Faculty

Research Interests

• Plant chemical ecology and evolution
• Tropical plant ecology and evolution
• Plant species interactions

Research Interests

• Microbiology
• Microbial interactions with the host
• Bacterial genetics

Research Interests

• Microbiology
• Bacterial physiology
• Biofilm research

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• Co-diversification of hosts and microbiomes
• Ecological adaptation via symbiosis
• Lemur ecology, evolution and conservation

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• Evolutionary and ecological genetics
• Toxicogenomics

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• Mitochondrial protein biogenesis
• Mitochondrial genetics
• Intracellular communication

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• Global change ecology

• Biodiversity loss and conservation

• Research synthesis methods

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• Comparative and environmental biochemistry
• Molecular cell biology
• Development and physiology of insects

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• Innate immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases
• Inflammasomes and inflammatory cell-death
• Host-pathogen interactions and cytokine signaling

Research Interests

• Microbiology
• Antimicrobial tolerance
• Virulence
• Biofilms

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• Intestinal epithelial cell biology and immunology

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• Neurobiology
• Development and behavior of insects

Research Interests

• Systems physiology of obesity
• Lipid and sugar metabolism
• Interactions between the diet and genotype

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• Ecological speciation
• Adaptation to environmental change
• Coevolution
• Evolution and physiology of life history timing in insects

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• Community ecology
• Species interactions
• Environmental change

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• Biofilm development and resistance

Research Interests

• Bacterial communication
• Toxin trafficking
• Biofilm formation

Research Interests

• Genomics
• Evolution
• Transposons
• Polyploids

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• Evolutionary genetics
• Genomics of adaptation
• Speciation in plants

Research Interests

• Behavioral Ecology
• Herpetology
• Tropical Ecology

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• Equine performance genomics

Research Interests

• Cell Stress Pathways
• Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering
• Medical Device Development

Research Interests

• Discipline-based education research
• Evidence-based teaching
• Professional development
• Organizational change

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• Ecosystem ecology
• Biogeochemistry
• Urban ecology

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• Science Education

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• Anatomy and Physiology

Research Interests

• Science education
• Behavioral ecology
• Evolution

Research Interests

• Science Education
• Genetics

Research Interests

• Marine fungi
• Fungal taxonomy
• Fungal diseases of wildlife
• Microbial ecology

Research Interests

• Science Education

Research Interests

• Cellular mechanism of response to low temperature and survival at extremes
• Mechanisms of cryopreservation of mammalian tissues

Research Interests

• Evolution
• Ecology of behavior

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• Endocrinology
• immunology and genetics of female reproduction

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• Cell structure
• Biology of algae

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• Reproductive physiology of insects and arachnids

Research Interests

• Plant defense
• Insect behavior
• Science education

Research Interests

• Forest ecology and restoration