Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics Faculty

Helen M. Alexander, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecological genetics: plant evolution, ecology and genetics of plant/fungal pathogen interactions.

Michael H. Crawford, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
Anthropological genetics, population genetics, genetic epidemiology: inheritance of genetic predisposition of lymphoma and population structure of human aggregates.

Chris Gamblin, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Biosciences
The effects of phosphorylation on this process and the mechanism of fatty acid binding to the tau protein.

Jennifer Gleason, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular and genetic analysis of the evolution of behavior in Drosophila species.

Michael D. Greenfield, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Maintenance of genetic variation for sexually-selected traits within natural populations and the specific roles of genotype x environment interaction and pleiotropy in this process.

Christopher Haufler, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary genetics of plants concentrating on the modes and mechanisms of speciation, polyploidy, reproductive biology, and population genetics.

John K. Kelly, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Quantitative trait evolution in short-lived plants, and gene sequence evolution in viral pathogens.

Maria E. Orive, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Theoretical population genetics, life history evolution, relationship of population structure and life-history attributes to gene flow, hybridization and genetic diversity.

Alan J. Redd, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
Biological anthropology, human evolutionary genetics, population genetics, forensic genetics; Pacific Islands, Indian subcontinent.

Deborah Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Molecular systematics of social arthropods, including the systematics, population biology and biogeography of honey bees (Apis) and social spiders (Anelosimus & Stegodyphus).

Orley R. Taylor, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics of European and African honey bees, genetic basis of reproductive isolating mechanisms.

Joy Ward, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecological genetics of plant responses to environmental carbon dioxide.

Edward O. Wiley, Ph.D.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary studies of fishes with emphasis on molecular and morphological studies of the relationships, biogeography, and speciation of fishes.