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Coevolutionary Interactions
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Berenbaum, May
maybe@illinois.edu |
Professor & Head, Swanlund Chair Entomology, PEEC Chemical interactions between insects and host plants and their implications in the organization of natural communities |
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Dietrich, Christopher
chdietri@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Associate Center Director, Systematic Entomologist Entomology, PEEC, INHS Systematics, morphology, and evolutionary biology of leafhoppers and treehoppers; biodiversity and conservation of grassland ecosystems |
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Johnson, Kevin
kpjohnso@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Principal Ornithologist Animal Biology, Entomology, INHS, PEEC Molecular systematics, host-parasite co-evolution, comparative approaches to studying the evolution of behavior in birds, co-speciation between birds and parasitic lice, population genetics of island biogeography |
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Paige, Ken
k-paige@illinois.edu |
Professor Animal Biology, PEEC Our lab focuses on several areas of research including 1) the ecology and evolutionary biology of species interactions with an emphasis on overcompensation (enhanced fitness following herbivory), 2) the role of somatic mutation and endoreduplication (replication of the genome without mitotic cell division) in allowing an individual plant to evolve and adjust to environmental challenges, 3) conservation genetics, focusing on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of small population size, and 4) phylogeographic analyses with a focus on understanding how organisms have responded to anthropogenic, geologic and climatic history. |
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Rhodes, Justin
jrhodes@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor PEEC Neuroendocrinology of socially influenced sex change in anemonefish |
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Seigler, David
daveseig@illinois.edu |
Professor Emeritus & Curator of Herbarium Plant Biology Phytochemistry, chemical ecology, plant systematics, secondary products as mosquito insecticides, antioxidants from berries, systematics of Acacia species |
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Stumpf, Rebecca
rstumpf@illinois.edu |
Professor PEEC, Animal Biology Sexual selection, hominid behavior, endocrinology, primate microbial ecology, primate evolution, reproductive mechanisms, preterm birth |
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Whitaker, Rachel
rwhitakr@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Molecular and Cellular Biology, PEEC Microbial evolutionary ecology; population genomics; biogeography; horizontal gene transfer; effects of disturbance on microbial populations; Archaea |
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Whitfield, James
jwhitfie@illinois.edu |
Professor Entomology, PEEC Ecology and phylogeny of parasitoid wasps |