Co-Directors
Amanda StronzaProfessor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology |
Lee FitzgeraldProfessor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology |
Program Coordinator
Heather BaldiApplied Biodiversity Science Program / Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Doctoral Program Office: 534 John Kimbrough Blvd, WFES 206, |
Participating Faculty
Christian BrannstromProfessor and Director of Environmental Programs, Dept. of Geography |
Donald BrightsmithAssistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Pathobiology |
Jacquelyn GraceAssistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Conservation Biology |
Burak GuneralpResearch Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography |
Luis HurtadoAssociate Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology |
Wendy JepsonAssociate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Dept. of Geography Research Focus: Human impacts on the environment; the political economy of agricultural development; environmental justice issues |
Gerard KyleProfessor, Dept. of Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management Research Focus: Understanding the human dimensions of natural resource management |
Thomas E. Lacher, Jr.Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: Analysis and monitoring of large-scale patterns and trends in biodiversity, primarily in the tropics |
Michelle LawingAssistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Conservation Biology Research Focus: Using methods and models from modern ecology and evolutionary biology, combined with evidence from the fossil record, to inform our understanding of how species and communities respond to environmental change through time |
Mariana MateosAssociate Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: Evolutionary biology with interests that span population genetics, phylogenetics, phylogeography, conservation biology, functional and comparative genomics |
Bill RogersProfessor, Dept. of Ecology and Conservation Biolody Research Focus: Ecological restoration and biodiversity, plant population and community ecology, invasive and endangered species ecology, and fire and disturbance ecology |
Kirk WinemillerRegents Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: Community ecology, fish ecology, fish evolution, and ecosystem ecology in freshwater and estuarine habitats |
Richard WoodwardProfessor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics Research Focus: Environmental and resource economics |
Jessica YorzinskiAssistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: sensory ecology, animal communication, conservation |
In Memoriam
Gary VarnerProfessor, Dept. of Philosophy Research Focus: Theories of environmental ethics and animal welfare & animal rights, and their implications for conservation and wildlife management. |