Peterson, Chris
Chris Peterson
Professor
Plant Biology
Response and vulnerability of forests to natural (e.g. wind, fire) and anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. salvage logging),
and geographic patterns of disturbance severity.
Oliver, Kerry
Kerry Oliver
Associate Professor
Entomology
Ecology and evolution of heritable symbiosis in insects.
Mrázek, Jan
Jan Mrázek
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics; Microbiology
Use bioinformatics and comparative genomics to study
relationships between the genomic DNA sequence and the
organism’s physiological characteristics,and regulatory
processes that govern the flow of genetic information.
Moran, Mary Ann
Mary Ann Moran
Professor
Marine Sciences
Ecology of marine bacteria in the carbon and sulfur cycles;
application of ecological functional genomics techniques to marine microbes.
Moore, Patricia
Patricia Moore
Professor
Entomology
The role of developmental mechanisms in sexual selection and the evolution of reproductive strategies in insects.
Menke, Douglas
Douglas Menke
Professor
Genetics
Developmental Regulation of Gene Expression; Evolution of Vertebrate Morphology.
Lukowitz, Wolfgang
Wolfgang Lukowitz
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Fertilization, and early cell-fate decisions in plant embryos.
Leebens-Mack, Jim
Jim Leebens-Mack
Associate Professor
Plant Biology
Phylogenetics, genetics of diversification including speciation; molecular basis of adaptation;
evolutionary genomics; evolution of plant reproduction; organismal and molecular coevolution.
Kissinger, Jessica
Jessica Kissinger
Distinguished Research Professor
Bioinformatics; Genetics
Parasite genomics and the biology of genome evolution.
