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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.

RYAN L. EARLEY, Ph.D., University of Louisville. Assistant Professor. Animal behavior, behavioral ecology, behavioral neuroendocrinology in fish (freshwater, brackish, and marine) and reptiles.

JENNIFER EDMONDS, Ph.D., Arizona State University, Assistant Professor. Microbial ecology; emphasis on biofilm communities in aquatic ecosystems.

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

DANIEL GRAF, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Assistant Professor. Evolution and ecology of freshwater mollusks, especially freshwater mussels (Order Unionoida).

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

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

JUAN LOPEZ-BAUTISTA , Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Associate 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, Associate Professor. Comparative phylogeography, conservation genetics, and ecology of North American amphibians.

PATRICIA SOBECKY, Ph.D. University of Georgia. Professor and Chair. Environmental Microbiology, Bioremediation, Horizontal Gene Transfer, Microbial Pathogens, Plasmid Ecology.

RYAN SPONSELLER, PhD. Arizona State University, Assistant Professor. Ecosystem Ecology, Landscape Ecology, and Limnology.

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, Professor. Dynamics of organic matter in aquatic systems; aquatic insect ecology.