Faculty Research Groups
Team up with expert researchers
Drive discovery. Make meaningful contributions to the scientific community. Get experience and recognition.
You can do all that – and more – by joining a faculty research group.
Browse labs by research area
Which area of biology do you want to explore? Our faculty conduct dedicated research in the following areas.
You can join most research groups as an undergraduate or graduate student.
- Aquatic plants (pollutants and biology education)
- Bats (population genetics and conservation)
- Behavioral ecology (predation, territoriality, chemical communication)
- Birds (bioacoustics, evolution, biogeography, ecology)
- Ecology (behavioral, evolutionary, microbial)
- Fisheries (applied management)
- Genetic mapping (transcriptomics and plant defense)
- Herpetology (snake ecology and conservation)
- Lepidoptera (conservation, ecology, physiology)
- Mammals (biogeography and quantitative biology)
- Microbial ecology (environmental metagenomics)
- Migraine (TMD, nutraceuticals, inflammation)
- Mollusca (conservation, ecology, physiology)
- Mycobacteria (immunity and membrane dynamics)
- Nanotoxicology (cell traffic and cancer nanodrug carrier)
- Physiological ecology (conservation, herpetology, aquatic ecology)
- Plant ecology (restoration and conservation)
- Stream ecology (connectivity, aquatic insects, communities, populations)
Dr. Giorgia Auteri
Research area: Population genetics, bats, conservation
Dr. Chris Barnhart
Research area: Conservation, ecology, physiology, mollusca, lepidoptera
Dr. Paul Durham
Research area: Migraine, TMD, nutraceuticals, inflammation
Dr. Deb Finn
Research area: Stream ecology, connectivity, aquatic insects, communities, populations
Dr. Brian Greene
Research area: Herpetology, snake ecology, conservation
Dr. Takehiro Kado
Research area: Mycobacteria, immunity, membrane dynamics
Dr. Kyoungtae Kim
Research area: Nanotoxicology, cell traffic, cancer nanodrug carrier
Dr. La Toya Kissoon-Charles
Research area: Pollutants, aquatic plants, biology education
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Dr. Laszlo Kovacs
Research area: Genetic mapping, transcriptomics, plant defense
Dr. Day Ligon
Research area: Conservation, herpetology, physiological ecology, aquatic ecology
Dr. Sean Maher
Research area: Mammals, biogeography, quantitative biology
Dr. Alicia Mathis
Research area: Behavioral ecology, predation, territoriality, chemical communication
Dr. Jay McEntee
Research area: Birds, bioacoustics, evolution, biogeography, ecology
Dr. Babur Mirza
Research area: Microbial ecology, environmental metagenomics
Dr. Quinton Phelps
Research area: Applied fisheries management
Dr. Avery Russell
Research area: Behavioral, evolutionary, microbial ecology
Dr. Alexander Wait
Research area: Plant ecology, restoration, conservation