Choosing An Advisor

When choosing an advisor, be sure you know what you want. Professors don't have lots of time to help you decide what area of Zoology you're interested in (Jaime Reich is probably the best person to help you with that.) Your first step is to determine what area of Zoology excites you the most.  Is it behavior? Or perhaps physiology?  Maybe there is one particular species that you find fascinating. 

Below is a list of the advising professors within the zoology department and their area of specialty.  Choose one that most closely matches that area which you have the greatest interest in, and then schedule an appointment to discuss with them your interest in their advising.  The "H" by the name denotes an honors advisor. 

This list is also available at the Zoology Office.  Just ask!

AMANN, Kurt J.
Assistant Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.

Specialization: Microbial Ecology and Evolution, Symbiosis, Coevolution
Courses: Cell Biology, Biology Freshman Interest Groups, Seminar in Cellular Biology, Cytoskeletal Dynamics
Office/phone: 335A Bock Labs, 265-3150.
e-mail: kjamann@wisc.edu

AUGER, Anthony P.
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Ph.D.

Specialization: Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Courses:  Psych 411: Current Topics
Office/phone: 530 Psychology Building, 608-265-3743.
e-mail: apauger@wisc.edu

BEMENT, William M.
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., Arizona State University 1991.

Specialization: Cell biology development.
Courses: Cell Biology and Cell Biology Laboratory.
Office/phone: 121 Zoology Research Building, 262-5683.
Email: wmbement@wisc.edu

BERRES, Mark E.
Professor of Animal Science, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, Ph.D., Zoology, 2003.

Specialization: Avian Biology.
Courses: Birds of Southern Wisconsin, Field Ornithology.
Office/phone: 542 Animal Science Building, (608) 890-1086.
Email:  meberres@wisc.edu

BLAIR, Seth S.
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley 1982.

Specialization: Invertebrate embryology, neural development.
Courses: Invertebrate Zoology, Laboratory in Developmental Biology and seminars in Developmental Biology.
Office/phone: 25 Zoology Research Building, 262-262-1345.
Email: ssblair@wisc.edu

BLEIWEISS, Robert E.
AssociateProfessor of Zoology, Ph.D., Harvard University 1983.

Specialization: Biochemical systematics, nature’s color-code.
Courses: Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, Comparative Anatomy Laboratory.
Office/phone: 438 Birge Hall, 265-6027.
Email: rebleiwe@wisc.edu

BOUGHMAN, Janette
Assistant Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Maryland 1997.

Specialization: Evolution of behavior, animal communication, speciation, behavioral ecology, evolution, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary genetics, and sensory biology
Courses: Evolution of Behavior, Evolution and Diversity portion of Introductory Biology, Seminar – Evolution, Interdisciplinary Seminar-Animal Behavior
Office/phone: 428 Birge Hall, 262-2636.
Email:  jboughman@wisc.edu

CARPENTER, Stephen R.
Professor of Zoology and Center for Oceanography and Limnology, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison 1979.

Specialization: Aquatic ecology, ecosystem ecology.
Courses: Advanced Limnology, Analysis of Lake Ecosystems.
Office/phone: 226A Center for Limnology, 680 N. Park Street, 262-8690.
Email: srcarpen@wisc.edu

CURRIE, Cameron R.
Professor of Bacteriology, Ph.D., University of Toronto 2000.

Specialization: Aquatic ecology, species interactions and community structure, limnology and streams.
Courses:
Office/phone: 158 Biochemistry Building, (608) 265-8034 .
Email: currie@bact.wisc.edu

DODSON, Stanley I.
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Washington 1970.

Specialization: Aquatic ecology, species interactions and community structure, limnology and streams.
Courses: Ecology, Internship in Ecology, Marine and Freshwater Plankton Ecology and Plankton Ecology Laboratory.
Office/phone: 444 Birge Hall, 262-6395.
Email: sidodson@wisc.edu

ENGELS, William R.
Professor of Genetics and Medical Genetics, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978.

Specialization: Transposable elements, population genetics
Courses:
Office/phone: 4106 Genetics/Biotech, 608-263-2213 .
Email:  wrengels@wisc.edu

GRATTON, Claudio R.
Professor of Entomology, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1997.

Specialization: Food webs, aphid ecology and management, agroecology of managed grasslands
Courses: Problems in Oceanography, Biological Control of Insects
Office/phone: 444 Russell Laboratories, (608) 265-3762.
Email:  gratton@entomology.wisc.edu

GAMMIE, Stephen C.
Associate Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Washington 1997.

Specialization: Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Neuroendocrinology, Comparative Animal Physiology
Courses: Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology and Lab, Physiology portion of Introductory Biology, Seminar - Neuroethology
Office/phone: 213 Zoology Research Building, 262-3457.
Email: scgammie@wisc.edu

GRINBLAT, Jenya
Assistant Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., Harvard University 1994.

Specialization: Developmental Biology, Neural Pattern Formation
Courses: Introductory Biology, Laboratory in Developmental Biology
Office/phone:  127 Zoology Research Building, 265-3219.
Email:  ygrinblat@wisc.edu

HARDIN, Jeffrey
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley 1987.

Specialization: Developmental Biology, morphogenesis, cell motility during gastrulation.
Courses: Advanced Developmental Biology, Developmental Biology Laboratory.
Office/phone: 327 Zoology Research Building, 262-9634.
Email: jdhardin@wisc.edu

HAWKS, John
Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1999.

Specialization: morphological and genetic aspects of human evolution
Courses: Biology of Mind.
Office/phone: 5321 Sewell Social Science Hall, (608) 262-8726 .
Email: jhawks@wisc.edu

IVES, Anthony
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., Princeton University 1988.

Specialization: Theoretical ecology.
Courses: Ecology Seminar, Introductory Biology, Theoretical Ecology.
Office/phone: 459 Birge Hall, 262-1519.
Email: arives@wisc.edu

JEANNE, Robert L.
Professor of Entomology and Zoology, Ph.D., Harvard University 1971.

Specialization: Behavioral ecology of social insects – especially wasps.
Courses: Behavioral Interdisciplinary Seminar, Insect Behavior.
Office/phone: 546 Russell Laboratories, 262-0899.
Email:  jeanne@entomology.wisc.edu

KARASOV, William
Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Ph.D., University of California –Los Angeles 1981.

Specialization: Nutritional physiology and ecology, physiological ecology, ecological toxicology. 
Courses: Ecotoxicology: Toxicant Effects on Ecosystems, Physiological Animal Ecology.
Office/phone: 221 Russell laboratories, 263-9319.
Email: wkarasov@wisc.edu

KITCHELL, James
Professor of Zoology, the Institute of Environmental Studies and the Center for Limnology and Director of the Center for Limnology and Oceanography, Ph.D., University of Colorado 1970.

Specialization: Aquatic ecology, bioenergetics.
Courses: Earth System Science Seminar, Ecology of Fishes, Hydrobiology, Problems in Oceanography.
Office/phone: 206A Limnology Laboratory, 262-3014.
Email: kitchell@wisc.edu

LEE, Carol E.
Associate Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Washington 1998.

Specialization: Evolutionary Physiology, Molecular Ecology, Population Genetics, Biological Invasions, Biogeography, Aquatic Biology.
Courses: Evolution portion of Introductory Biology, Comparative Physiology.
Office/phone: 426 Birge Hall, 262-9225.
Email: carollee@wisc.edu

LINDROTH, Richard L.
Professor of Entomology, Ph.D., University of Illinois – Urbana 1984.

Specialization: Chemical ecology, trophic interactions, global environmental change.
Courses: Insect Ecology, Ecotoxicology: Toxicant Effects on Ecosystems.
Office/phone: 237 Russell Laboratories, 263-6277.
Email: lindroth@entomology.wisc.edu

MARLER, Catherine
Professor of Psychology and Zoology, Ph.D.

Specialization: Territorial aggression, mating behavior and parental behavior using approaches ranging from behavioral ecology to neuroendocrinology.
Courses: Behavioral Interdisciplinary Seminar.
Office/phone: 526 Brogden Psychology, 262-5598.
Email: camarler@wisc.edu

PAWLEY, James B.
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley 1972.

Specialization: Cellular ultrastructure, Integrated Microscopy Resource.
Courses: Biology Forum and Biology Forum (Honors), Modern Biological Microscopy.
Office/phone: 223 Zoology Research Building, 263-3147.
Email: jbpawley@facstaff.wisc.edu

PETERS, Andrew D.
Assistant Professor of Zoology, PhD., University of Indiana, 1998.

Specialization: Evolution, Host parasite co-evolution, Evolution of genetic systems and population genetics.
Courses: Evolutionary Biology, Population Genetics, and Seminar – Population Genetics.
Office/phone: 454 Birge Hall, 265-3197
Email:  adpeters1@wisc.edu

PORTER, Warren
Professor of Zoology and the Environmental Toxicology, Ph.D., University of California – Los Angeles 1966.

Specialization: Biophysical ecology, physiological ecology, population dynamics, toxicology.
Courses: Biophysical Ecology, Elementary Zoology, Environmental Toxicology.
Office/phone: 207 Zoology Research, 262-1719.
Email: wpporter@wisc.edu

RITERS, Lauren V.
Assistant Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., Bowling Green University 1997.

Specialization: Animal behavior, neuroethology, neuroscience, and neuroendocrinology
Courses: Animal Biology, Endocrinology, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Office/phone: 356 Birge Hall, 262-6506.
E mail: lvriters@wisc.edu

SNOWDON, Charles T.
Professor of Psychology and Zoology, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 1968.

Specialization: Primate communication, reproductive biology and behavior, captive breeding of endangered species.
Courses: Animal Behavior, Animal Communication, Interdisciplinary Seminar in Animal Behavior.
Office/phone: 530 Brogden Psychology, 262-3974.
Email: snowdon@wisc.edu

STANLEY, Emily
Associate Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., Arizona State University 1993.

Specialization: River ecology.
Courses: Introductory Zoology, Ecology of Rivers and Streams.
Office/phone: 223B Limnology Lab, 263-2567.
Email: ehstanley@wisc.edu

STEUDEL, Karen L.
Chair and Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison 1974. Currently Dept. Chairperson.

Specialization: Functional morphology, mammalian locomotion, primate paleontology, evolution of human locomotion.
Courses: Introductory Zoology, Animal Structural Design.
Office/phone: 358 Birge Hall, 263-5079.
Email: ksteudel@wisc.edu

STRETTON, Anthony, O.W.
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Cambridge 1960.

Specialization: Neurobiology
Courses: Neurobiology, Neurophysical Techniques Laboratory, Neurosciences Seminar.
Office/phone: 105 Zoology Research Building, 262-2172.
Email: aostrett@wisc.edu

STRIER, Karen B.
Professor of Anthropology and Zoology, Ph.D., Harvard University 1986.

Specialization: Biological anthropology, primate social behavior, primate ecology conservation.
Courses: General Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Seminar in Animal Behavior, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Ecological Models of Behavior, Human Biobehavioral Ecology, Field Methods and Hypothesis Testing.
Office/phone: 5540 Social Sciences Behavior, 262-0302.
Email: kbstrier@wisc.edu

TURNER, Monica G.
Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., University of Georgia 1985.

Specialization: Landscape ecology, ecological modeling, natural disturbance dynamics.
Courses: Ecology, Introductory Biology, Ecology Seminar.
Office/phone: 432 Birge Hall, 262-2592.
Email: turnermg@wisc.edu

VANDER ZANDEN, Jake;
Associate Professor of Zoology, Ph.D., McGill University, 1999.

Specialization: Limnology, food web dynamics, aquatic invasive species, ecological restoration, benthic production
Courses: Limnology and Lab, Ecology of Fishes and Lab, Conservation Biology, Seminar-Limnology, Problems in Oceanography.
Office/phone:  223B Limnology Laboratory, 262-9464.
E mail: mjvanderzand@wisc.edu