AKÇAKAYA LAB

The Akçakaya Lab focuses on developing and applying quantitative methods to address questions in conservation of biodiversity

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Dr. Stephen B. Baines, Associate Professor

BAINES LAB

The Baines Lab of Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology focuses on the connections between ecosystem function and community structure, and how these connections are influenced by environmental context and historical contingency.

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Dr. Rafael D'Andrea, Assistant Professor

D'ANDREA LAB

The D'Andrea Lab studies how species interactions create order in complex ecosystems. Their research addresses questions concerning the key mechanisms behind species coexistence in highly biodiverse communities such as tropical forests.

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DÁVALOS LAB

The Dávalos Lab focuses on mainly the Southern American region, with a emphasis on the Amazon Rainforest

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Dr. Daniel M. Griffith, Assistant Professor

GRIFFITH LAB

The Griffith Lab explores the relationships among plants, climate, and disturbance, with a focus on grassland, savanna, and forest ecosystems.

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KITCHEN LAB

The Kitchen Lab is focused on understanding the forces shaping the evolution and ecology of symbiotic partners.

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LYNCH LAB

The Lynch Lab is focused on the ecology and conservation biology of Antarctica by studying the dynamics of Antarctic wildlife.

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NEHM LAB

The Biology Education Research Lab conducts research on human thinking and reasoning about foundational biological ideas to design effective learning environments.

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OHDERA LAB

The Ohdera Lab researches the evolution of host-microbe interactions

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PADILLA LAB

The Padilla Lab conducts studies in Marine Biology, delving into topics such as phenotypic plasticity, functional ecology, and invasion ecology.

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Dr. Joshua S. Rest, Associate Professor and Chair

REST LAB

The Rest Lab utilizes computation and experimentation to uncover patterns and processes in evolutionary genomics.

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SMILEY LAB

The Smiley Lab uses fossil records to investigate diversity patterns and ecology, focusing on small mammals and environments of the Cenozoic era.

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Dr. Jordanna D.H. Sprayberry, Associate Professor & Director of UG Biology

SPRAYBERRY LAB

The SprayLab is broadly organized around the neuroethology of pollination: i.e. how sensory processing of pollinators drives behavior, as well as relevant plant-insect interactions.

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THACKER LAB

The Thacker Lab researches taxonomy, systematics, and the evolution of ecological interactions.

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Dr. Pascal O. Title, Assistant Professor

TITLE LAB

The macroEEB Lab integrates geographic distributions, phylogenies, and trait data to better understand global diversity patterns, and the processes that have generated them.

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TRUE LAB

The True Lab is interested in the genetic and developmental basis of differences among related species and how natural and sexual selection bring these differences about.

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Dr. Krishna R. Veeramah, Associate Professor

VEERAMAH LAB

The Veeramah Lab focuses on evolutionary genomics and paleogenomics in addition to analyzing genomic data from multiple time points to study evolution.

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Dr. Natasha S. Vitek, Assistant Professor

VITEK LAB

The Vitek Lab bridges vertebrate morphology, paleontology, and evolution to understand how species survive on a constantly changing planet.

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Dr. Elizabeth Watson, Associate Professor

WATSON LAB

The Costal Change Lab combines field and laboratory research with geospatial analysis and modeling to examine the impacts of environmental change to costal environments.

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Dr. Jackie Lee Weissman, Assistant Professor

WEISSMAN LAB

The Microbial Genomes and Metagenomes to Unravel Traits Lab studies environmental genomic data to untangle the dense networks of interactions by which microbes produce community-level outputs relevant to ecosystem health.

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Our Research Focus

AKÇAKAYA LAB

BAINES LAB

D'ANDREA LAB

DÁVALOS LAB

GRIFFITH LAB

KITCHEN LAB

LYNCH LAB

NEHM LAB

OHDERA LAB

PADILLA LAB

REST LAB

SMILEY LAB

SPRAYBERRY LAB

THACKER LAB

TITLE LAB

TRUE LAB

VEERAMAH LAB

VITEK LAB

WATSON LAB

WEISSMAN LAB