EBIO Faculty
The Faculty are listed below, alphabetized by last name. More information about each Faculty member, including research interests, publications, and curriculum vitae can be found by clicking on the respective faculty member's name, which links to their personal page and more in-depth information about their research.

William Adams
Professor

Plant ecophysiology; photosynthesis; environmental stress; phloem structure & function
william.adams@colorado.edu

Adams Lab
Nichole Barger
Assistant Professor

Impacts of changing climate and land use on plant communities and soil resources in arid land ecosystems; biogeochemistry, dendrochronology, forest ecology, management and restoration of grazing land ecosystems.
nichole.barger@colorado.edu

Barger Lab
John Basey
Senior Instructor
Research emphasis is in behavioral ecology and science laboratory education
john.basey@colorado.edu
 

Deane Bowers
Professor

Insect ecology and evolution, plant-animal interactions, chemical ecology
deane.bowers@colorado.edu
Bowers Lab
William Bowman
Professor
Plant ecology; alpine ecosystem science; plant-soil and plant-plant interactions
william.bowman@colorado.edu
Dr. Bowman's Website
Michael Breed
Professor
Social behavior of insects, kin recognition system of honey bees, nest defense in honey bees, and social biology of the giant tropical ants
michael.breed@colorado.edu
Dr. Breed's Website
Harrison Carpenter
Instructor
harrison.carpenter@colorado.edu
Dr. Carpenter's Website
Sharon Collinge
Associate Professor
Habitat loss & fragmentation; patterns of landscape change; restoration ecology
sharon.collinge@colorado.edu
Collinge Lab
Alexander Cruz
Professor
Behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary studies of birds and fishes
alexander.cruz@colorado.edu
 
Mel Cundiff
Associate Professor
Introductory Biology for Non-Science Majors; Coral Reef Ecology -- A field course during Christmas break; Tropical Marine Ecology
(Teaching only -- No Research Program)
cundiff@colorado.edu
Dr. Cundiff's Website
Kendi Davies
Assistant Professor
Spatial dynamics of communities and populations; invasion; extinction; grasslands; microcosms; habitat fragmentation.
kendi.davies@colorado.edu
Davies lab
Barbara Demmig-Adams
Professor
Plant ecophysiology; photosynthesis; mechanisms of plant stress adaptation
barbara.demmig-adams@colorado.edu
Demmig-Adams Lab
Pamela Diggle
Professor
Development, evolution, and ecology of plant reproductive systems
pamela.diggle@colorado.edu
Diggle Lab
Noah Fierer
Assistant Professor
Soil ecology, microbial ecology, role of microorganisms in terrestrial ecosystems
noah.fierer@colorado.edu
Fierer Lab
Sam Flaxman
Assistant Professor
Theoretical and empirical evolutionary ecology, habitat selection behavior, predator-prey interactions, spatial distributions, and animal movement mechanisms
samuel.flaxman@colorado.edu
Flaxman Lab
William (Ned) Friedman
Professor
Evolution of plants; plant reproductive biology; history of evolutionism before Darwin
william.friedman@colorado.edu

Friedman Lab

MORPH Web Site

Michael Grant
Professor;
Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education
Plant population biology, population genetics and ecology, computer simulations
michael.grant@colorado.edu
Dr. Grant's Website
Robert Guralnick
Associate Professor
Evolution of invertebrates; morphology, genes, and biodiversity informatics
robert.guralnick@colorado.edu
Guralnick Lab
Pieter Johnson
Assistant Professor
Disease emergence and biological invasions; freshwater ecology; host-parasite dynamics; conservation biology.
pieter.johnson@colorado.edu
Johnson Lab
Carol Kearns
Senior Instructor
carol.a.kearns@colorado.edu  

Patrick Kociolek
Professor 

Taxonomy, systematics and evolutionary history of diatoms. Other intersts include theory and application of using diatoms to address issues of water quality and aquatic ecology.
patrick.kociolek@colorado.edu

 
William Lewis
Professor
Director, Center for Limnology
william.lewis@colorado.edu Center for Limnology Website
Carol Lynch
Professor
Quantitative and behavioral genetics, genetic basis of evolutionary adaptation, neural mechanisms underlying behavioral adaptation in mice, especially nest-building
carol.lynch@colorado.edu
 
Andrew Martin
Associate Professor
Evolutionary & conservation biology; microbial diversity; biogeography
andrew.martin-1@colorado.edu
Martin Lab
Stephanie Mayer
Senior Instructor
stephanie.mayer@colorado.edu  
Christy McCain
Assistant Professor
Community ecology; Mountain ecology; Patterns and mechanisms of diversity, distribution, and abundance; Ecological theory; Climate change; Vertebrate population & conservation biology; Biogeography.
christy.mccain@colorado.edu
Dr. McCain’s Website
Valerie McKenzie
Assistant Professor
valerie.mckenzie@colorado.edu McKenzie Lab
Daniel Medeiros
Assistant Professor
Developmental and genetic bases of vertebrate evolution, developmental gene regulation, evolution of the vertebrate head skeleton
daniel.medeiros@colorado.edu
Medeiros Lab

Brett Melbourne
Assistant Professor

Ecology of populations and communities; biodiversity; conservation;
invasion; extinction; climate change; mathematical ecology
brett.melbourne@colorado.edu
Melbourne Lab
Jeffry Mitton
Professor;
Chair EBIO
Population genetics, genetic structure of plant and animal populations, adaptive significance of heterozygosity, evolutionary conservation genetics of plants and animals
mitton@colorado.edu
Dr. Mitton's Website
Russell Monson Professor
Plant physiological ecology; forest-atmosphere carbon, water and energy fluxes; regional carbon cycling; influence of ecosystem processes on atmospheric chemistry
russell.monson@colorado.edu
Dr. Monson's Website
Diana Nemergut
Assistant Professor
Microbial evolution and ecology, horizontal gene transfer
diana.nemergut@colorado.edu
Nemergut Lab
Patrik Nosil
Assistant Professor
Evolutionary biology, relationship between adaptation and speciation, ecological genetics, insect-plant interactions
patrik.nosil@colorado.edu
Nosil Lab
Thomas Ranker
Professor
Plant systematics, systematics of tropical and neotropical
flora, conservation biology
ranker@hawaii.edu
Ranker Lab
Rebecca Safran
Assistant Professor
Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology, Vertebrate Social Behavior, the Evolution of Reproductive Isolation, Relationships between Individual Behavior and Population-level Patterns.
rebecca.safran@colorado.edu
Safran Lab
Steve Schmidt
Professor
Microbial ecology, plant/microbe interactions, biogeochemistry, mycorrhizae
steve.schmidt@colorado.edu

Schmidt Lab

Timothy Seastedt
Professor
Terrestrial ecosystems; soil biology; ecology of invasive plant species
timothy.seastedt@colorado.edu
Dr. Seastedt's Website

David Stock
Associate Professor;
Associate Chair,
Graduate Program

Developmental genetic mechanisms of the evolution of teeth in fishes
david.stock@colorado.edu
Dr. Stock's Website
Alan Townsend
Associate Professor
Terrestrial ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry; global environmental change
alan.townsend@colorado.edu
Townsend Lab

Carol Wessman
Professor

Landscape & regional ecology; disturbance; land-use/land-cover change; remote sensing/GIS
carol.wessman@colorado.edu
 

 


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