Kenneth
W. Able, Distinguished Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Director of the
Marine Field Station, SEBS; Ph.D., William and Mary
Ecology and behavior of fishes; marine and estuarine ecology
Diane Adams, Assistant Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Larval ecology and development; deep sea ecology
Tamar Barkay, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Maryland
Role of microorganisms in transformations of metals in the environment
Joan W. Bennett, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Chicago
Fungal genetics and secondary metabolism
Debashish Bhattacharya, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS/IEOAS; Ph.D., Simon Fraser (Canada)
Using genomics to understand the origin of algae, their plastids, and place in the tree of life
Kay Daniel Bidle, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California (San Diego)
Microbial ecology; phytoplankton physiology and mortality; virology; molecular evolution and ecology
Yana Bromberg, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Columbia
Bioinformatics approaches to protein function prediction and genome variation analysis
Daniel E. Bunker, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, NJIT/FAS-N; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Plant community ecology and global change
Joanna
Burger, Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Professor of Ecology,
Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Minnesota
Avian behavior and ecology; salt marsh ecology; ecological risk; reptile behavior
David Bushek, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Shellfish ecology; parasitology; genetics and aquaculture
Timothy M. Casey, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Physiological ecology; energetics and thermoregulation; biodiversity
Kevin C. Chen, Associate Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Human population genomics; evolution of small RNAs
Jonathan J. Cole, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., Cornell
Aquatic ecology; biogeochemistry; microbiology
Keith Cooper, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rhode Island
Comparative toxicology
John
Dighton, Distinguished Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Professor of Biology,
FAS-C; Director of the Pinelands Field Station; Ph.D., London
Role of fungi in nutrient dynamics in forest soils and impacts of pollution
Siobain Duffy, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and
Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Yale
Emerging viruses; experimental evolution; bioinformatics;
bacteriophage
Ravit Golan Duncan, Associate Professor of Science
Education, GSE; Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS;
Ph.D., Northwestern
Science learning; teacher education; design of inquiry-based
learning environments
David W. Ehrenfeld, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; M.D., Harvard; Ph.D., Florida
Conservation ecology; impact of technology; energy; marine turtles
Paul G. Falkowski, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
and Marine and Coastal Sciences, SAS/SEBS; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Biogeochemical cycles; evolution; astrobiology
Nina Fefferman, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Tufts
Mathematical models of social behavior, disease, and population persistence
Stuart E.G. Findlay, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., Georgia
Marine/invertebrate ecology
Brooke Flammang, Assistant Professor of Biology, NJIT;
Ph.D., Harvard
Comparative biomechanicsDunne Fong, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, SAS; Ph.D., Princeton
Biodiversity; free-living parasite protozoa
Dina Fonseca, Professor of Entomology, SEBS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Evolutionary epidemiological ecology
Heidi
Fuchs, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
Biophysical interactions; larval dispersal; plankton community ecology
Randy Gaugler, Distinguished Professor of Entomology, SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Invertebrate pathology; insect mating systems; vector biology
Joshua Ginsberg, President, Cary Institute of Ecosystems
Study; Ph.D., Princeton
Wildlife conservation
Angelica Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Biology, FAS-C;
Ph.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Community and ecosystem ecology; ecological stoichiometry; global environmental
change
Robert
M. Goodman, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources and Executive Dean, SEBS;
Ph.D., Cornell
Diversity and function of microorganisms in natural environments
Jason Grabosky, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Urban forestry and urban tree establishment
Edwin J. Green, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Forest ecology; Bayesian inference; quantitative methods
Peter M. Groffman, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., Georgia
Terrestrial microbial ecology
Ximing Guo, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Washington
Molluscan genetics; evolution and aquaculture
Max Haggblom, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Helsinski (Finland)
Environmental microbiology and microbial ecology; biodegradation and bioremediation
Barbara Han, Senior Staff, Cary Institute of Ecosystem
Studies; Ph.D., Oregon State
Machine learning; behavioral ecology; and
macroecologySteven N. Handel, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Restoration ecology; plant population ecology; plant-animal interactions
Jean Marie Hartman, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, SEBS; Ph.D., Connecticut
Plant community ecology; natural disturbance processes; wetlands; restoration
Bradley Hillman, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Molecular, population, and evolutionary biology of viruses and fungi
Claus Holzapfel, Associate Professor of Biology, FAS-N; Ph.D., Göttingen (Germany)
Community ecology; species interaction; invasion biology
Olaf Jensen, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Fisheries
science; population dynamics; ecology of aquatic ecosystems
Henry B. John-Alder, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Irvine)
Ecological physiology and endocrinology; herpetology
Rebecca Jordan, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Evolution of behavior; environmental education and citizen science
Andrew D. Kern, Assistant Professor of Genetics, SAS; Ph.D., California (Davis)
Population genetics; comparative genomics; evolutionary genomics; computational biology
Josh Kohut, Associate Professor of Marine and Coastal
Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Physical oceanography; dynamics of the coastal ocean
Richard
G. Lathrop Jr., Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural
Resources and Director, Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis,
SEBS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Remote sensing; landscape ecology
Julie Lockwood, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Tennessee
Conservation biology; wildlife management; biological invasions
Gary M. Lovett, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., Dartmouth
Terrestrial ecosystem ecology; biogeochemistry; air pollution
Richard A. Lutz, Distinguished Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
SEBS; Ph.D., Maine
Biology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents; molluscan ecology
Brooke Maslo, Assistant Extension Specialist in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Conservation biology; population dynamics; ecosystem services; bat; shorebirds
George R. McGhee Jr., Distinguished Professor of Geology, SAS; Ph.D., Rochester
Evolutionary theory; mass extinction; community paleoecology; ecosystem evolution
Mark D. Morgan, Professor of Biology, FAS-C; Ph.D., California (Davis)
Limnology; biogeochemistry; Pine Barrens ecosystems
Peter J. Morin, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Duke
Community ecology; herpetology; aquatic entomology
Daphne Munroe, Assistant Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Invertebrate larval ecology; shellfisheries and aquaculture
Anne Nielsen, Assistant Extension Specialist of Entomology;
Ph.D., Rutgers
Development and refinement of phenological models for pests
of tree fruits and small fruitsRichard S. Ostfeld, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Disease ecology; vertebrate community ecology; biodiversity; vector biology
Steward T.A. Pickett, Distinguished Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., Illinois
Plant populations and community organization; vegetation dynamics
Malin Pinsky, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS/IEOAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Population dynamics; marine ecology; population genetics; climate change
Mark G. Robson, Professor of Entomology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Horticulture; public health
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Associate Extension Specialist in Entomology, SEBS;
Ph.D., California (Riverside)
Effects of induced plant resistance on insects
Gareth Russell, Associate Professor of Biology, FAS-N; Assistant Professor of Mathematics, NJIT; Ph.D., Tennessee
Population and community dynamics; computational ecology; conservation ecology
Karina V.R. Schafer, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, FAS-N; Ph.D., Duke
Global change and its effects on terrestrial ecosystems
Donald W. Schaffner, Distinguished Professor and Extension Specialist in Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Georgia
Predictive food microbiology; quantitative microbial risk assessment
Oscar Schofield, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Santa Barbara)
Phytoplankton ecology and biological oceanography
Kathleen M. Scott, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, SAS; Ph.D., Yale
Mammalogy; functional morphology; paleoecology; artiodactyl systematics
Robert
S. Scott, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SAS; Ph.D., Texas
(Austin)
Paleoecology; hominid evolution; dental microwear and
dietary reconstruction;
Eurasian hominids; Turkey, Hungary, ChinaPeter E. Smouse, Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., North Carolina State
Statistical genetics; mathematical ecology
David L. Strayer, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., Cornell
Freshwater ecology; energy flow; ecology of freshwater invertebrates
Lena
Struwe, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural
Resources and Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS; Ph.D., Stockholm
Evolutionary history, diversity and biogeography of gentians and relatives
Michael V.K. Sukhdeo, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., McGill (Canada)
Parasite ecology
Gary L. Taghon, Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Washington
Marine benthic ecology; feeding energetics
Costantino
Vetriani, Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS; Ph.D., Rome
Deep-sea microbiology; extremophiles; adaptations to extreme environments
Erin Vogel, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
SAS; Ph.D., Stony Brook
Food acquisition and diet selection in
nonhuman primates
Kathleen Weathers, Senior Scientist, Cary Institute for Ecosystems Studies; Ph.D., Rutgers
Ecosystem ecology; nutrient cycling and atmospheric inputs
James White, Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology, SEBS/NJAES; Ph.D., Texas
Fungal systematics; ecology of fungi; fungal-plant symbioses
John Wiedenmann, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Santa Cruz)
Fisheries science and management; behavioral modeling; Antarctic krill
Rachael Winfree, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Princeton
Pollination ecology
Ming Xu, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Ecosystem ecology, modeling, and management; remote sensing and GIS spatial modeling
Ning Zhang, Associate Professor of Plant Biology and Pathology and of Biochemistry and Microbiology, SEBS; Ph.D., Louisiana State
Population; evolutionary biology; molecular detection of fungi on grasses
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty
Shannon LaDeau, Assistant Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ph.D., Duke
Heterogeneity and scale of pest and pathogen amplification in ecological communities
Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty
Myla Aronson, Assistant Teaching Professor in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Patterns and drivers of global biodiversity; urban ecology; plant ecology
Monica Bricelj, Research Professor of Marine and Coastal Sciences, SEBS;
Ph.D., Stony Brook
Shellfish ecophysiology/behavior and aquaculture of suspension-feeding
bivalve mollusks; adaptive strategies to environmental stress
Frank Gallagher, Instructor in Landscape Architecture, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Ecological functions and services of urban green-space
Michael
J. Kennish, Research Professor in Marine and Coastal Sciences,
SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Marine pollution; marine ecology; marine geology
Jennifer Krumins, Associate Professor of Biology and Molecular Biology, Montclair State; Ph.D., Rutgers
Trophic interactions and feedbacks between plants and soil organisms
Marci Meixler, Assistant Research Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Aquatic ecology and restoration
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