Department of Biological Sciences

It is intriguing how despite common microbial recognition motives, some microbes are able to...

Female reproductive physiology, female reproductive impact on aging particularly ovarian...

Systematics, Bryology, Plant Evolution, Biogeography, Speciation, Floristics, Plant Ecology,...

Developmental and behavioral genetics - specifically, the effects of ethanol on development and...

Insect Biodiversity Biological Control Forensic Entomology Insect Behavior Molecular Taxonomy...

Plant ecology, especially reproductive and physiological ecology. Conservation, invasive plants,...

Macroevolutionary patterns and processes in primate evolution, particularly the effects of...

My research explores how organisms living in a highly variable environment, the rocky intertidal...

Bacterial molecular pathogenesis, epidemiology of infectious disease, molecular diagnostic...

The focus of the research in my laboratory is to better characterize the diversity of bacteria...

My research interests lie in the area of environmental microbiology and microbial diversity....

Physiological ecology of birds and mammals, with particular emphasis on marine species....

Physiology and genetics of methylotrophic bacteria. We use systems biology approaches along...

Neurobiology and Evolution of Inner Ear Sensors

We are interested in the molecular and genetic mechanisms of neural development and behavior in...

My lab uses an isolated muscle-nerve preparation to study sensory plasticity. Muscles contain...