Field Museum

Research:

Paleobiology of non-mammalian synapsids (particularly anomodont therapsids), the End-Permian mass extinction, evolutionary morphology of the turtle shell, trophic network-based approaches to understanding extinction and community evolution, geometric morphometrics, the reciprocal relationship between phylogenetics and biostratigraphy, phylogenetic taxonomy

Email: kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/kenneth-d-angielczyk

Field Museum

Research:

Genetic structure and evolution of tropical birds, historical biogeography, conservation biology

Email: jbates@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates

University of Chicago

Research:

Ecology and evolution of resistance in plants, plant-enemy interactions, coevolution

Email: jbergels@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/bergelson.html

Field Museum

Research:

Molluscan evolutionary biology, phylogenetic systematics, invertebrate anatomy

Email: rbieler@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/rüdiger-bieler

University of Chicago

Research:

Paleobotany; geochemistry of fossils; early terrestrial life; evolution of morphology, development, and physiology

Email: ckboyce@uchicago.edu

Website: http://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/boyce.shtml

University of Chicago, Chair

Research:

Early vertebrate diversity and evolution, comparative anatomy and interrelationships of acanthodians, and the morphology and systematics of sparid teleosts

Email: mcoates@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/coates_m.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Experimental population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological genetics, molecular evolution

Email: j-coyne@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/coyne.html

University of Chicago

Research:

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

Email: m-feder@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/feder_m.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Large-scale evolutionary patterns, morphological diversification, evolutionary rates

Email: mfoote@uchicago.edu

Website: http://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/foote.shtml

Field Museum

Research:

Phylogenetic interrelationships, historical biogeography of fossil and living actinopterygian fishes

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/lance-grande

Associate Chair; Field Museum

Research:

Avian molecular systematics and evolution, neotropical biogeography, phylogenetic analysis

Email: shackett@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/shannon-hackett

Field Museum

Research:

Mammalian evolution and ecology, evolutionary biogeography, origin and maintenance of patterns of biological diversity, conservation biology, tropical biology

Email: lheaney@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/lawrence-heaney

Chicago Botanic Garden

Research:

My research seeks to understand present and historical patterns of diversity and details of morphological evolution using both living and fossil plants. My research has focused on two broad areas, elucidating the early evolutionary history of the flowering plants and systematics of the legume family.

Email: pherendeen@chicagobotanic.org

Website: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/staff/herendeen.php

The Morton Arboretum

Research:

Plant systematics and population genetics, chromosome evolution, phylogenetic and comparative analysis

Email: ahipp@mortonarb.org

Website: http://systematics.mortonarb.org/lab/

University of Chicago

Research:

Evolutionary developmental biology of teleost fish: Axis formation, segmentation, Limb development and Morphogenesis

Email: rkh@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/ho_r.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Macroevolution; paleobiology; evolutionary paleoecology, especially in marine invertebrates

Email: djablons@uchicago.edu

Website: http://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/jablonski.shtml

University of Chicago

Research:

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

Email: skidwell@uchicago.edu

Website: http://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/kidwell.shtml

University of Chicago

Research:

Biomechanics, especially in marine invertebrates including bizarre extinct forms

Email: mlabarbe@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/labarbera_m.html

Brookfield Zoo

Research:

Genetic management of endangered species, in- and out-breeding depression, evolution in structured populations

Website: http://www.vortex9.org/

University of Chicago

Research:

Human evolutionary genetics, mammalian genetics/genomics, developmental genetics, and stem cell biology

Email: blahn@bsd.uchicago.edu

Website: http://www.genes.uchicago.edu/lahn.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Molecular evolution, including experimental studies and statistical analysis of DNA and protein sequence data. Evolutionary and computational genomics, and bioinformatics

Email: whli@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/li.html

Field Museum

Research:

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

Email: slidgard@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/scott-lidgard

University of Chicago

Research:

Comparative, functional, and evolutionary studies on feeding and sensory adaptations in lower vertebrates

Email: elombard@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/lombard_e.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics

Email: mlong@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/long.html

Field Museum

Research:

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

Email: tlumbsch@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/thorsten-lumbsch

University of Chicago

Research:

Origins and earliest evolution of mammals; phylogenetic relationships of Mesozoic mammals and timing of evolution for major extant mammal groups; evolution of key mammalian adaptations and developmental patterns, as well as their ecological diversification in the Mesozoic.

Email: zxluo@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/Luo.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Neuroendocrine, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of social behavior in primates

Email: dario@uchicago.edu

Website: http://primate.uchicago.edu/dario.htm

Field Museum

Research:

Systematics and evolution of archosaurs, especially dinosaurs; Mesozoic biogeography and faunal evolution

Email: pmakovicky@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/peter-makovicky

Field Museum

Research:

Reconstruction of primate evolution, with particular emphasis on the brain, reproduction, tree-building and allometric scaling relationships.

Email: rdmartin@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/robert-martin

University of Chicago

Research:

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; maternity

Email: jmateo@uchicago.edu

Website: http://mateolab.uchicago.edu

University of Chicago

Research:

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

Email: mkml@uchicago.edu

Website: http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/mmcclintock.shtml

Argonne National Laboratory

Research:

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)

Email: rmmiller@anl.gov

Website: http://www.bio.anl.gov/pi/miller.html

Field Museum

Research:

Unraveling the evolutionary history and diversification of ants (Formicidae) using molecular data to better understand the factors that may have promoted their ecological dominance

Email: cmoreau@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/corrie-moreau

Chicago Botanic Garden

Research:

Systematics, population biology, biogeography, and ecology of fungi

Email: gmueller@chicagobotanic.org

Website: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/staff/mueller.php

University of Chicago

Research:

Language evolution: the birth of new language varieties, the sustained vitality and spread of many, and the loss of many others

Email: s-mufwene@uchicago.edu

Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/faculty/mufwene/

Field Museum

Research:

Historical and insular biogeography, systematics and niche relationships of mammals, distribution and abundance

Email: bpatterson@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/bruce-patterson

University of Chicago

Research:

Marine population ecology, models in ecology, dynamics of exploited populations, interactions among species, ecology of marine algae

Email: cpfister@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/pfister.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Speciation, sexual selection, community ecology, phylogeny, biogeography of Indian birds

Email: pricet@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/price.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Mechanisms of patterning the anterior-posterior body axis during development of zebrafish and other teleosts, using molecular, cellular and comparative approaches

Email: vprince@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/prince_v.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Population genetics, complex trait mapping, development of statistical methods for analyzing genetic variation within and between populations

Email: pritch@uchicago.edu

Website: http://genes.uchicago.edu/contents/faculty/pritchard-jonathan.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Sexual selection, evolution of mating systems, communication, population biology of birds, introduced species, damselflies

Email: pruett-jones@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/pruett-jones.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Evolutionary developmental biology of the neocortex, with a focus on neuronal cell type homologies across amniotes; Behavioral neurobiology, embryology and neural circuit analysis of cephalopod mollusks, studied with genomic, cellular and pharmacological techniques. Octopus bimaculoides is our chosen model species.

Email: c-ragsdale@uchicago.edu

Website: http://ragslab.bsd.uchicago.edu

Field Museum

Research:

Flowering plant evolution and systematics, phylogenetic and macroevolutionary theory, biodiversity informatics

Email: rree@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://www.reelab.net/home/node

Field Museum

Research:

Phylogeny of Mesozoic marine reptiles

Email: orieppel@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/olivier-rieppel

University of Chicago

Research:

Evolutionary morphology and biomechanics of the skull

Email: rossc@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/ross_c.html

University of Chicago

Research:

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

Email: ruvinsky@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/ruvinsky.html

Lincoln Park Zoo

Research:

Evolution of reproductive strategies and stress adaptation. Parental care, social behavior. Relationship of nutrition, aging, health and reproduction. Endocrinology, fecal hormone monitoring in wildlife (free-ranging and zoo-housed).

Email: rsantymire@lpzoo.org

Website: http://www.lpzoo.org/conservation-science/resources/staff-bios/rachel-santymire-phd

University of Chicago

Research:

Comparative developmental genetics in Diptera; evolution of transcriptional gene regulation; subcellular transport of mRNAs in evolution; evolution of extraembryonic tissues

Email: uschmid@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/schmidt-ott_u.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Fossils, phylogenetic analysis, biogeography, dinosaur and avian radiations, molecular evolution

Email: dinosaur@uchicago.edu

Website: http://www.paulsereno.org/paulsereno/

University of Chicago

Research:

Mechanisms behind the evolutionary origin of new anatomical features and faunas

Email: nshubin@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/shubin_n.html

Field Museum

Research:

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

Email: psierwald@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/petra-sierwald

Field Museum

Research:

Molecular evolution, comparative morphology, and systematics of marine and freshwater fishes, venom evolution, and phylogenetic theory

Email: lsmith@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/leo-smith

Field Museum

Research:

Conservation ecology; the distribution, evolution, ecology and behavior of birds

Email: dstotz@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/douglas-stotz

University of Chicago

Research:

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

Email: rhtuttle@uchicago.edu

Website: http://anthropology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty_member/russell_h._tuttle

Field Museum

Research:

Marine biogeography, cephalopod evolution and ecology, biology of the deep sea

Email: jvoight@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/janet-r-voight

Field Museum

Research:

Ecology and systematics of marine snakes, coevolution of pedunculate barnacles and decapod crustaceans, comparisons of old-world tropical rain forest amphibian and reptile communities

Email: hvoris@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/harold-k-voris

Brookfield Zoo

Research:

Causes and consequences of behavioral types; Phenotype management in wild and captive populations; Zoo animal behavior; Alternative mating tactics, sexual selection, mate choice

Email: Jason.Watters@czs.org

Website: http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pgpages/pagegen.340.aspx

University of Chicago

Research:

Ontogeny, phylogeny, and evolutionary processes in Cambrian trilobites

Email: mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu

Website: http://geosci-people.uchicago.edu/profiles/mwebster

Field Museum

Research:

Vertebrate functional morphology, evolutionary biomechanics, phylogenetic systematics, coral reef fishes

Email: mwestneat@fieldmuseum.org

Website: http://biosync.fieldmuseum.org/users/mwestneat

University of Chicago

Research:

Model building and problem solving strategies and biases, units of selection, chaos in ecological systems, history of genetics and evolutionary theory

Email: wwim@midway.uchicago.edu

Website: http://philosophy.uchicago.edu/faculty/wimsatt.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Experimental community ecology, theory of multi-species systems, marine ecology, stream ecology, avian ecology, species extinctions and introductions, evolutionary ecology

Email: twootton@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/wootton.html

University of Chicago

Research:

Speciation, evolutionary genetics, molecular population genetics, genomics, sexual selection

Email: ciwu@uchicago.edu

Website: http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ecol-evol/people/wu.html