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Name	Department	Research Area	Grad Program	Interest	Home-Page
Bownds, Deric	Zoology		Zoology	evolution of mind	Link
Batzli, Janet	BioCore			science education	Link
Temple, Stan	Wildlife Ecology			biodiversity	Link
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Attie, Alan	Biochemistry	Adaptive Evolution	Biochemistry	Genetics of diabetes	Link
McFall-Ngai, Margaret	Medical Microbiology and Immunology	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Genomics	Cellular and Molecular Biology, Microbiology	Establishment, development and maintence of symbiotic associations	Link
Lindroth, Richard	Entomology	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology	Entomology, Zoology	plant-herbivore interactions, plant chemical defenses, global environmental change	Link
Atwood, Craig	Medicine	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology	Cellular and Molecular Biology	Hormonal regulation of aging and age-related diseases	Link
Currie, Cameron	Bacteriology	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Genomics, Phylogenetics	Microbiology	Coevolution, symbiosis, microbial ecology & evolution	Link
Givnish, Thomas	Botany	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology, Molecular Evolution, Molecular Ecology	Botany	biogeography, adaptive radiation, evolutionary ecology	Link
Bleiweiss, Robert	Zoology	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology, Phylogenetics	Zoology	hummingbird adaptations	Link
Waller, Donald	Botany	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology, Population and Quantitative Genetics	Botany	inbreeding; ecological genetics	Link
Boughman, Jenny	Zoology	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology, Speciation	Zoology	evolution of behavior, reproductive isolation	Link
Lee, Carol	Zoology	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Evolution	Zoology	genetic architecture of invasive species;	Link
Payseur, Bret	Genetics	Adaptive Evolution, Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Evolution, Population and Quantitative Genetics	Genetics	population genetics	Link
Cameron, Ken	Botany	Adaptive Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Phylogenetics, Speciation	Botany	plant molecular systematics, morphology, anatomy, & conservation	Link
Stewart, James	Curriculum and Instruction	Evolution in Society	Curriculum and Instruction	Biology education, especially genetics and evolution.	Link
Nyhart, Lynn	History of Science	Evolution in Society	History of Science	History of evolutionary theory, natural history and ecology, and marine science.	Link
Numbers, Ronald	History of Science	Evolution in Society	History of Science	The history of science, medicine, and religion in America; creationism.	Link
Price, Gary	Curriculum and Instruction	Evolution in Society	Curriculum and Instruction	Curriculum theory	Link
Shapiro, Lawrence	Philosophy	Evolution in Society	Philosophy of Science	Evolutionary psychology and philosophy of biology	Link
Williams, Paul	Plant Pathology	Evolution in Society		rapid cycling Brassicas for research and teaching	Link
Boekhoff-Falk, Grace	Anatomy	Evolutionary Developmental Biology	Genetics	Limb and nervous system development and evolution	Link
Kimble, Judith	Biochemistry	Evolutionary Developmental Biology	Biochemistry	Regulation of development in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans	Link
Amasino, Richard	Biochemistry	Evolutionary Developmental Biology	Biochemistry	Plant development; control of flowering time	Link
Baum, David	Botany	Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Adaptive Evolution, Phylogenetics, Speciation	Botany	plant evodevo, molecular systematics	Link
Carroll, Sean	Genetics	Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Genomics	Genetics	genetics of animal development, imaging	Link
Gratton, Claudio	Entomology	Evolutionary Ecology	Entomology	Community ecolog: Evolution of host-plant specialization	Link
Jeanne, Robert	Entomology	Evolutionary Ecology	Entomology	behavior & ecology of social insects	Link
Ives, Anthony	Zoology	Evolutionary Ecology	Zoology	Community ecology; population biology; behavioral evolution	Link
Raffa, Kenneth	Entomology	Evolutionary Ecology	Entomology	forest plant-insect interactions	Link
Vander Zanden, Jake	Center for Limnology	Evolutionary Ecology		aquatic ecology, invasive species, food webs	Link
Howell, Evelyn	Landscape Architecture	Evolutionary Ecology		ecosystem conservation and restoration ecology	Link
Strier, Karen	Anthropology	Evolutionary Ecology	Anthropology	biological anthropology, conservation, primate social behavior and ecology	Link
Peckarsky, Bobbi	Zoology	Evolutionary Ecology	Zoology	behavioral ecology, population ecology, community ecology and evolutionary ecology of stream insects	Link
Andrews, John	Plant Pathology	Evolutionary Ecology, Molecular Ecology		microbial ecology; biological/integrated control of plant pathogens	Link
Goldberg, Tony	Pathobiological Sciences	Evolutionary Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics		microbial and disease evolution	Link
Peters, Andrew	Zoology	Evolutionary Ecology, Molecular Evolution, Population and Quantitative Genetics	Zoology	population genetics	Link
Gasch, Audrey	Genetics	Evolutionary Genomics	Genetics	The role, regulation, and evolution of fungal genomic expression responses to stress	Link
Yandell, Brian	Statistics	Evolutionary Genomics	Biostatistics	Statistical genetics; spatial ecological models	Link
Newton, Michael	Statistics	Evolutionary Genomics	Biostatistics	Bayesian statistical methods for biological data	Link
Dewey, Colin	Computer Sciences	Evolutionary Genomics	Biostatistics	Comparative genomics, whole-genome alignment	Link
Palmenberg, Ann	Biochemistry	Evolutionary Genomics		RNA virus molecular biology; bioinformatics and sequence analysis	Link
Perna, Nicole	Genetics	Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Evolution	Comparative Biomedical Sciences	comparative microbial genomics	Link
Goodman, Walter	Entomology	Molecular Ecology	Entomology	molecular aspects of insect endocrinology	Link
Roberts, Gary	Bacteriology	Molecular Ecology		regulatory proteins; homologous genes	Link
Brunet, Johanne	Horticulture	Molecular Ecology, Population and Quantitative Genetics	Plant Breeding/Plant Genetics	Plant population genetics; breeding systems evolution; gene flow	Link
Cox, Michael	Biochemistry	Molecular Evolution	Cellular and Molecular Biology	Molecular biology of genetic recombination and DNA repair	Link
Vierstra, Richard	Genetics	Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Genomics	Genetics	ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation in Arabidopsis	Link
Larget, Bret	Botany	Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics	Botany	Bayesian phylogenetics	Link
AnÈ, Cecile	Botany	Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics	Botany	Molecular evolution and phylogenetic methods	Link
Gargas, Andrea	Botany	Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics	Botany	fungal molecular systematics, coevolution,	Link
Sytsma, Kenneth	Botany	Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics	Botany	plant systematics	Link
Crow, Jim	Genetics	Molecular Evolution, Population and Quantitative Genetics	Genetics	Population genetics	Link
Weimer, Paul	Bacteriology	No Information	Bacteriology	Rumen microbiology, anaerobic metabolism, biopolymer degradation	Link
Hotchkiss, Sara C.	Botany	Paleontology and Macroevolution	Botany	Plant ecology; palynology	Link
Geary, Dana	Geology and Geophysics	Paleontology and Macroevolution	Geology	Paleobiology-diversification; ontogeny and evolution; paleoenvironmental reconstruction	Link
Steudel, Karen	Zoology	Paleontology and Macroevolution	Zoology	Functional morphology; mammaliam locomotion	Link
Byers, Charles	Geology and Geophysics	Paleontology and Macroevolution	Geology	Paleozoic stratigraphy of the midwest, Stratigraphy, Paleoecology	Link
Kelly, Clay	Geology and Geophysics	Paleontology and Macroevolution	Geology	Micropaleontology, foraminiferal evolution, Cenozoic paleoclimate and paleoceanography	Link
Roden, Eric	Geology and Geophysics	Paleontology and Macroevolution	Geology	Geomicrobiology, Biogeochemistry, biogeochemistry, microbial metabolism and ecology	Link
Slaughter, Richard	Geology and Geophysics	Paleontology and Macroevolution	Geology	Vertebrate Paleontology, Pleistocene paleontology and paleoclimate	Link
Graham, Linda	Botany	Paleontology and Macroevolution, Phylogenetics	Botany	origin & diversification of early land plants	Link
Spooner, David	Horticulture	Phylogenetics	Plant Breeding/Plant Genetics	plant systematics	Link
Sober, Elliott	Philosophy	Phylogenetics, Evolution in Society	Philosophy of Science	Evolutionary theory; philosophy of biology	Link
Young, Daniel	Entomology	Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Ecology	Entomology	systematics, diversity, natural history, phylogeny, and zoogeography of Coleoptera	Link
Emshwiller, Eve	Botany	Phylogenetics, Population and Quantitative Genetics	Botany	population genetics, phylogenetics	Link
Tracy, Bill	Agronomy	Population and Quantitative Genetics	Plant Breeding/Plant Genetics	Sweet corn genetics and breeding	Link
Coors, James	Agronomy	Population and Quantitative Genetics	Plant Breeding/Plant Genetics	Population and quantitative genetics, plant breeding	Link
Hawks, John	Anthropology	Population and Quantitative Genetics	Anthropology	anthropology, human evolution	Link
Yin, John	Chemical and Biological Engineering	Population and Quantitative Genetics	Chemical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Biology	Virus-host interactions, systems biology, pre-biotic chemistry	Link
Goldman, Irwin	Horticulture	Population and Quantitative Genetics	Plant Breeding/Plant Genetics	plant breeding	Link
Kaeppler, Shawn	Agronomy	Population and Quantitative Genetics	Plant Breeding/Plant Genetics	understanding the molecular basis of quantitative genetic variation.	Link
Gianola, Daniel	Animal Science	Population and Quantitative Genetics		Statistical problems in quantitative genetics and animal breeding	Link
Doebley, John	Genetics	Population and Quantitative Genetics, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Genomics	Genetics	genetic basis of maize morphological evolution	Link
Berres, Mark	Animal Sciences	Population and Quantitative Genetics, Phylogenetics		avian biology	Link