Zoology Faculty Research Interests

Full-time faculty members

Full-time faculty members are professors whose offices and research programs are located within the Zoology Department

Cell Biology and Development
Lab Page	Mail	Name	Area of Study
		Kurt Amann	Cell Biology, biochemistry, molecular mechanisms of cell motility and structure
		William Bement	Cell biology, signal transduction, cytoskeleton, development
		Seth Blair	Developmental biology, neurobiology
		Stephen Gammie	Neurobiology, Neuroethology
		Jenya Grinblat	Developmental genetics
		Jeff Hardin	Department Chair, Epithelial migration and embryonic development
		Mary Halloran	Development of the nervous system, axon guidance
		Antony Stretton	Neurobiology

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Lab Page	Mail	Name	Area of Study
		Robert Bleiweiss	Biochemical systematics, DNA evolution, color vision, sexual dimorphism
		Stephen Carpenter	Aquatic and ecosystem ecology. Ecology and economics of ecosystem management
		Ellen Damschen	Ecosystem ecology, species distribution
		Anthony Ives	Theoretical ecology, experimental ecology, predator-prey interactions, terrestrial insect systems
		Carol Lee	Genetic architecture, and speciation of invasive species; Physiological and morphological evolution during habitat transitions; functional evolutionary genomics, phenotypic evolution
		Peter McIntyre	Aquatic animal and ecosystem ecology; global biodiversity and conservation; biogeochemistry and food webs
		John Orrock	Spatial ecology, behavioral ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, biological invasions, conservation biology
		Warren Porter	Biophysical ecology, physiological ecology, population dynamics, toxicology, infectious disease
		Lauren Riters	Animal behavior, neuroethology, neuroscience, and neuroendocrinology
		Emily Stanley	Aquatic ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, management and restoration
		Monica Turner	Landscape ecology; ecosystem ecology; fire ecology; simulation modeling; natural disturbance dynamics; role of spatial heterogeneity; scale; succession; land use.
		Jake Vander Zanden	Limnology, food web dynamics, aquatic invasive species, ecological restoration, benthic production

Adjunct Faculty Members and Honorary Fellows
Mail	Name	Area of Study
	Patricia McConnell	communication (visual and acoustic) and applied animal behavior
	Bobbi Peckarsky	Field studies of behavior, life histories and biological interactions among stream-dwelling invertebrates; mechanisms, consequences and evolution of predator-prey and competitive interactions; invertebrates as indicators of stream water quality; systematics of aquatic insects.
	Ken Yasukawa	Animal behavior, ornithology and ecology

Zero-Time Faculty Members:

Zero-time faculty members are professors whose offices and research programs are located in a department other than Zoology. Zero-time faculty members can be official advisors for Zoology graduate students.

Assorted Areas of Study
Lab Page	Mail	Name	Area of Study
		Anthony Auger	Psychology	Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
		Mark Berres	Animal Science	Avian Biology
		Michael Coen	Biostatistics & Medical Informatics	Self-supervised machine learning based on biologically inspired models of learning in animals
		Cameron Currie	Bacteriology	Microbial ecology and evolution, Symbiosis, Coevolution
		William Engels	Genetics	Transposable elements, population genetics
		Miles Epstein	Anatomy	Regulation of Neuronal Differentiation and Neurotransmitter Phenotype
		Tony Goldberg	Epidemiology	Ecology‚ Epidemiology‚ and Evolution of Health and Disease
		Claudio Gratton	Entomology	Food webs, biological control, aphid ecology
		John Hawks	Anthropology	Morphological and genetic aspects of human evolution
		William Karasov	Wildlife Ecology	Nutritional physiology and ecology, ecotoxicology
		Richard Lindroth	Entomology	Chemical ecology, trophic interactions, and global environmental change
		Catherine Marler	Psychology	Endocrinology, animal behavior
		Bret Payseur	Genetics	Population genetics, genetics of speciation and genetics of morphological evolution
		Charles Snowdon	Psychology	Primate behavior and reproductive biology
		Karen Strier	Anthropology	Primate behavior and ecology, conservation

Emeritus faculty members:

Emeritus faculty members are professors who have retired, but often maintain service to the University.

Assorted Areas of Study
Lab Page	Mail	Name	Area of Study
		Jeffrey Baylis	Ethology, animal communication
		Deric Bownds	Neurobiology
		James Kitchell	Aquatic Ecology, Food Web Interactions, Bioenergetics
		John Magnuson	Aquatic ecology and long-term research
		Tim Moermond	Animal ecology and ornithology
		James Pawley	Interface between biological specimens and physical instrumentation
		David Sonneborn	Cellular growth and differentiation
		Karen Steudel	Functional morphology, mammalian locomotion, primate paleontology, evolution of human locomotion