| A |
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Carol
Augspurger
Professor, Plant Biology
carolaug@life.illinois.edu |
Reproductive biology and population ecology of plants; seed dispersal and seedling establishment;
plant-pathogen interactions; tropical ecology. |
| B |
|
May R. Berenbaum
Professor, Entomology
maybe@life.illinois.edu |
Chemical interactions between insects and host plants and their implications in the organization of
natural communities. Investigation of insect/plant associations at physiological, ecological, and
evolutionary levels. |
Stewart H. Berlocher
Professor, Entomology
stewartb@life.illinois.edu |
Insect/plant coevolution and its effect on insect
systematics, concentrating primarily on fruit flies (Diptera:
Tephritidae). Behavioral, chromosomal, ecological, and genetic approaches to
understand speciation and host race formation. |
| E |
|
David A. Enstrom
Ornithologist, INHS
denstrom@illinois..edu |
Sexual selection and mating systems in birds; evolution of bright plumage; hormonal mediation of
plumage coloration and behavioral attractiveness. |
| H |
|
Edwin E. Herricks
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
herricks@illinois.edu |
Structure and function of stream macrobenthic communities; effects of stress on aquatic
ecosystems; restoration and recovery of damaged ecosystems; ecology of net-spinning
caddisflies. |
Edward J. Heske
Mammalian Ecologist, INHS
eheske@illinois.edu
|
Population and community ecology of mammals;
consequences of habitat fragmentation for mammalian species diversity and population dynamics; mammalian social organization; desert
rodent ecology; conservation biology. |
| J |
|
Kevin
Johnson
Ornithologist, INHS
kjohnson@inhs.illinois.edu |
Molecular
systematics, host-parasite co-evolution, comparative approaches to
studying the evolution of behavior in birds, co-speciation between birds
and parasitic lice, population genetics of island biogeography |
| L |
|
Ronald P. Larkin
Wildlife Ecologist, INHS |
Wildlife ecology in disturbed environments; avian migration, orientation,
energetics, and communication; small-scale atmospheric motions and flying animals. |
|
M |
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Ripan Malhi
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
malhi@illinois.edu |
Integrates
population genetics, phylogenetics, ancient DNA analysis, and field
research in collaboration with Native American communities. Use of tools
from molecular biology and population genetics; American Southwest and
Central Mexico. |
| P |
|
David P. Philipp
Conservation Geneticist, INHS
philipp@illinois.edu
|
Fish genetics and evolution; identification, characterization and conservation of fish stocks;
evolution of structural and regulatory genes; behavioral genetics of fishes |
Christopher A. Phillips
Herpetologist, INHS chrisp@mail.inhs.illinois.edu
|
Population genetics, population ecology, and
systematics, especially as applied to amphibians, reptiles, and fishes; phylogeny estimation using molecular markers; conservation genetics. |
| R |
|
Hugh M. Robertson
Professor, Entomology
hughrobe@life.illinois.edu |
The molecular evolution of transposable elements, particularly the mariner family, and their use as
genetic tools; the molecular basis of insect olfaction; molecular evolution of the nematode
chemoreceptor gene families; insect molecular phylogenies; Wolbachia infections of insects;
behavioral ecology of odonates. |
Gene E. Robinson
Professor, Entomology
generobi@life.illinois.edu |
Animal behavior, sociobiology, and insect societies; behavioral, physiological, and genetic analyses
of the division of labor among workers in the honey bee society; conflict within insect societies;
learning and memory. |
| W |
|
David H. Wahl
Fishery biologist, INHS
d-wahl@illinois..edu |
Application of ecological principles to fisheries management; role of predators in controlling
community dynamics; behavioral ecology of fishes; bioenergetic and bioeconomic modeling. |
