Faculty
John Bates, Field Museum
Genetic structure and evolution of tropical birds, historical biogeography, conservation biology.
Joy Bergelson, University of Chicago
Ecology and evolution of resistance in plants, plant-enemy interactions, coevolution.
Rüdiger Bieler, Field Museum
Molluscan evolutionary biology, phylogenetic systematics, invertebrate anatomy.
John R. Bolt, Field Museum
Early diversification of tetrapods, particularly amphibians, of late Paleozoic age (ca. 360 to 270 million years before present); systematics; comparative and functional morphology; biogeography.
Justin Borevitz, University of Chicago
Quantitative and population genetic approaches in Arabidopsis thaliana are used to dissect local and regional phenotypic variation. What genes and what alleles explain differential survival (germination/elongation) and reproduction (flowering time) in the field? Are these new variants or new combinations of existing polymorphisms?
C. Kevin Boyce, University of Chicago
Paleobotany; geochemistry of fossils; early terrestrial life; evolution of morphology, development, and physiology.
Michael Coates, University of Chicago
Early vertebrate diversity and evolution, comparative anatomy and interrelationships of acanthodians, and the morphology and systematics of sparid teleosts.
Jerry Coyne, University of Chicago
Experimental population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological genetics, molecular evolution.
Greg Dwyer, University of Chicago
Disease ecology, spatial ecology, population genetics, animal behavior and conservation biology.
Martin Feder, University of Chicago
Evolutionary and ecological functional genomics of heat-shock proteins and the heat-shock response in Drosophila; heat-shock protein-mediated protection of development against environmental stress; evolutionary physiology.
Michael Foote, University of Chicago
Large-scale evolutionary patterns, morphological diversification, evolutionary rates.
Lance Grande, Field Museum
Phylogenetic interrelationships, historical biogeography of fossil and living actinopterygian fishes.
Shannon Hackett, Field Museum
Avian molecular systematics and evolution, neotropical biogeography, phylogenetic analysis.
Lawrence R. Heaney, Field Museum
Mammalian evolution and ecology, evolutionary biogeography, origin and maintenance of patterns of biological diversity, conservation biology, tropical biology.
Robert Ho, University of Chicago
Evolutionary developmental biology of teleost fish: Axis formation, segmentation, Limb development and Morphogenesis.
Richard Hudson, University of Chicago
Population genetics theory and the analyis of molecular variation within and between populations.
David Jablonski, University of Chicago, Chair
Macroevolution; paleobiology; evolutionary paleoecology, especially in marine invertebrates.
Susan Kidwell, University of Chicago
Fossilization processes and their conseqences for the nature of the fossil record, especially the ecological fidelity of fossil communities; also marine invertebrate paleoecology and sedimentary geology.
Michael C. LaBarbera, University of Chicago
Biomechanics, especially in marine invertebrates including bizarre extinct forms.
Robert C. Lacy, Brookfield Zoo
Genetic management of endangered species, in- and out-breeding depression, evolution in structured populations.
Bruce Lahn, University of Chicago
Human evolutionary genetics, mammalian genetics/genomics, developmental genetics, and stem cell biology.
Wen-Hsiung Li, University of Chicago
Molecular evolution, including experimental studies and statistical analysis of DNA and protein sequence data. Evolutionary and computational genomics, and bioinformatics.
Scott Lidgard, Field Museum
Evolution and ecology of cheilostome bryozoans, particularly the relationships of colonial growth and form; evolutionary paleoecology and the resolution of large-scale patterns in the fossil record; angiosperm diversification and Cretaceous floristic trends.
R. Eric Lombard, University of Chicago
Comparative, functional, and evolutionary studies on feeding and sensory adaptations in lower vertebrates.
Manyuan Long, University of Chicago
Molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics.
Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Lincoln Park Zoo
Animal behavior, with interests in animal cognition, social learning, infant development, mother-infant interactions, sex differences in behavior and the interface of conservation and behavior.
Christopher Lowe, University of Chicago
Evolution of development, nervous system evolution, and body plan evolution during early deuterostome evolution.
Thorsten Lumbsch, Field Museum
Main research interests include evolution of fungi belonging to Ascomycota, especially lichen-forming fungi and their diversity, with focus on groups with centres of distribution in the tropics and southern Hemisphere. A wide array of methods is employed, including micromorphological, developmental, chemical and molecular approaches.
Dario Maestripieri, University of Chicago
Neuroendocrine, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of social behavior in primates.
Peter Makovicky, Field Museum
Systematics and evolution of archosaurs, especially dinosaurs; Mesozoic biogeography and faunal evolution.
Sue Margulis, Lincoln Park Zoo
The effects of the captive environment on behavior and reproduction; behavioral development and parental care in mammals.
Robert D. Martin, Field Museum
Evolutionary biology, paleontology and conservation of primates.
Jill Mateo, University of Chicago
Mechanisms, genetics and functions of kin recognition, nepotism and mate choice in small mammals; MHC; predator-prey interactions and development of survival behaviors; sexual selection; behavioral endocrinology; paternity.
Martha McClintock, University of Chicago
Pheromonal communication, social behavior and the regulation of fertility, behavioral and environmental modulation of immune function and susceptibility to disease, ethology of reproduction in domestic and wild Rattus norvegicus.
R. Michael Miller, Argonne National Laboratory
Soil ecology, mycorrhiza, restoration ecology. I am interested in the mechanisms of how mycorrhizal fungi influence the ability of plants to adapt to climate forcing factors and atmospheric pollutants (CO2, water, warming, Ozone).
Gregory M. Mueller, Associate Chair; Field Museum
Systematics, population biology, biogeography, and ecology of fungi.
Salikoko Mufwene, University of Chicago
Language evolution: the birth of new language varieties, the sustained vitality and spread of many, and the loss of many others.
Thomas Nagylaki, University of Chicago
Theoretical population biology, especially geographical variation; gene conversion in multi-gene families; random genetic drift; natural selection.
Bruce Patterson, Field Museum
Historical and insular biogeography, systematics and niche relationships of mammals, distribution and abundance.
Cathy Pfister, University of Chicago
Marine population ecology, models in ecology, dynamics of exploited populations, interactions among species, ecology of marine algae.
Trevor D. Price, University of Chicago
Speciation, sexual selection, community ecology, phylogeny, biogeography of Indian birds.
Victoria Prince, University of Chicago
Mechanisms of patterning the anterior-posterior body axis during development of zebrafish and other teleosts, using molecular, cellular and comparative approaches.
Jonathan Pritchard, University of Chicago
Population genetics, complex trait mapping, development of statistical methods for analyzing genetic variation within and between populations.
Stephen Pruett-Jones, University of Chicago
Sexual selection, evolution of mating systems, communication, population biology of birds, introduced species, damselflies.
Richard Ree, Field Museum
Flowering plant evolution and systematics, phylogenetic and macroevolutionary theory, biodiversity informatics.
Olivier Rieppel, Field Museum
Phylogeny of Mesozoic marine reptiles.
Callum Ross, University of Chiacago
Evolutionary morphology and biomechanics of the skull.
Ilya Ruvinsky, University of Chicago
Evolution of development, particularly the origin and diversification of the nervous system and evolution of transcriptional regulation (using C. elegans as a primary model organism); Comparative and computational genomics; Molecular evolution.
Urs Schmidt-Ott, University of Chicago
Comparative developmental genetics in Diptera; evolution of transcriptional gene regulation; subcellular transport of mRNAs in evolution; evolution of extraembryonic tissues.
Paul C. Sereno, University of Chicago
Fossils, phylogenetic analysis, biogeography, dinosaur and avian radiations, molecular evolution.
Neil Shubin, University of Chicago
Mechanisms behind the evolutionary origin of new anatomical features and faunas.
Petra Sierwald, Field Museum
Taxon-oriented research, specializing in the non-Insect terrestrial arthropods. Systematic, biogeographic, and evolutionary research focuses on the various spider families. Work on the class Diplopoda (millipedes) centers on higher classification.
Douglas Stotz, Field Museum
Conservation ecology; the distribution, evolution, ecology and behavior of birds.
William Turnbull, Field Museum
Paleontology; Mammalian systematics, evolution, ecology and zoogeography; Functional morphology of mammalian jaws and teeth; Paleopathology; Taphonomy; group origins and replacements.
Russell Tuttle, University of Chicago
Field and experimental laboratory studies pertaining to the evolution of primate morphology, locomotion, and other behaviors; paleoanthropology; history of theories on hominoid evolution and of social prejudice in physical anthropology.
Leigh Van Valen, University of Chicago
Macroevolution, macroecology, fossil mammals, evolution of biotas, energy in ecology and evolution, ecological genetics, evolution of development and adaptation, organization and evolution of phenotype, conceptual analysis.
Janet Voight, Field Museum
Marine biogeography, cephalopod evolution and ecology, biology of the deep sea.
Harold Voris, Field Museum
Ecology and systematics of marine snakes, coevolution of pedunculate barnacles and decapod crustaceans, comparisons of old-world tropical rain forest amphibian and reptile communities.
Mark Webster, University of Chicago
Ontogeny, phylogeny, and evolutionary processes in Cambrian trilobites.
Mark Westneat, Field Museum
Vertebrate functional morphology, evolutionary biomechanics, phylogenetic systematics, coral reef fishes.
William Wimsatt, University of Chicago
Model building and problem solving strategies and biases, units of selection, chaos in ecological systems, history of genetics and evolutionary theory.
J. Timothy Wootton, University of Chicago
Experimental community ecology, theory of multi-species systems, marine ecology, stream ecology, avian ecology, species extinctions and introductions, evolutionary ecology.
Chung-I Wu, University of Chicago
Speciation, evolutionary genetics, molecular population genetics, genomics, sexual selection.
Revised: June 4, 2008