Ecology, Evolution and Genomics in Changing Environments

Ecology, Evolution, and Genomics in Changing Environments
Training in Integrative Biology - Supported by the U.S. Department of Education

Faculty

	Significant expertise in EEG resides within the GAANN training group over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales and biological levels of organization. Long-standing research programs in ecology, evolution, and genomics are addressing critical problems and providing solutions to both local and national needs.The Ecology, Evolution and Genomics program involves 16 faculty from multiple disciplines within the Division of Biology. They fall within five themes listed below. Click on the themes to learn more.
	Molecular and Physiological Basis for Organismal Adaptation Loretta Johnson - Ecotypic differentiation, genetic variation in the prairie grass Andropogon Ted Morgan - Drosophila quantitative genomics and thermal tolerance, statistical analyses Jesse Nippert - Physiological ecology and adaptation in grasses Kathrin Schrick - Regulation of gene expression in plants by steroids: integrative genomics Genetic Architecture of Speciation Susan Brown - Evolution of gene networks regulating insect development, Bioinformatics Carolyn Ferguson - Evolutionary genetics, speciation and hybridization in Phlox Mark Ungerer - Transposons and Speciation in Sunflowers Population Structure of Grassland Species and Conservation Genetics Brett Sandercock - Demography of terrestrial vertebrates, behavioral ecology of social systems Samantha Wisely - Population genomics responses to land use and cover changes, conservation genetics Craig Paukert - Dynamics of riverine fish populations Metagenomics and the Role of Species Interactions in Community Ecology David Hartnett - Role of mycorhizzae in community interactions, bud dormancy Anthony Joern - Arthropod food web interactions and community dynamics Ari Jumpponen - Host-fungus interaction genomics and microbial metagenomics Michael Herman - Nematode community ecological genomics and environmental change Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in Ecosystem Ecology John Blair - Ecosystem nutrient dynamics John Briggs - Ecosystem ecology; invasive species Walter Dodds - Aquatic ecosystem ecology Keith Gido - Consumer regulation of aquatic ecosystems