Research:

(1) population & evolutionary genetics: one area of interest is studying the evolution of gene expression at the population level (2) the evolution of complexity

Email: halasadi@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

I'm interested in the evolution and encephalization of the hominid and human brain with respect to the evolution of birth.

Email: bassing@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

I am interested in macroevolution, particularly species geographic range and occupation of morphospace over time.

Email: nbitler@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

I am interested in animal behavior, specifically the evolution of social structure. I hope to study how stress and cooperation influence social structure.

Email: kcraig@uchicago.edu

Office: Institute for Mind and Body

Advisor: Jill Mateo

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~kcraig/Home.html

Research:

Speciation, biogeographic processes, endemism in small mammals, including primates; conservation

Email: edavion@uchicago.edu

Office: FM - Anthropology

Advisor: Robert D. Martin

Research:

Evolutionary dynamics of behavior and the genetic and physiological underpinnings of behavioral traits; endocrinology; conservation.

Email: dosmann1@uchicago.edu

Office: Institute for Mind and Body

Advisor: Jill Mateo

Research:

How environmental pressures shape biodiversity and species distributions; avian systematics; comparative phylogeography

Email: dubaysg@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~dubaysg/

Research:

Plant diversity, evolution and biogeography; phyloecology and systematics; floral and reproductive evolution; diversification rates.

Email: daeaton@uchicago.edu

Office: Field Museum Botany

Advisor: Richard Ree

Research:

I am interested in animal behavior, specifically mammalian social behaviors. Conservation, Systematics, Endocrinology, and Evolution.

Email: vflores@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

Primate social behavior and endocrinology, specifically the benefits of play behavior.

Email: mheintz@uchicago.edu

Office: Lincoln Park Zoo

Advisor: Elizabeth Lonsdorf

Research:

My research explores food web structure and function, trophic cascades, and community shifts and dynamics in shallow marine environments.

Email: amykhenry@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

My research focuses on the role chromosomal inversions play in local adaptation and speciation - working within an avian system. I'm interested in comparative genomics, speciation, and phylogenetics

Email: dhooper1@uchicago.edu

Office: Zoology 305

Advisor: Trevor Price

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~dhooper1/Welcome.html

Research:

I am interested in the evolution of morphological disparity and complexity across large scale phylogenetic units considering genomic, developmental, and functional constraints on the adaptive process.

Email: dkrentzel@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

Evolutionary and functional consequences of gene duplication in Drosophila.

Email: krinsky@uchicago.edu

Office: Zoology 302

Advisor: Manyuan Long

Research:

My research focuses on how ecosystems have changed through time, and how these changes have impacted evolution.

Email: mitchelljs@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~mitchelljs/homepage.html

Research:

I am interested in the evolution and ecology of symbiotic organisms. I study lichen-forming fungi and algae, and hope to bridge community ecology and phylogenetics.

Email: mpnelsen@uchicago.edu

Office: Field Museum Botany

Advisor: Richard Ree

Website: http://mpnelsen.googlepages.com/

Research:

Phylogenetics; functional morphology; macroevolution.

Email: dhpalmer@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

Changes in gene regulatory networks and evolution of development. Molecular correlates of evolutionary novelties.

Email: aripani@uchicago.edu

Office: Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

Advisor: Christopher Lowe, Victoria Prince

Website: http://arielpani.com/Ariel_Pani/Home.html

Research:

Evolution of mutualistic acacia-ants; Evolution of symbiotic gut bacteria in ants; Uses of next-generation sequencing in phylogenetics

Email: benrubin@uchicago.edu

Office: Field Museum, Insects

Advisor: Corrie Moreau

Website: http://www.moreaulab.org/Benjamin_Rubin.html

Research:

Factors influencing speciation dynamics, community assemblages, and the evolution of diversity, with a focus on the tropics.

Email: savit@uchicago.edu

Office: Field Museum Birds

Advisor: John Bates

Research:

Individual behavioral differences, endocrinology correlates, and their overall effect on social structure in canids; Stress and behavior in relation to urbanization

Email: cschell@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Advisor: Rachael Santymire & Elizabeth Lonsdorf

Research:

Morphological evolution; dental morphology; morphospace occupation through time; mammal evolution; functional morphology; quantitative methods.

Email: psmits@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~psmits/home.html

Research:

I'm interested in bringing genomic, fossil, and developmental evidence to bear on questions about fish diversification, especially with respect to innovations in feeding and locomotion.

Email: tims@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Research:

My research explores the roles of evolutionary history and functional diversity in community responses to disturbance along an environmental gradient. I am studying how these factors contribute to the maintenance of a high-diversity algal assemblage in the northeast Pacific intertidal ecosystem through a combination of field manipulations and phylogenetic and functional analyses.

Email: cstepien@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Website: http://www.courtneystepien.com

Research:

Mammal systematics and evolution; phylogeography and paleobiogeography; the influence of past climatic changes on diversification and speciation.

Email: nsupham@uchicago.edu

Office: Field Museum Mammals

Advisor: Bruce Patterson

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~nsupham/

Research:

I am interested in how my research in prairie restoration genetics could be used in the development of biofuels and more sustainable agriculture.

Email: tviinanen@uchicago.edu

Office: EBC 305

Advisor: Richard Ree

Research:

Evaluating marine invertebrate community changes from the Pleistocene to the Modern to determine biological response to climate change and anthropogenic pressure.

Email: kristenj14@uchicago.edu

Office: Hinds Second Floor

Advisor: Susan Kidwell

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~kristenj14

Research:

Speciation and historical biogeography of birds; evolution of seasonal migration in birds.

Email: bwinger@uchicago.edu

Office: Field Museum Birds

Advisor: John Bates

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/bwinger

Research:

I am interested in using next-generation sequencing to test models of Amazonian speciation, and integrating this molecular data into morphometric analyses of intraspecific variation and interspecific disparification.

Email: mewinsto@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402

Website: http://home.uchicago.edu/~mewinsto/

Research:

I am interested in relative brain size evolution in humans and non-human primates.

Email: luyaozers@uchicago.edu

Office: Culver 402