Faculty
All OEB faculty are listed below. To help applicants to our graduate program locate a faculty sponsor, the faculty list can be filtered by four broad research areas.
Click on any OEB faculty member's name to view their contact information on our directory page.
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Adler, Lynn Associate Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Plant-Animal interactions |
| Albertson, Craig Assistant Professor Biology |
Evolutionary Developmental Biology |
| Alpert, Peter Professor Biology |
Invasive species, clonal plants, dessication tolerance and conservation and development |
| Averill, Anne Associate Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Insect-plant interactions |
| Baskin, Tobias Associate Professor Biology |
Growth and morphogenesis of plants |
| Bellemare, Jesse Assistant Professor Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Plant ecology, biogeography and evolution |
| Bittman, Eric L. Professor Biology |
Neural basis of circadian rhythms and photoperiodism |
| Blanchard, Jeffrey Associate Professor Microbiology |
Ecology and evolution of microbial communities with a particular emphasis on forest soil communities and gut microbiomes. |
| Blaustein, Jeffrey D. Professor Psychology |
Mammalian neuroendocrinology and behavioral endocrinology |
| Bradley, Bethany Assistant Professor Environmental Conservation |
Biogeography and global change ecology |
| Braun, Barry Associate Professor Kinesiology |
Metabolic regulation in humans |
| Brennan, Patricia L. Research Assistant Professor Biology |
Sexual conflict, sexual selection, vertebrate reproduction |
| Bubier, Jill Associate Professor Environmental Science, Mount Holyoke College |
Carbon cycling in northern wetlands |
| Buonaccorsi, John Professor Mathematics and Statistics |
Statistical theory, methods and applcations, Quantitative ecology |
| Byers, Bruce Associate Professor Biology |
Acoustic communication in birds |
| Caicedo, Ana L. Assistant Professor Biology |
Plant molecular evolution and evolutionary genomics |
| Caldwell, Graham Associate Professor Kinesiology |
Muscle mechanics and modeling in human motor performance |
| Castro-Santos, Ted Adjunct Assistant Professor Biology |
Swimming performance and passage at barriers |
| Clotfelter, Ethan D. Associate Professor Biology, Amherst College |
Reproductive behavior of birds and fishes |
| Cooley, Daniel R. Associate Professor Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences |
Plant disease ecology and plant disease management. |
| Coombs, Margery C. Professor Biology |
Vertebrate paleontology |
| Cox Fernandes, Cristina Adjunct Research Associate Professor Biology |
Community ecology, sexual dimorphism, morphology and taxonomy of electric fish |
| DeStefano, Stephen Research Professor Environmental Conservation |
Population ecology, habitat relationships, suburban-wildlife, human-wildlife interactions |
| DeVries, Geert J. Professor Psychology |
Mechanisms and functional significance of sexual differentiation of the brain |
| Dorit, Robert L. Associate Professor Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Molecular evolution; comparative & statistical approaches to molecular & genome evolution |
| Downes, Gerald B. Assistant Professor Biology |
Development and function of spinal cord networks |
| Dumont, Elizabeth (Betsy) Professor Biology |
Mammalian morphology and evolution |
| Elkinton, Joseph S. Professor Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences |
Population dynamics of gypsy moths; forest entomology |
| Ellison, Aaron Senior Research Fellow Harvard Forest |
Community ecology |
| Finn, John Professor Environmental Conservation |
Mathematical modeling of populations and ecosystems |
| Fuller, Todd K. Professor Environmental Conservation |
Mammalian population ecology and natural history |
| Gill, Cynthia Assistant Professor Natural Sciences, Hampshire College |
Neuroendocrinology of the developing brain |
| Gillis, Gary B. Associate Professor Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College |
Biomechanics and neuromuscular control of vertebrate locomotion |
| Godfrey, Laurie R. Professor Anthropology |
Primatology, paleontology and evolutionary theory |
| Goodwin, Steven Dean, Natural Sciences Microbiology |
Microbial ecology and biodegradation of natural and synthetic polymers |
| Griffin, Curtice R. Professor Environmental Conservation |
Wildlife ecology and conservation |
| Hamill, Joseph Professor Kinesiology |
Biomechanics of human locomotion |
| Haro, Alex Adjunct Assistant Professor Environmental Conservation |
Fish behavior and migration; fish passage |
| Hood, Michael E. Associate Professor Biology, Amherst College |
Evolutionary forces that shape systems of inheritance and disease transmission |
| Hoopes, Martha Associate Professor Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College |
Conservation biology, invasion dynamics, spatial modeling |
| Houlihan, Peter Senior Lecturer Biology |
Vertebrate behavioral ecology and conservation biology |
| Irschick, Duncan Professor Biology |
Functional morphology, evolution and behavioral ecology |
| Jakob, Elizabeth Professor Psychology |
Animal behavior, especially perception, learning, and social behavior |
| Jensen, Abigail Associate Professor Biology |
Genetic control of retina development and disease in zebrafish |
| Johnson, Norman Adjunct Research Assistant Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Evolutionary genetics |
| Karlstrom, Rolf Professor Biology |
Developmental neurobiology; axon guidance and forebrain patterning |
| Katz, Laura Elsie Damon Simonds Professor Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Genome evolution and biodiversity studies of microbial eukaryotes |
| Kelty, Matthew Professor Environmental Conservation |
Forest ecology and management |
| Kent-Braun, Jane Professor Kinesiology |
Muscle physiology |
| King, David Adjunct Research Assistant Professor Environmental Conservation |
Forest wildlife management |
| Kunkel, Joseph Professor Biology |
Developmental physiology |
| Lacreuse, Agnes Assistant Professor Psychology |
Effects of sex hormones on cognition in young and aged nonhuman primates |
| Lavine, Michael Professor Mathematics & Statistics |
Statistics |
| Leckie, Mark Professor Geosciences |
Foraminiferal paleoecology and evolutionary history; paleoceanography |
| Letcher, Benjamin Adjunct Associate Professor Environmental Conservation |
Population ecology of anadromous fish |
| Ma, Li-Jun Assistant Professor Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences |
Genome evolution and organism adaptation using comparative genomics |
| Marcotrigiano, Michael Botanic Garden Director Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Plant development |
| Margulis, Lynn Distinguished Professor Geosciences |
Microbial evolution and organelle heredity |
| Mather, Martha Research Associate Professor Environmental Conservation |
Fisheries ecology |
| McCormick, Stephen D. Adjunct Professor Biology |
Physiology and endocrinology of migratory fishes |
| McGarigal, Kevin Professor Environmental Conservation |
Wildlife/landscape ecology and ecosystem management |
| Melvin, Scott Adjunct Assistant Professor Environmental Conservation |
Endangered species and wetlands wildlife |
| Miller, Jill Associate Professor Biology, Amherst College |
Ecology and evolution of plant sexual systems |
| Nüsslein, Klaus Associate Professor Microbiology |
Microbial ecology of terrestrial and aquatic environments |
| Nislow, Keith Adjunct Assistant Professor Environmental Conservation |
Ecology and conservation biology of stream fishes and invertebrates |
| Normark, Benjamin Associate Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Evolution of alternative genetic systems in insects |
| Novak, Melinda Professor Psychology |
Behavior of microtines and primates |
| Partan, Sarah R. Associate Professor Cognitive Science, Hampshire College |
Visual and acoustic communication in mammals |
| Patek, Sheila Assistant Professor Biology |
Evolutionary biomechanics of movement and communication |
| Podos, Jeffrey Professor Biology |
Mechanisms and evolution of vertebrate behavior, bioacoustics |
| Pope, Denise Visiting Assistant Professor Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College |
Behavioral ecology and evolution; communicatiion and mating behavior in arthropods |
| Porter, Adam H. Associate Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Conservation ecology of lepidoptera; evolution of development, biostatistics and bioinformatics |
| Rachootin, Stan P. Professor Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College |
Evolution and development, history of evolutionary theory |
| Remage-Healey, Luke Assistant Professor Psychology |
Neural basis of behavior |
| Rich, Stephen Associate Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Medical zoology and evolutionary genetics |
| Richmond, Alan Lecturer/Curator Biology |
Phylogeography of New England amphibians and reptiles |
| Riley, Margaret (Peg) Professor Biology |
Microbial molecular evolution and ecology |
| Ross, Charles Assistant Professor Evolutionary Biology, Hampshire College |
Eological and evolutionary genetics of hybrid zones and speciation |
| Searcy, Karen Lecturer/Curator of Herbarium Biology |
Reproductive ecology of plants |
| Sievert, Paul R. Research Associate Professor Environmental Conservation |
Conservation biology, physiological ecology and biostatistics |
| Smith, L. David Professor Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Ecology and evolution of marine predator-prey interactions |
| Stoffolano, John G. Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Insect behavior; Reproductive physiology and behavior of blowflies |
| Temeles, Ethan J. Professor Biology, Amherst College |
Hummingbird-flower coevolution; Sexual dimorphism |
| Tilley, Stephen G. Professor Emeritus Biological Sciences, Smith College |
Genetic differentiation and speciation in salamanders |
| Umberger, Brian R. Assistant Professor Kinesiology |
Biomechanics and energetics of hominin locomotion |
| Van Driesche, Roy G. Research Associate Professor Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences |
Population dynamics and biological control of insects |
| Walker, Elsbeth Professor Biology |
Epigenetic mechanisms in plants |
| Warren, Paige S. Associate Professor Environmental Conservation |
Animal communication, urban ecology, human-environment interactions |
| Whiteley, Andrew Assistant Professor Environmental Conservation |
Conservation genetics and evolutionary ecology of fishes |
| Zoeller, R. Thomas Professor Biology |
Environmental endocrine disrupters |
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