Ecology Faculty
| Faculty | Research | Potential Primary Advisor* |
|---|---|---|
| Michael D. Arendt | Environmental influences on animal occurrence, population dynamics and demographic structure, collection of large data sets through remote and/or innovative technologies, time series analysis | NO |
| Joseph C. Ballenger | Fish life history and population dynamics; fish biology/ecology; fisheries science/management | YES |
| Jody M. Beers | Environmental and comparative physiology, physiological ecology | YES |
| Larry L. Bowman | Conservation and adaptive management of commercial and recreation fisheries; population genetics and genomics; species delimitation and phylogenetics; evolutionary ecology and life history evolution; applications of molecular ecology for conservation; theory and mathematical modeling; STEM education and outreach | YES |
| Jeffrey F. Brunson | Crustacean fisheries management, applied fisheries research, conservation ecology, population dynamics | NO |
| Walter J. Bubley | Fisheries science, fisheries ecology, fish life history (age/growth/reproduction) | YES |
| Katy W. Chung | Aquatic toxicology | NO |
| Loren D. Coen | Marine benthic ecology, plant-animal interactions, tropical ecology, crustacean biology | NO |
| Stacie E. Crowe | Benthic ecology, taxonomy of marine invertebrates | NO |
| Russell D. Day | Biomonitoring of marine ecosystems and organismal health, environmental chemistry, coral stressors, health, and geochemistry, isotopes, heavy metals, trace elements in the marine environment, ocean acidification, sea turtle ecotoxicology | NO |
| Isaure de Buron | Host-parasite interactions at the ecological, cellular, and molecular levels | NO |
| Phillip Dustan | Marine ecology, coral reef ecology, biological oceanography | YES |
| Melissa Hughes | Animal behavior; in particular, communication in song birds and crustaceans | YES |
| Jeffrey L. Hyland | Environmental monitoring and assessments, benthic ecology, ecotoxicology | NO |
| Pamela C. Jutte | Benthic ecology; invertebrate behavioral biology | YES |
| Michael R. Kendrick | Effects of environmental change on the ecology of marine and freshwater invertebrates, population, community and ecosystem ecology, using long-tern data to address e3cological quesitons | YES |
| Peter R. Kingsley-Smith | Shellfish restoration and management | YES |
| David M. Knott | Taxonomy and ecology of benthic and planktonic invertebrates | NO |
| Norman S. Levine | Mapping and modeling of the natural environment; environmental, ecologic, and anthropogenic resilience to sea level rise; applications of remote sensing and GIS in coastal and estuarine environments | YES |
| Susan Lovelace | Linkages between coastal environmental health and ecosystem services and human health and human wellbeing | NO |
| Eric J. McElroy | Evolution and ecology of animal performance and functional morphology; functional, physiological and morphological basis of animal behavior | YES |
| Daniel McGlinn | Assemblage of ecological communities in space and time; ecological theory applied to understand conservation of biodiversity; role of fire and other disturbances in shaping community structure | YES |
| Courtney Murren | Plant ecology | NO |
| Julie A. Neer | Fisheries science and management, elasmobranch ecology, life history of fishes, population dynamics | NO |
| Paul M. Nolan | Behavioral ecology, disease ecology, ornithology, avian habitat selection | NO |
| Robert D. Podolsky | Functional biology and evolutionary ecology of marine invertebrates, larval ecology and life-history evolution, fertilization ecology, physiological ecology, phenotypic plasticity | YES |
| Seth Pritchard | Plant physiological ecology: physiological responses of plants to ongoing global environmental changes including rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone concentrations, warming, and soil salinization; implications for ecosystem function and food production | NO |
| Marcel J. M. Reichert | Fishery science and management, fish biology and ecology, ecology of marine life bottom habitats, estuarine ecology | YES |
| Joshua Robinson | fluvial geomorphology; environmental hydraulics; restoration and management of aquatic ecosystems; nature-based solutions to water management | NO |
| Matthew T. Rutter | Plante ecology, genetics, evolution | NO |
| Gorka Sancho | Behavioral ecology of fishes, fisheries conservation | YES |
| Denise M. Sanger | Impacts of human land use, benthic ecology, water quality, sediment chemistry, and toxicology | YES |
| Daniel A. Sasson | Reproductive behavior of invertebrates | YES |
| Leslie R. Sautter | Biological oceanography, marine phytoplankton ecology, marine geology | YES |
| George R. Sedberry | Community population and trophic ecology of marine fishes, coral reef biology, fisheries biology | NO |
| Virginia R. Shervette | Estuarine ecology and management, conservation biology, fish ecology, oyster reef ecology, urbanization of estuaries, Human Dimensions of fisheries management, tropical ecology | YES |
| Tracey Smart | Life history ecology, reproductive ecology, biological oceanography, fisheries science | YES |
| Erik E. Sotka | Ecology and evolution of marine biotic interactions, larval dispersal, molecular ecology, chemical ecology | YES |
| Allan E. Strand | Molecular ecology, evolution, and demography of plants | YES |
| Andrew W. Tweel | Wetland and coastal landscape ecology and sustainability | YES |
| Allison M. Welch | Ecology, evolution and behavior of amphibians | NO |
| Dara H. Wilber | Ecological impact assessment in the marine and estuarine environment | NO |
| John D. Zardus | Evolution and ecology of commensal barnacles | YES |
*NO=cannot serve as major advisor, but can serve on thesis committee