Robert Bagchi
The processes that maintain biodiversity in natural ecosystems (particularly in the tropics); how human activity might affect this biodiversity; the role of biodiversity in the provision of ecosystem functions/services
Web sitePhone: 860-486-6587
Daniel Bolnick
Evolution and ecology of variation within species; evolutionary immunology; host-parasite co-evolution; speciation. I combine observational natural history with experiments, theory, and genomics.
Web sitePhone: 860-486-3156
Andrew Bush
Paleobiology, including Phanerozoic trends in ecospace utilization and biodiversity; gradient analyses of patchy paleoecologic distributions; and stratigraphy and extinction in the Late Devonian of the Appalachian Basin
Web sitePhone: 860-486-9359
Janine Caira
Morphology, taxonomy, systematics and evolution of platyhelminths, especially tapeworms of sharks and rays
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4060
Pamela Diggle
Effects of genotype, environment, and ontogenetic history on the development and evolutionary diversification of plant phenotypes
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4788
Chris Elphick
Avian conservation ecology, especially in coastal and farmland settings; habitat loss, climate change, large-scale conservation planning
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4547
Carlos García-Robledo
Evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions; adaptation to novel environments (e.g., novel hosts, climate change), molecular biology, insect physiology, demography
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4027
Bernard Goffinet
Systematics of bryophytes and lichenized fungi; evolution of spore dispersal mechanisms and breeding systems in mosses; evolution of multiple symbioses and photomorphism in lichens
Web sitePhone: 860-486-5290
Kent Holsinger
Theoretical population genetics; plant population genetics and evolution; evolution of plant mating systems; conservation biology; plant systematics; molecular evolution
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4059
Elizabeth Jockusch
Phenotypic evolution; particularly evolution of development and evolution of phenotypic plasticity in basal insects and salamanders; systematics
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4452
Cynthia Jones
Plant structure and function at the organ level; the evolution of morphology; plant functional trait variation and evolution; botany
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4150
Sarah Knutie
Disease ecology of birds and amphibians; host-microbe interactions; ecotoxicology; invasive species biology; behavioral ecology
Web sitePhone: 860-486-1890
Louise Lewis
Systematics and evolution of green algae, especially terrestrial forms; phylogeny of basal green plants; diversity of desert algae
Web sitePhone: 860-486-6723
Paul Lewis
Phylogenetic theory and methodology; statistical phylogenetics with an emphasis on Bayesian phylogenetics; marginal likelihood estimation
Web sitePhone: 860-486-2069
Margaret Rubega
Avian functional and evolutionary morphology, especially of feeding structures; feeding mechanics; functional aspects of behavior; ecology; conservation biology
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4502
Carl Schlichting
Phenotypic evolution; ecology and evolution of phenotypic plasticity and reaction norms; evolution of plant breeding systems
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4056
Eric Schultz
Evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, and population biology, especially of fishes; adaptation in life history traits; ecology of larval fishes
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4692
Kurt Schwenk
Functional and evolutionary morphology of tetrapod vertebrates, especially feeding and chemoreception in lizards and snakes
Web sitePhone: 860-486-0351
Jeff Seemann
Plant responses to the environment from the level of genes to ecosystems, with a focus on photosynthesis, the global carbon cycle, and the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to rising atmospheric CO2
Phone: 860-486-4151Chris Simon
Molecular evolution and systematics using insects as model organisms; rates of evolution related to molecular processes in mitichondrial DNA; reconstructing evolutionary patterns
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4640
Peter Turchin
Cultural evolution; mathematical models of historical dynamics; evolution of complex human societies; testing theories with large databases
Web sitePhone: 860-486-3603
Mark Urban
Community ecology; eco-evolutionary dynamics; microgeographic adaptation; global climate change; metacommunity ecology
Web sitePhone: 860-486-6113
David Wagner
Systematics; phylogenetics, especially of the Lepidoptera; insect behavior and ecology; invertebrate conservation
Web sitePhone: 860-486-2139
Jill Wegrzyn
Scientific databasing and visualization; machine learning; semantic web; ontologies; computational biology; plant genomics; comparative genomics
Web sitePhone: 860-486-8742
Michael Willig
Behavioral Ecology; biogeography; community ecology; conservation biology; disturbance ecology; macroecology; mammalogy; morphometrics; theoretical ecology
Web sitePhone: 860-486-1455
Yaowu Yuan
Genetics, development, and evolution of phenotypic diversity; genetics of adaptation and speciation; plant-pollinator interactions; transposable elements and plant genomics; plant molecular systematics
Web sitePhone: 860-486-4059