Research interests of the faculty in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

ARTHUR C. BENKE , Ph.D., University of Georgia, Professor. Ecology of freshwater insects and other invertebrates.

 

JON BENSTEAD, Ph.D., University of Georgia, Assistant Professor. Community and ecosystem ecology of streams and rivers.

 

JULIA CHERRY, Ph.D., University of Alabama, Assistant Professor (New College and Biological Sciences). Ecology of wetland vascular plants and wetland ecosystems

 

JOHN L. CLARK, Ph.D., George Washington University, Assistant Professor. Systematics, floral diversification, and Gesneriaceae taxonomy.

 

ROBERT FINDLAY , Ph.D., Florida State University, Associate Professor, Bishop Professor of Freshwater Biology, and Chair of the Graduate Committee. Ecosystem and microbial ecology.

 

PHILLIP HARRIS , Ph.D., Oregon State University, Assistant Professor. Molecular systematics and conservation genetics of freshwater fishes.

 

ALEX HURYN , Ph.D., University of Georgia, Associate Professor. Aquatic entomology and stream ecology.

 

JUAN LOPEZ-BAUTISTA , Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor. Molecular systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of marine algae.

 

BEHZAD MORTAZAVI, Ph.D. Florida State University. Senior Marine Scientist, DISL, Assistant Professor and Director of The University of Alabama M.S. Degree Program in Marine Science. Transfer and cycling of bioreactive material in terrestrial and marine ecosystems; natural perturbation and anthropogenic effects on biogeochemical cycles.

 

JULIE OLSON, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Associate Professor. Marine microbial ecology.

 

MARTHA J. POWELL , Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor. Development and systematics of aquatic fungi and protists.

 

LESLIE J. RISSLER , Ph.D., University of Virginia, Assistant Professor. Comparative phylogeography, conservation genetics, and ecology of North American amphibians.

 

GREG STARR, Ph.D., Florida International University, Assistant Professor. Plant Physiological Ecology and Ecosystems carbon and water dynamics.

 

AMELIA K. WARD , Ph.D., Michigan State University, Professor. Freshwater microbial ecology.

 

G. MILTON WARD , Ph.D., Michigan State University, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Dynamics of organic matter in aquatic systems; aquatic insect ecology.