• Behavior
• Cellular & Developmental Biology
• Ecology & Conservation
• Evolution & Systematics
• Genetics & Genomics
• Molecular Biology
• Morphology & Biomechanics
• Neuroscience
• Physiology
• Quantitative Biology

Behavior

Janet Duerr

• Examining the development and function of the nervous system using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Shawn Kuchta

• The patterns and processes that underlie the origin and maintenance of biodiversity, with a focus on amphibians, reptiles, and odonates

Donald Miles

• Comparative methods, ecomorphology, evolution of locomotor performance, and the selective significance of locomotor performance in lizards and birds

Molly Morris

• The role that female mating preferences and alternative male mating tactics play in the evolution of diverse behaviors, morphologies and new species in swordtail fishes

Viorel Popescu

• Conservation biology, wildlife ecology and management (focused on carnivores, amphibians and reptiles), systematic conservation planning

Cellular & Developmental Biology

Robert Colvin

• Zinc and calcium transport in neurons; mechanisms of neural degeneration in Alzheimer's disease and stroke; receptor-ligand interactions

Janet Duerr

• Examining the development and function of the nervous system using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Patrick Hassett

• The physiology and feeding ecology of marine and freshwater zooplankton, particularly copepods

Donald Holzschu

Daewoo Lee

• The molecular and cellular basis of neuronal communication in the central nervous system

Corinne Nielsen

• Genetic regulation of mammalian neurovascular development, physiology and pathophysiology

Tomo Sugiyama

• Mechanisms of DNA homologous recombination and DNA repair

Soichi Tanda

• The genetic and molecular mechanisms of blood cell differentiation in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Nathan Weyand

• Works extensively with pathogenic and commensal Neisseria species

Ecology & Conservation

Mathew White

• Evaluation of the distribution of variation among populations of freshwater fishes and the relative roles of vicariance, dispersal, and contemporary gene flow in that distribution

Joseph Johnson

• Physiological ecology and conservation biology of mammals, with an emphasis on bats

Kelly Johnson

• Insect physiological ecology, chemical ecology of insect-plant interactions, nutritional physiology, environmental toxicology and responses of aquatic macroinvertebrates to acid mine drainage

Patrick Hassett

• The physiology and feeding ecology of marine and freshwater zooplankton, particularly copepods

Donald Miles

• Comparative methods, ecomorphology, evolution of locomotor performance, & the selective significance of locomotor performance in lizards and birds

Shawn Kuchta

• The patterns and processes that underlie the origin and maintenance of biodiversity, with a focus on amphibians, reptiles, and odonates

Molly Morris

• The role that female mating preferences and alternative male mating tactics play in the evolution of diverse behaviors, morphologies and new species in swordtail fishes

Viorel Popescu

• Conservation biology, wildlife ecology and management (focused on carnivores, amphibians and reptiles), systematic conservation planning

Willem Roosenburg

• Investigating the evolution of life history traits and the conservation biology of long-lived organism

Evolution & Systematics

Shawn Kuchta

• The patterns and processes that underlie the origin and maintenance of biodiversity, with a focus on amphibians, reptiles, and odonates

Donald Miles

• Comparative methods, ecomorphology, evolution of locomotor performance, elective significance of locomotor performance in lizards and birds

Stephen Reilly

• Integration of morphological, biomechanical, functional, and developmental analyses to study how ontogeny, ecology, and phylogeny affect vertebrate design and function

Molly Morris

• The role that female mating preferences and alternative male mating tactics play in the evolution of diverse behaviors, morphologies and new species in swordtail fishes

Matthew White

• Evaluation of the distribution of variation among populations of freshwater fishes and the relative roles of vicariance, dispersal, and contemporary gene flow in that distribution

Willem Roosenburg

• Investigating the evolution of life history traits and the conservation biology of long-lived organisms

Genetics & Genomics

Ronan Carroll

• Gene regulation and molecular mechanisms of disease causation by Staphylococcus aureus

Janet Duerr

• Examining the development and function of the nervous system using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Shawn Kuchta

• The patterns and processes that underlie the origin and maintenance of biodiversity, with a focus on amphibians, reptiles, and odonates

Patrick Hassett

• The physiology and feeding ecology of marine and freshwater zooplankton, particularly copepods

Tomo Sugiyama

• Mechanisms of DNA homologous recombination and DNA repair

Daewoo Lee

• The molecular and cellular basis of neuronal communication in the central nervous system.

Corinne Nielsen

• Genetic regulation of mammalian neurovascular development, physiology and pathophysiology

Matthew White

• Evaluation of the distribution of variation among populations of freshwater fishes and the relative roles of vicariance, dispersal, and contemporary gene flow in that distribution

Soichi Tanda

• The genetic and molecular mechanisms of blood cell differentiation in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Nathan Weyand

• Works extensively with pathogenic and commensal Neisseria species

Molecular Biology

Ronan Carroll

• Gene regulation and molecular mechanisms of disease causation by Staphylococcus aureus

Robert Colvin

• Zinc and calcium transport in neurons; mechanisms of neural degeneration in Alzheimer's disease and stroke; receptor-ligand interactions

Janet Duerr

• Examining the development and function of the nervous system using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Donald Holzschu

Daewoo Lee

• The molecular and cellular basis of neuronal communication in the central nervous system

Corinne Nielsen

• Genetic regulation of mammalian neurovascular development, physiology and pathophysiology

Tomo Sugiyama

• Mechanisms of DNA homologous recombination and DNA repair

Soichi Tanda

• The genetic and molecular mechanisms of blood cell differentiation in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Nathan Weyand

• Works extensively with pathogenic and commensal Neisseria species

Morphology & Biomechanics

Scott Hooper

• How animals generate rhythmic motor patterns such as walking, swimming, and flying at all levels from individual neurons to neural networks to muscle response to movement

Stephen Reilly

• Integration of morphological, biomechanical, functional, and developmental analyses to study how ontogeny, ecology, and phylogeny affect vertebrate design and function

Donald Miles

• Comparative methods, ecomorphology, evolution of locomotor performance, & the selective significance of locomotor performance in lizards and birds

Neuroscience

Robert Colvin

• Zinc and calcium transport in neurons; mechanisms of neural degeneration in Alzheimer's disease and stroke; receptor-ligand interactions

William Holmes

• Mathematical and computational models of individual neurons of the hippocampus to understand how computation and synaptic modification occur in these cells

Mitchell Day

• Neural coding of sensory stimuli; Auditory neuroscience; Neural mechanisms of sound localization; Computational modeling; Effect of hearing loss on the central auditory system

Janet Duerr

• Examining the development and function of the nervous system using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Daewoo Lee

• The molecular and cellular basis of neuronal communication in the central nervous system

Scott Hooper

• We study how animals generate rhythmic motor patterns such as walking, swimming, and flying at all levels from individual neurons to neural networks to muscle response to movement

Corinne Nielsen

• Genetic regulation of mammalian neurovascular development, physiology and pathophysiology

Physiology

Mitchell Day

• Neural coding of sensory stimuli; Auditory neuroscience; Neural mechanisms of sound localization; Computational modeling; Effect of hearing loss on the central auditory system

Donald Miles

• Comparative methods, ecomorphology, evolution of locomotor performance, & the selective significance of locomotor performance in lizards and birds

Patrick Hassett

• The physiology and feeding ecology of marine and freshwater zooplankton, particularly copepods

Kelly Johnson

• Insect physiological ecology, chemical ecology of insect-plant interactions, nutritional physiology, environmental toxicology and responses of aquatic macroinvertebrates to acid mine drainage

Daewoo Lee

• The molecular and cellular basis of neuronal communication in the central nervous system

Anne Loucks

• Physiological mechanisms mediating the influences of diet and exercise on the endocrine regulation of fuel metabolism, reproductive function and bone turnover in men and women

Corinne Nielsen

• Genetic regulation of mammalian neurovascular development, physiology and pathophysiology

Quantitative Biology

Mitchell Day

• Neural coding of sensory stimuli; Auditory neuroscience; Neural mechanisms of sound localization; Computational modeling; Effect of hearing loss on the central auditory system

Scott Hooper

• How animals generate rhythmic motor patterns such as walking, swimming, and flying at all levels from individual neurons to neural networks to muscle response to movement

Donald Miles

• Comparative methods, ecomorphology, evolution of locomotor performance, & the selective significance of locomotor performance in lizards and birds

William Holmes

• Mathematical and computational models of individual neurons of the hippocampus to understand how computation and synaptic modification occur in these cells

Viorel Popescu

• Conservation biology, wildlife ecology and management (focused on carnivores, amphibians and reptiles), systematic conservation planning

Willem Roosenburg

• Investigating the evolution of life history traits and the conservation biology of long-lived organisms