Affiliates

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Carol Augspurger Professor, Plant Biology carolaug@life.uiuc.edu	Reproductive biology and population ecology of plants; seed dispersal and seedling establishment; plant-pathogen interactions; tropical ecology.
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May R. Berenbaum Professor, Entomology maybe@life.uiuc.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.uiuc.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.
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David A. Enstrom Ornithologist, INHS denstrom@staff.uiuc.edu	Sexual selection and mating systems in birds; evolution of bright plumage; hormonal mediation of plumage coloration and behavioral attractiveness.
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Robert A. Herendeen Systems Ecologist, INHS herendee@staff.uiuc.edu	Ecological modelling, modelling of fish populations, policy-related environmental quality evaluation, energy and resources analysis, efficient use of energy. Teaches "Ecological numeracy: planning analysis of environmental issues."
Edwin E. Herricks Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering herricks@uiuc.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 e-heske@staff.uiuc.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.
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Kevin Johnson Ornithologist, INHS kjohnson@inhs.uiuc.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
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Uriel Kitron Professor, Epidemiology ukitron@uiuc.edu	Ecological parasitology; ecology of arthropod vectors and vertebrate reservoirs of zoonotic diseases; geographic information systems, remote sensing and spatial statistics in landscape ecology/epidemiology.
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Ronald P. Larkin Wildlife Ecologist, INHS	Wildlife ecology in disturbed environments; avian migration, orientation, energetics, and communication; small-scale atmospheric motions and flying animals.
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Ripan Malhi Assistant Professor, Anthropology malhi@uiuc.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.
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David P. Philipp Conservation Geneticist, INHS philipp@staff.uiuc.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.uiuc.edu	Population genetics, population ecology, and systematics, especially as applied to amphibians, reptiles, and fishes; phylogeny estimation using molecular markers; conservation genetics.
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Hugh M. Robertson Professor, Entomology hughrobe@life.uiuc.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.uiuc.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.
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David H. Wahl Fishery biologist, INHS d-wahl@staff.uiuc.edu	Application of ecological principles to fisheries management; role of predators in controlling community dynamics; behavioral ecology of fishes; bioenergetic and bioeconomic modeling.