Emeritus Faculty

Gregory Anderson

Gregory Anderson

Systematics and evolution of vascular plants, especially tropical Solanaceae; pollination and reproductive biology; evolution of domesticated plants; ethnobotany; island biology; island biogeography; conservation

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Phone: 860.486.4555

Janine Caira

Janine Caira

Morphology, taxonomy, systematics and evolution of platyhelminths, especially tapeworms of sharks and rays

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Phone: 860.486.4060

Robin Chazdon

Robin Chazdon

Functional ecology of plants; photosynthesis and growth responses to light variation; tropical forest ecology, succession and management

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Phone: 860.486.4057

George Clark

George Clark

Integumental structure, behavior, and distribution of birds

Robert Colwell

Robert Colwell

Community ecology; species interactions and coevolution, especially among arthropods and plants; species diversity and biogeography; population structure, speciation and evolution

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Phone: 860.486.4395

Dorothea DiCecco

Dorothea DiCecco

Charles Henry

Charles Henry

Speciation, systematics, Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, sexual signals

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Phone: 860.486.4450

Cynthia Jones

Cynthia Jones

Plant structure and function at the organ level; the evolution of morphology; plant functional trait variation and evolution; botany

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Phone: 860.486.4150

Donald Les

Donald Les

Angiosperm systematics; phylogeny, evolution, and reproductive biology of aquatic angiosperms; molecular evolution; genetic consequences of plant rarity

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Phone: 860.486.5703

Gene Likens

Gene Likens

Long-term, multidisciplinary studies of forest, stream and lake ecosystems in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

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Phone: 860.486.0367

Carl Schlichting

Carl Schlichting

Phenotypic evolution; ecology and evolution of phenotypic plasticity and reaction norms; evolution of plant breeding systems

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Phone: 860.486.4056

John Silander, Jr.

John Silander, Jr.

Plant ecology and evolution; experimental plant population and community ecology; plant competition; ecological genetics; conservation biology; ecology of invasives

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Phone: 860.486.2168

Chris Simon

Chris Simon

Molecular evolution and systematics using insects as model organisms; rates of evolution related to molecular processes in mitichondrial DNA; reconstructing evolutionary patterns

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Phone: 860.486.4640

Frederick Streams

Frederick Streams

Theodore Taigen

Theodore Taigen

Physiological ecology; exercise physiology of lower vertebrates; metabolic correlates of amphibian behavior

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Phone: 860.486.0373

Peter Turchin

Peter Turchin

Cultural evolution; mathematical models of historical dynamics; evolution of complex human societies; testing theories with large databases

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Phone: 860.486.3603

Terry Webster

Terry Webster

Kentwood Wells

Kentwood Wells

Social behavior of vertebrates, especially amphibians; aggressive behavior, mating systems, parental care and vocal communication of frogs; energetics of vocalization in frogs

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Phone: 860.486.4454

Charles Yarish

Charles Yarish

Marine phycology; aquaculture; ecophysiology, phytogeography and population ecology of benthic marine algae and submerged aquatic vegetation

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Phone: 203.251.8432