From
left to right: Kim Sparks, Monica Geber, Robert Harris, Mark Vellend,
Brian Barringer, Dave Moeller, Jesse Bellemare, Katie Flinn, Laurie
Evanhoe,
and Shannon Murphy
|
| Name |
Research
Interests |
E-mail
(@cornell.edu) |
Office Phone |
| Monica
Geber |
Evolution and population
biology of plants; ecological genetics; ecology and evolution of
species’ geographic ranges; mating systems; plant functional biology |
mag9 |
(607) 254-4208 |
Jill Anderson
(co-advised with Peter Marks)
|
Population
ecology of several tree species along flooding gradients in tropical
(Peru) and subtropical (Southeastern US) systems, particularly in
reference to outbreeding depression and soil microbial associations
with seedlings |
jta24 |
(607) 254-4282 |
| Brian Barringer |
Polyploidy,
inbreeding depression, and the evolution of mating systems |
bcb24 |
(607) 254-4279 |
Robert Harris
|
Effects
of pathogens on plant communities; influence of plants on their local
environment and implications for diversity; theory |
rdh24 |
(607) 254-4282 |
Jesse Bellemare
(co-advised with Peter Marks)
|
Ecology
of forest herbs, principally the interacting roles of environmental
gradients, historical factors and autecological characteristics in
determining plant species' distribution and abundance patterns at local
to regional scales |
jlb235 |
(607) 254-4285 |
| Laurelin Evanhoe |
Evolution
and population ecology of plants and insects, particularly bees;
biogeography and community ecology of
plant-insect interactions; evolution of ecological specialization
|
le34 |
(607) 254-4280 |
Sarah Reilly
(co-advised with Bobbi Peckarsky)
|
|
sej26
|
(607) 254-4282 |
E&EB Graduate
Students with Related Interests
|
| Kathryn Flinn |
Land use
history and the demography of several fern species of the forest
understory in
Tompkins County, New York |
kmf27 |
(607) 254-4283 |
| Shannon
Murphy |
Chemical ecology of
plant-insect interactions and host shifts by herbivorous insects |
smm40 |
(607) 254-4280 |
Research Support
Specialist
|
| Kimberlee
Sparks |
Evolution
and physiological ecology of flower color polymorphism; species range
size correlation with ecological and environmental characteristics |
kls37 |
(607) 254-4209 |
| Name |
Title |
Responsibilities |
Owner |
| Blue |
Lab Supervisor |
Oversight of biscuit allotment |
Monica |
| Name |
Thesis
or Dissertation Title |
Degree |
Date |
Present
Position |
Mark Vellend
(co-advised with Peter Marks)
|
Species diversity and genetic diversity: parallel processes
and correlated patterns
|
PhD |
2004 |
Through Summer 2005:
Post-Doctoral Associate, National
Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis,
Santa Barbara,
California
After Summer 2005: Assistant Professor,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
|
| David Moeller |
Ecological and evolutionary
consequences of spatial variation in plant-pollinator interactions |
PhD |
2003 |
Post-Doctoral Research Associate,
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
Andrew Zink
(co-advised with
Richard Root) |
Parental
care asymmetry among communal breeders: theory and tests with the
treehopper Publilia concava |
PhD |
2002 |
Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, University of California, Davis |
| Hester Parker |
Comparative
biology of annual and
perennial congeners in the genera Zea and Phaseolus |
PhD |
1998 |
Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, California State University, Monterey Bay |
Rhine Singleton
(co-advised with Peter Marks) |
Recovery
of the forest herb community in post-agricultural forests in central
New York: pattern and process |
PhD |
1998 |
Assistant
Professor,
Franklin Pierce Collge, NH |
| Patricia Doak |
Impacts
of natural habitat subdivision on an insect herbivore: population
dynamics, dispersal and host-parasitoid interactions |
PhD |
1997 |
Assistant
Professor,
University of Alaska |
| Christine Jonas |
Variation
and correlations between traits in the annual plant, Clarkia
unguiculata |
MS |
1997 |
PhD
Program, Environmental Studies, Antioch New England Graduate School, NH |
Post-Doctoral
Research Associates
|
Name
|
Project
|
Date
|
Present
Position
|
| Ania Wieczorek |
Phylogeography
of the range expansion of the native maritime plant, Solidago
sempervirens |
2002 |
Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, University of Hawaii |
| Stephen Bonser |
The
ecological significance of variation in growth form in plants |
2001 |
Assistant
Professor,
University of New South Wales |
| Steven Travers |
Population
genetics of selfing and outcrossing populations of Clarkia xantiana |
1999 |
Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, Pennsylvania State University |
| C. John Runions |
Comparative
floral development in selfing and outcrossing supspecies of Clarkia
xantiana |
1999 |
Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, Cambridge University |
| Vincent Eckhart |
Evolutionary
ecology of developmental and life history traits in Clarkia xantiana |
1996 |
Associate
Professor,
Grinnell College, IA |
|
