Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Faculty and Academic Staff
| Faculty | Rank | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Agrawal, Anurag | Associate Professor | Evolutionary and community ecology of plant-insect interactions |
| Bemis, William E. | Professor |
Evolutionary biology of fossil and living fishes |
| Chabot, Brian F. | Professor | Comparative ecology and physiology of plant populations |
| Dhondt, Andre A. F. D. | Professor | Bird Populations; behavioral ecology; evolutionary biology; conservation biology |
| Ellner, Stephen P. | Professor | Theoretical population biology and evolutionary ecology, particularly methods for characterizing complex population dynamics and identifying underlying mechanisms |
| Feeny, Paul P. | Professor | Ecology and evolution of patterns of interactions between animals and plants; in particular, chemical basis of coevolution between plants and herbivorous insects |
| Fitzpatrick, John W. | Professor | Ornithology; conservation biology and endangered species management; behavioral ecology and demography in cooperative social systems; systematics and biogeography of South American birds |
| Flecker, Alexander S. | Associate Professor | Community and ecosystem ecology with emphasis in tropical aquatic ecosystems; conservation biology |
| Geber, Monica A. | Associate Professor | Relation of plant development to population biology and physiology; genetics of development; evolutionary trends in development and morphology; plant competition; reproductive biology |
| Goodale, Christine L. | Assistant Professor | Forest biogeochemistry; land-use history and change; terrestrial carbon balance; and alteration of the global nitrogen cycle |
| Greene, Harry W. | Professor | Evolutionary biology; herpetology' feeding and defense in tetrapods, especially snakes; conservation of vertebrates, especially in deserts and tropical rainforests |
| Hairston, Nelson G., Jr. | Professor | Evolutionary, population, community, and ecosystem dynamics of planktonic organisms |
| Harrison, Richard G. | Professor | Broad interests in evolutionary biology, with emphasis on molecular evolution, molecular systematics, and speciation |
| Harvell, C. Drew | Professor | Evolutionary ecology of colonial invertebrates; evolutionary ecology of inducible defenses; evolution of invertebrate life histories; invertebrate functional morphology; chemical ecology; diseases of marine invertebrates |
| Howarth, Robert W. | Professor | Comparative ecosystem analysis; biogeochemistry; management of aquatic ecosystems |
| Kennedy, Kenneth A. R. | Professor Emeritus | Biological anthropology with research interests in paleoecology and paleontology of fossil man in South Asia; forensic anthropology and skeletal biology; history of human biology as an academic discipline |
| Kessler, Andre | Assistant Professor | Molecular and chemical ecology; plant-insect interactions; multitrophic interactions; induced plant responses to herbivory |
| Lovette, Irby J. | Associate Professor | Evolutionary ecology, molecular systematics, and population genetics, particularly as they relate to processes of diversification and differentiation in birds |
| Marks, Peter L. | Professor Emeritus | Plant succession; vegetation ecology and history; woody plant demography |
| McClure, Polley A. | Professor, E&EB Vice President for Information Technologies |
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| McCune, Amy R. | Professor | Ichthyology, especially evolution and systematics of fishes; evolutionary theory; paleobiology; development and evolution |
| Morin, James G. | Professor | Mechanisms and functions of bioluminescence; especially signaling, mating patterns, population biology, functional morphology, phylogeny and systematics of ostracode crustaceans |
| Power, Alison G. | Professor |
Field ecology and epidemiology of insect-transmitted plant diseases; insect movement; evolution of virus-vector-host plant systems, ecology and evolution of disease |
| Provine, William B. | Professor | History of evolutionary and population biology |
| Root, Richard B. | Professor Emeritus | Community ecology with special reference to the structure and evolution of insect-plant associations; evolutionary ecology, population dynamics, and dispersal of phytophagous insects |
| Sparks, Jed P. | Assistant Professor | Plant physiological ecology; ecosystem ecology; biosphere-atmosphere interactions; evolutionary physiology and the application of stable isotopes to ecological questions |
| Winkler, David W. | Professor | Evolutionary, physiological, and behavioral ecology, especially evolution of life histories; ornithology; history and philosophy of evolutionary and population biology, including systematics |
| Zamudio, Kelly R. | Associate Professor | Population biology, systematics and character evolution, focusing on the processes linking patterns of genetic differentiation to particular attributes of the ecology and life history of organisms such as mating systems, dispersal and demography |
| Joint Appointees | Rank | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Aquadro, Charles F. | Professor | Molecular population genetics and evolution; genetic structure of natural populations |
| Clark, Andrew G. | Professor | Population genetics, evolutionary genomics, genetics of complex traits |
| Eisner, Thomas | Professor Emeritus | Chemical Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, Conservation |
| Pimentel, David | Professor Emeritus | Ecology and conservation of soil, water, energy, and biological resources |
| Thaler, Jennifer S. | Associate Professor | Insect ecology |
| Adjunct Appointees | Rank | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Baldwin, Ian T. | Adjunct Professor | |
| Levin, Simon A. | Adjunct Professor | The development and application of quantitative methods for addressing ecological and evolutionary problems; problems ranging from an understanding of how ecological systems will respond to climate change, to mathematical investigations into pattern formation and interacting particle systems |
| Likens, Gene E. | Adjunct Professor | Limnology; aquatic ecology, analysis of ecosystems; biogeochemistry, precipitations chemistry, land/water interactions |
| Other Academics and Visitors | Title | Office Address/Phone # | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andres, Jose A. | Research Associate | E237 Corson Hall (607) 254-4262 |
jaa53@cornell.edu |
| Lutz, Becks | Postdoctoral Associate | E303 Corson Hall (607) 254-4273 |
lb273@cornell.edu |
| Bostwick, Kimberly S. | Research Associate/ Curator, Mammalogy & Ornithology Collections | Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Johnson Center 159 Sapsucker Woods Road (607) 254-2160 Fax (607) 254-2415 |
ksb6@cornell.edu |
| Brasileiro, Cinthia A. | Postdoctoral Fellow | E224 Corson Hall (607) 254-4244 |
cab224@cornell.edu |
| Butler, Thomas J. | Site Manager, Connecticut Hill Atmospheric and Precipitation Chemistry Research and Monitoring Facility, Institute of Ecosystem Studies | 211 Rice Hall |
tjb2@cornell.edu |
| Friel, John P. | Research Associate/ Curator, Herpetology & Ichthyology Collections | Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates |
jpf19@cornell.edu |
| Granzinolli, Marco A. M. | Visiting Fellow | E240 Corson Hall (607) 254-4266 |
mag333@cornell.edu |
| Halitschke, Rayko | Postdoctoral Associate | E443 Corson Hall (607) 254-4220 |
rh239@cornell.edu |
| Heiser, John B. | Visiting Fellow | Stimson Hall | jbh7@cornell.edu |
| Hong, Bongghi | Postdoctoral Associate | 103 Little Rice (607) 255-1502 |
bh43@cornell.edu |
| Istock, Conrad A. | Visiting Fellow | E150 Corson Hall (Mailbox) | cai4@cornell.edu |
| Johnson, Robert H., III | Visiting Associate Professor | E443 Corson Hall (607) 254-4220 |
rhj42@cornell.edu |
| Jones, Laura E. | Research Associate | E343 Corson Hall (607) 254-4286 |
lej4@cornell.edu |
| Koslow, Jennifer M. | Postdoctoral Associate | E237 Corson Hall (607) 254-4262 |
jmk248@cornell.edu |
| Marino, Roxanne M. | Senior Research Associate | E309A Corson Hall |
rmm3@cornell.edu |
| McGuire, Betty A. | Senior Lecturer | E223 Corson Hall (607) 254-4252 |
bam65@cornell.edu |
| Prado, Cyntia P. A. | Postdoctoral Fellow | E244 Corson Hall (607) 254-4244 |
cpp7@cornell.edu |
| Rasmann, Sergio G. A. | Postdoctoral Fellow | E429 Corson Hall (607) 254-4283 |
sgr37@cornell.edu |
| Richmond, Jonathan Q. | Postdoctoral Associate | E237 Corson Hall (607) 254-4262 |
jqr2@cornell.edu |
| Schaffner, William R. | Visiting Fellow | E304 Corson Hall (607) 254-4273 |
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| Scholes, Edwin, III | Visiting Fellow | Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates Johnson Center 159 Sapsucker Woods Road (607) 254-2160 |
es269@cornell.edu |
| Seeley, Robin Hadlock | Visiting Fellow/ Curator, Malacology Collection | E151 Corson Hall (607) 279-6287 |
rhs4@cornell.edu |
| Shulman, Myra J. | Visiting Fellow | 325 Stimson Hall (607) 254-4225 |
mjs59@cornell.edu |
| Tonitto, Christina | Research Associate | E213 Corson Hall (607) 254-4257 |
ct244@cornell.edu |
| Tyler, A. Christina | Visiting Fellow | E301 Corson Hall (607) 255-2013 |
act27@cornell.edu |
| van Nouhuys, Saskya D. | Visiting Assistant Professor | 4126 Comstock Hall (607) 255-8486 |
sdv2@cornell.edu |
| Vawter, A. Thomas | Visiting Fellow | Department of Biology Wells College Aurora, NY 13026 |
tvawter@wells.edu |
Unless otherwise indicated, addresses are: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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