EEB Faculty

This is a listing restricted to the faculty of the EEB Department. Please contact Kathy Tebo to report inaccuracies or omissions.

 

		Adams, Eldridge (Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 205A Phone: (860) 486-5894 E-mail: eldridge.adams@uconn.edu	Ecology, behavior and genetics of social insects, especially ants and termites; behavioral mechanisms in ecology; social behavior, territory defense and communication.

 

		Anderson, Gregory (Professor)
		Office: TLS 381 Phone: (860) 486-4555 E-mail: gregory.anderson@uconn.edu	Systematics and evolution of vascular plants, especially tropical Solanaceae; pollination and reproductive biology; evolution of domesticated plants; ethnobotany.

 

		Bush, Andrew (Assistant Professor)
		Office: TLS 472 Phone: (860) 486-9359 E-mail: andrew.bush@uconn.edu	Paleobiology, including Phanerozoic trends in ecospace utilization and biodiversity; gradient analyses of patchy paleoecologic distributions; and stratigraphy and extinction in the Late Devonian of the Appalachian Basin.

 

		Caira, Janine (Professor)
		Office: TLS 483 Phone: (860) 486-4060 E-mail: janine.caira@uconn.edu	Morphology, taxonomy, systematics and evolution of platyhelminths, especially tapeworms of sharks and rays.

 

		Chazdon, Robin (Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 205C Phone: (860) 486-4057 E-mail: robin.chazdon@uconn.edu	Functional ecology of plants; photosynthesis and growth responses to light variation; tropical forest ecology, succession and management.

 

		Coe, Felix (Assistant Professor)
		Office: West Hartford / TLS 304 Phone: (860) 570-9254 / (860) 486-5522 E-mail: felix.coe@uconn.edu	Ethnobotany; systematics and floristics of New World Piperaceae; floristics of Mesoamerica and southeastern United States; tropical forest ecology.

 

		Colwell, Robert (Professor)
		Office: TLS 375 Phone: (860) 486-4395 E-mail: robert.colwell@uconn.edu	Community ecology; species interactions and coevolution, especially among arthropods and plants; species diversity and biogeography; population structure, speciation and evolution.

 

		Crespi, Jean (Associate Professor)
		Office:  Phone: (860) 486-4372 E-mail: jean.crespi@uconn.edu	Structural Geology and Tectonics

 

		Desch, Clifford (Professor)
		Office: Hartford Phone: (860) 570-9217 E-mail: clifford.desch_jr@uconn.edu	Acarology; taxonomy and anatomy of Demodecidae; anatomy of scabies mites.

 

		Elphick, Chris (Assistant Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 300A Phone: (860) 486-4547 E-mail: chris.elphick@uconn.edu	Avian conservation biology and ecology. In particular, conservation in agricultural settings, large-scale conservation planning, and the behavior of dispersal.

 

		Fry, Adam (Lecturer)
		Office: TLS 308 Phone: (860) 486-4689 E-mail: adam.fry@uconn.edu

 

		Goffinet, Bernard (Associate Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 300 Phone: (860) 486-5290 E-mail: bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu	Systematics of bryophytes and lichenized fungi; evolution of spore dispersal mechanisms and breeding systems in mosses; evolution of multiple symbioses and photomorphism in lichens.

 

		Henry, Charles (Professor)
		Office: TLS 479 Phone: (860) 486-4450 E-mail: charles.henry@uconn.edu	Insect behavior and evolution; processes of speciation; behavior, morphology and systematics of Neuroptera; life history, courtship, and communication in lacewings; acoustic behavior of insects.

 

		Holsinger, Kent (Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 305A Phone: (860) 486-4059 E-mail: kent.holsinger@uconn.edu	Theoretical population genetics; plant population genetics and evolution; evolution of plant mating systems; conservation biology; plant systematics; molecular evolution.

 

		Jockusch, Elizabeth (Associate Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 305B Phone: (860) 486-4452 E-mail: elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu	Phenotypic evolution; particularly evolution of development and evolution of phenotypic plasticity in basal insects and salamanders; systematics.

 

		Jones, Cynthia (Associate Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 400 Phone: (860) 486-4150 E-mail: cynthia.s.jones@uconn.edu	Development and morphological evolution in vascular plants; plant structure and function; developmental basis of plasticity; developmental phenology and ecology of forest herbs.

 

		Les, Donald (Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 305C Phone: (860) 486-5703 E-mail: don.les@uconn.edu	Angiosperm systematics; phylogeny, evolution, and reproductive biology of aquatic angiosperms; molecular evolution; genetic consequences of plant rarity.

 

		Lewis, Louise (Associate Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 200 Phone: (860) 486-6723 E-mail: louise.lewis@uconn.edu	Systematics and evolution of green algae, especially terrestrial forms; phylogeny of basal green plants; diversity of desert algae.

 

		Lewis, Paul (Associate Professor)
		Office: TLS 166A Phone: (860) 486-2069 E-mail: paul.lewis@uconn.edu	Phylogenetic theory and methodology; analysis of discrete genetic data, including allelic and nucleotide sequence data; phylogenetic applications of genetic algorithms; angiosperm systematics.

 

		Likens, Gene (Distinguished Research Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 600A Phone: (860) 486-0367 E-mail: likensg@ecostudies.org

 

		Philbrick, Paula (Lecturer)
		Office: Waterbury Campus 306 Phone: (203) 236-9845 E-mail: paula.philbrick@uconn.edu	Marine seaweeds and biofilms.

 

		Rubega, Margaret (Associate Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 500 Phone: (860) 486-4502 E-mail: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu	Avian functional and evolutionary morphology, especially of feeding structures; feeding mechanics; functional aspects of behavior; ecology; conservation biology.

 

		Schaefer, Carl (Professor)
		Office: TLS 377 Phone: (860) 486-4455 E-mail: carl.schaefer@uconn.edu	Insect systematics; family-group systematicws and phylogeny of Heteroptera; insect morphology and evolution.

 

		Schlichting, Carl (Professor)
		Office: TLS 366 Phone: (860) 486-4056 E-mail: carl.schlichting@uconn.edu	Phenotypic evolution; ecology and evolution of phenotypic plasticity and reaction norms; evolution of plant breeding systems.

 

		Schultz, Eric (Associate Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 205B Phone: (860) 486-4692 E-mail: eric.schultz@uconn.edu	Evolutionary ecology, physiological ecology, and population biology, especially of fishes; adaptation in life history traits; ecology of larval fishes.

 

		Schwenk, Kurt (Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 600 Phone: (860) 486-0351 E-mail: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu	Evolution of form and function; evolultionary and functional morphology of amphibians, reptiles and mammals; evolution of feeding and chemosensory systems in squamate reptiles.

 

		Silander, Jr., John (Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 205D Phone: (860) 486-2168 E-mail: john.silander_jr@uconn.edu	Plant ecology and evolution; experimental plant population and community ecology; plant competition; ecological genetics; conservation biology; ecology of invasives.

 

		Simon, Chris (Professor)
		Office: BioPharm 305D Phone: (860) 486-4640 E-mail: chris.simon@uconn.edu	Molecular evolution and systematics using insects as model organisms; rates of evolution related to molecular processes in mitichondrial DNA; reconstructing evolutionary patterns.

 

		Taigen, Theodore (Associate Professor)
		Office: TLS 184/Gampel Phone: (860) 486-4154 E-mail: theodore.taigen@uconn.edu	Physiological ecology; exercise physiology of lower vertebrates; metabolic correlates of amphibian behavior.

 

		Thorson, Robert (Professor)
		Office: TLS 83/Beach Hall Phone: (860) 486-1396 E-mail: robert.thorson@uconn.edu	Glacial and Quaternary geology; geomorphology; archaeological geology; applied surficial geology.

 

		Trumbo, Stephen (Associate Professor)
		Office: SE-21, Waterbury / TLS 83 Phone: (203) 236-9878 E-mail: trumbo@uconn.edu	Evolution of parental and social behavior, especially of insects; behavioral endocrinology; division of labor in social insects; community ecology.

 

		Turchin, Peter (Professor)
		Office: TLS 462 Phone: (860) 486-3603 E-mail: peter.turchin@uconn.edu	Theoretical ecology, especially interactions between models and data; movement and spatial population dynamics; complex dynamics in natural populations.

 

		Wagner, David (Professor)
		Office: TLS 471 Phone: (860) 486-2139 E-mail: david.wagner@uconn.edu	Systematics; phylogenetics, especially of the Lepidoptera; insect behavior and ecology; invertebrate conservation.

 

		Ward, J. Evan (Adjunct)
		Office:  Phone:  E-mail: evan.ward@uconn.edu

 

		Wells, Kentwood (Department Head)
		Office: TLS 380 Phone: (860) 486-4454 E-mail: kentwood.wells@uconn.edu	Social behavior of vertebrates, especially amphibians; aggressive behavior, mating systems, parental care and vocal communication of frogs; energetics of vocalization in frogs.

 

		Willig, Michael (Professor)
		Office: Building 4 Annex, Room 162 Phone: (860) 486-1455 E-mail: michael.willig@uconn.edu	Behavioral Ecology, Biogeography, Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Disturbance Ecology, Macroecology, Mammalogy, Morphometrics, Theoretical Ecology

 

		Yarish, Charles (Professor)
		Office: 360, Stamford Campus Phone: (203) 251-8432 E-mail: charles.yarish@uconn.edu	Marine phycology; aquaculture; ecophysiology, phytogeography and population ecology of benthic marine algae and submerged aquatic vegetation.

Emeritus

		DiCecco, Dorothea (Professor Emeritus)
		Office: Waterbury Phone: (860) 236-9877 E-mail: dorothea.dicecco@uconn.edu

		Rettenmeyer, Carl (Professor Emeritus)
		Office: TLS 374 Phone:  E-mail: crett@sbcglobal.net

		Trainor, Francis (Professor Emeritus)
		Office: TLS 302 Phone: (860) 486-4151 E-mail: francis.trainor@uconn.edu

		Webster, Terry (Professor Emeritus)
		Office: TLS 370 Phone: (860) 486-4155 E-mail: terry.webster@uconn.edu

Research Scientists

		Cardon, Zoe (Research Scientist)
		Office: TLS 180B Phone: (508) 289-7473 E-mail: zcardon@mbl.edu	Ecosystem and plant physiological ecology,especially the influence of rhizodeposition on terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycling; plant function in fluctuating environments.

		Wells, Marta (Research Scientist)
		Office: TLS 218 Phone: (860) 486-4550 E-mail: marta.wells@uconn.edu	Evolutionary biology, molecular evolution, speciation on green lacewings (Neuroptera), courtship song behavior

Adjunct Faculty

Canham, Charles (Adjunct Professor)
Office: IES Phone: (845) 677-5343 E-mail: ccanham@ecostudies.org	Spatially explicit dynamics of forest ecosystems; Canopy-understory interactions; Effects of vertebrate consumers on forest dynamics; Linkages between tree population dynamics and forest ecosystem processes.

Dam, Hans (Adjunct Professor)
Office: Avery Point Campus Phone: (860) 405-9098 E-mail: hans.dam@uconn.edu

Dierssen, Heidi (Associate Professor in Residence)
Office:  Phone:  (860) 405-9086 E-mail: heidi.dierssen@uconn.edu

Gogarten, J. Peter (Adjunct Professor)
Office: BSP 404 Phone: (860) 486-4061 E-mail: j.p.gogarten@uconn.edu	Horizontal gene transfer; origin of eukaryotes and gene families; among site rate variation, dating, and artifacts in phylogenetic reconstruction; evolution of structure and function of proton pumping ATPases; inteins.

Goldman, Bruce (Adjunct Professor)
Office: TLS 364 / 180 and 180A Phone: (860) 486-2984 E-mail: bruce.goldman@uconn.edu

Lin, Senjie (Adjunct Professor)
Office: Avery Point Campus Phone: (860) 405-9168 E-mail: senjie.lin@uconn.edu	My research is focused on three aspects of marine phytoplankton and heterotrophic dinoflagellates: 1) using molecular techniques to study growth rate (i.e. cell division rate) and ecological adaptation; 2) cell-environment communication and environme

McManus, George (Adjunct Professor)
Office: Avery Point Campus Phone: (860) 405-9164 E-mail: george.mcmanus@uconn.edu	Protozoan ecology, especially trophic roles of protozoa and other microzooplankton; bacterioplankton growth and mortality; phytoplankton pigments.

Ortega, Morty (Adjunct Professor)
Office:  Phone: (860) 486-0161 E-mail: morty.ortega@uconn.edu

Ostfeld, Richard (Adjunct Professor)
Office:  Phone: (845) 677-5343 E-mail: rostfeld@ecostudies.org	Community ecology; Herbivore-plant interactions; Behavioral, population, and community ecology of mammals; Ecology of infectious diseases; Animal population dynamics.

Pickett, Steward (Adjunct Professor)
Office:  Phone: (845) 677-5343 E-mail: picketts@ecostudies.org	Role of spatial heterogeneity in community structure and dynamics; urban ecosystems; succession; function of landscape boundaries.

Whitlatch, Robert (Adjunct Professor)
Office: TLS 83 Phone: (860) 405-9154 E-mail: robert.whitlatch@uconn.edu	Marine benthic population and community ecology; how abiotic and biotic processes influence the distribution and composition of populations and communities.

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