Ecology Program Area Faculty & Staff

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Todd Anderson

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Marine ecology: recruitment processes, population and community ecology of coastal temperate and tropical fishes, influence of habitat structure on demographic processes
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Nicholas Barber

Associate Professor of Biology

Interests:
community ecology, ecosystem restoration, functional trait and phylogenetic diversity, plant-insect interactions, aboveground-belowground linkages
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Andrew J. Bohonak

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Molecular ecology, conservation genetics, freshwater invertebrates, vernal pool biology, evolution
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Rulon W. Clark

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Behavioral ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal communication, foraging behavior, conservation ecology, integrating animal behavior with population ecology
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Matt Edwards

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Marine ecology: scale-dependent regulation of subtidal kelp forests, recruitment processes in marine macroalgae (with emphasis on the role of dormant stages), impacts of large disturbances (El Niño-Southern Oscillations).
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Brian T. Hentschel

Associate Professor of Biology

Interests:
Marine invertebrates, benthic ecology, complex life cycles, ontogenetic niche shifts, larval ecology, deposit feeding, organism-flow interactions.
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Kevin Hovel

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Marine invertebrate conservation ecology: relationship between habitat structure and faunal survival and abundance; effects of habitat fragmentation on fauna in marine systems; crustacean ecology; larval dispersal and recruitment; seagrass community ecology; kelp forest ecology.
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Chun-Ta Lai

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Biosphere-atmosphere interactions, biological control of carbon and water transfer, hydrological and ecological impacts of climatic change, applications of stable isotopes in global change studies
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Rebecca Lewison

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Vertebrate conservation, population ecology, behavioral ecology, estimating the impact of anthropogenic disturbances, resource and land use.
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David A. Lipson

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Soil microbial ecology; plant-microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; linking microbial diversity to ecosystem processes.
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Jeremy Long

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Marine chemical ecology; consumer-prey interactions; ecology of planktonic, rocky shore, and salt marsh ecosystems
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Long Lab
Luke Miller

Associate Professor of Ecology

Interests:
Temperature stress and climate change; Ecophysiology; Biomechanics; Rocky intertidal ecosystems; Ocean acidification; Behavior; Predator-prey interactions; Heat budget modeling; Sensor and datalogger development.
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Walter C. Oechel

Distinguished Professor of Biology

Interests:
Plant physiological ecology; ecosystem ecology, biogeochemical cycling, trace gas feedbacks, effects of global change and elevated carbon dioxide on native ecosystems, especially Arctic tundra, Mediterranean-type ecosystems, deserts of Baja California, and near coastal Arctic, temperate, and South Pacific tropical marine systems.
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Global Change Research Group
Tod W. Reeder

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Molecular ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, particularly those of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
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Reeder Lab
Xiaofeng Xu

Associate Professor of Ecology

Interests:
Ecological modeling, methane cycling, microbial biogeochemistry, ecological stoichiometry, climate extreme events.
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Ecological Modeling and Integration Lab
Donatella Zona

Professor of Biology

Interests:
Impact of climate change on greenhouse gas emission, stress ecology, remote sensing, Arctic ecology.
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Zona Lab