Faculty: Q–Z

  • Andrew Short
    Assistant Professor
    Ph.D., Cornell University
    140 Public Safety Building
    Phone: (785) 864-2323


  • Deborah Smith - Entomology
    Professor
    Ph.D., Cornell University
    3038 Haworth Hall
    Phone: (785) 864-4340


  • Val H. Smith - Ecosystem Ecology
    Professor
    Ph.D., University of Minnesota
    Phone: (785) 864-4565
    FAX: (785) 864-5321


  • Jorge Soberón - Ornithology
    Professor
    Ph.D., University of London
    713B Dyche Hall
    Phone: (785) 864-3926
    Fax: (785) 864-5335

  • Edith L. Taylor - Paleobotany
    Professor
    Ph.D., The Ohio State University
    Phone: (785) 864-3621
    Fax: (785) 864-5321


  • Orley R. Taylor, Jr. - Insect Ecology
    Professor
    Ph.D., University of Connecticut
    7005 Haworth Hall
    Phone: (785) 864-4051
    Fax: (785) 864-4441


  • Thomas N. Taylor - Paleobiology
    Distinguished Professor
    Ph.D., University of Illinois
    Phone: (785) 864-3625
    Fax: (785) 864-5321


  • James H. Thorp - Aquatic Ecology
    Professor
    Senior Scientist Kansas Biological Survey
    Ph.D., North Carolina State University
    Telephone: (785) 864-1532
    Fax: (785) 864-1537


  • Robert M. Timm - Tropical Ecology, Systematics, Mammalian Ecology, Host/parasite Relationships
    Associate Professor
    Ph.D., University of Minnesota
    Phone: (785) 864-4180
    Fax: (785) 864-5335


  • Joy Ward - Evolutionary Plant Ecophysiology
    Associate Professor
    Ph.D., Duke University
    Phone: (785) 864-5218
    Fax: (785) 864-5860

    Ward Lab Webpage


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