynamics of tropical forests, environmental remote sensing -
Douglass H. Morse
Hermon Bumpus Professor Emeritus of Biology; Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology (Research)Research Interests Behavioral ecology: foraging, life history variables, and sexual selection -
Jarrod Petersen
Assistant Teaching Professor in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology -
Stephen Porder
Acacia Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society; Associate Provost for SustainabilityResearch Interests Biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling in tropical forests, interaction between geologic and ecological processe -
Sohini Ramachandran
Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology; Professor of Data Science and Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology; Professor of Computer ScienceResearch Interests Population genetics and evolutionary theory, applied to human genetic variation -
David M. Rand
Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History; Professor of BiologyResearch Interests Molecular ecology and evolution, coevolution of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, and speciation -
Dale Ritter
Associate Teaching Professor in Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology -
Thomas J. Roberts
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Senior Associate Dean for the Program in Biology -
Dov Sax
Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Environment and SocietyResearch Interests Species invasions of non-native plants and animals; Evaluating conservation strategies best suited to preserving biodiversity from the novel threats posed by climate change -
Sharon Swartz
Professor of Biology; Professor of Engineering; Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Biomechanics, functional morphology, and the evolution of vertebrate limbs -
Marc Tatar
Professor of Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Life history evolution with an emphasis on Senescence -
Jessica Tingle
Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Evolution, biomechanics, and functional morphology of limbless terrestrial locomotion -
Daniel M. Weinreich
Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology; Chair of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Darwinian evolution at the level of individual mutations within protein coding genes -
Jon D. Witman
Professor of Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Population and community ecology, oceanography, and marine biology