All Research
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Keith Adams | Genome evolution, polyploidy, duplicate gene fates and evolution, evolution of gene regulation, transcriptomics, alternative splicing, non-coding RNAs |
Amy Angert | Plant evolutionary ecology; geographic range limits and rarity; population dynamics and community structure. |
Mary Berbee | Molecular phylogenetic studies of fungi and evolution of fungal life history stategies. |
Jörg Bohlmann | Plant molecular biology, genomics and biochemistry. Natural products and chemical ecology of forest trees. |
Quentin Cronk | The study of plant form using the techniques of comparative genomics, molecular developmental biology and evolutionary biology. |
Jonathan Davies | Ecology and evolutionary biology; the distribution of biodiversity and the challenges posed to its conservation through recent changes to the environment. |
Naomi Fast | Genome evolution, spliceosomal intron evolution, parasitic adaptation - focusing on microsporidia, a highly derived group of parasitic fungi. |
Kaitlyn Gaynor | My research examines the effects of human activity on global biodiversity, with emphases on (1) the behavioral responses of animals to human presence, (2) the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator-prey and other species interactions, and (3) the socio-ecological dynamics of conservation and coexistence. This work involves large-scale data synthesis and meta-analyses, and local field studies in North America and Africa. |
Sean Graham | Systematics and evolution of vascular plants, focusing on using DNA sequence data to infer relationships at deep and recent levels of seed plant, angiosperm and monocot phylogenetic history. |
Reinhard Jetter | |
Patrick Keeling | Early eukaryote evolution, molecular phylogeny, protistology. |
Brian Leander | Marine invertebrate zoology, protozoology, evolutionary morphology & phylogenetics. |
Xin Li | Utilizing a combination of molecular genetics, biochemical and genomics approaches to understand plant immunity and biological processes of the soilborne fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
Wayne Maddison | Spider systematics and evolution. |
Shawn Mansfield | Areas of research include:
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Patrick Martone | Marine phycology; biomechanics of macroalgae. |
Sean Michaletz | Ecophysiology, ecosystem ecology, macroecology, scaling, fire behaviour and effects. |
Alex Moore | My research focuses on how predator-prey interactions impact the health and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems and explores the role that cultural values and knowledge play in ecosystem restoration conservation. |
Laura Wegener Parfrey | Microbiome of coastal marine organisms; eukaryotes in the microbiome |
Loren Rieseberg | Adaptation, Domestication, Crop Evolution, Hybridization, Speciation, Weed Evolution |
Abel Rosado | Characterization of ER-PM contact site components involved in plant stress tolerance |
Lacey Samuels | Plant cell biology, cellular basis of secretion of plant cell wall components; lignification in xylem development; ABC transporters and cuticle secretion |
Liang Song | plant genomics, environmental stresses, seed development, gene expression |
Curtis Suttle | The biology of viruses that infect marine phytoplankton and bacteria, and the role of these viruses in population dynamics and geochemical cycles. |
Marco Todesco | Understanding the genetic basis of plant diversity and adaptation. |
Philippe Tortell | |
Michelle Tseng | NEW: *I am accepting 1-2 students for fall 2023 to investigate (a) plankton responses to warming, (b) relationships between tree traits and insect diversity, or (c) mosquito ecology and evolution. Please email me for more information. Prospective students must be eligible to apply for external funding* Aquatic and Insect Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Geoffrey Wasteneys | Plant Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; organization of the cytoskeleton and its role in cell wall formation, intracellular motility and growth anisotropy in the higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the characean algae; plant responses to abiotic and endogenous signals. |
Jeannette Whitton | Plant molecular systematic and evolution; the evolution of asexual polyploid complexes in higher plants. |
Yuelin Zhang | We are interested in how local resistance and systemic acquired resistance are regulated in plants. |