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	Ainsworth, Elizabeth "Lisa" lisa.ainsworth@ars.usda.gov 147 ERML 217-265-9887	USDA ARS Adjunct Professor - Plant Biology Plant physiological and molecular responses to global change, photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism
	Allan, Brian ballan@illinois.edu 339A Morrill Hall 217-244-1341	Associate Professor - Entomology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Ecology of infectious diseases
	Allender, Matthew mcallend@illinois.edu 3846 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building 217-265-0320	Clinical Assistant Professor - Veterinary Clinical Medicine Epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases in free-ranging and captive wildlife with a focus on infectious disease epidemiology of reptiles as a biomonitor of overall ecosystem health
	Alleyne, Marianne vanlaarh@illinois.edu 518B Morrill Hall 217-333-8652	Assistant Professor - Entomology Graduate Director of Online Master of Science Teaching Biology Program - School of Integrative Biology Bioinspired Design
	Ambrose, Stanley ambrose@illinois.edu 217-244-3504	Professor - Anthropology Archeology of modern human origins in Africa; genetic paleodemography; stable isotope ecology and paleoecology; dietary reconstruction; African ecology
	Anderson, Philip andersps@illinois.edu 202A Shelford Vivarium 217-300-2855	Assistant Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Comparative evolutionary biomechanics in both vertebrates and invertebrates, particularly to examine how the laws of physics and mechanics influence evolutionary processes; combining kinematics and fracture mechanics to examine the evolution of biological cutting/puncture systems; biomechanical and morphological diversification in deep-time; evolution of multi-part biomechanical systems; paleobiomechanics
	Augspurger, Carol carolaug@illinois.edu 155 Morrill Hall 217-333-1298	Professor Emerita - Plant Biology Phenology of trees and herbs, wind dispersal, seed and seedling ecology of tropical trees, plant-pathogen interactions
	Bell, Alison alisonmb@illinois.edu 439 Morrill Hall 217-265-5469	Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Affiliate - Institute for Genomic Biology Member - Neuroscience Program Proximate causes and ultimate consequences of individual differences in behavior
	Benson, Thomas tjbenson@illinois.edu 2108 Illinois Natural History Survey 217-265-6242	Adjunct Assistant Professor - Illinois Natural History Survey Wildlife ecology and conservation, population and behavioral ecology of birds
	Berenbaum, May maybe@illinois.edu 216A Morrill Hall / 318B Morrill Hall 217-333-2910 / 217-333-7784	Professor & Head - Entomology Professor - Plant Biology Swanlund Chair Chemical interactions between insects and host plants and their implications in the organization of natural communities
	Brawn, Jeffrey jbrawn@illinois.edu W-503 Turner Hall 217-244-5937	Professor and Head - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Conservation biology; comparative population and community ecology of vertebrates, especially birds; tropical ecology; statistical ecology; molecular evolutionary ecology
	Brinkworth, Jessica jfbrinkw@illinois.edu 217-265-0734	Assistant Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Faculty - Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology My research addresses the physiological consequences of the human experience and evolutionary past, particularly those that affect innate immune system function. Current projects focus on the functional divergence and diversification of primate immune systems, how past epidemics affect present day immune function diversity and how life experience affects the innate immune response.
	Brooke, Chris cbrooke@illinois.edu 390 Burrill Hall 217-265-0991	Assistant Professor - Microbiology We study how diversity and collective interactions within viral populations influence the evolution and transmission of influenza viruses.
	Cáceres, Carla cecacere@illinois.edu 433 Morrill Hall 217-244-2139	Director - School of Integrative Biology Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Population, community and evolutionary ecology; life-history evolution; disease ecology; limnology
	Cameron, Sydney sacamero@illinois.edu 215B Morrill Hall 217-333-2340	Professor - Entomology Application of phylogenetics, behavior and development to address questions concerning the evolution of social behavior in bees; conservation status and causal factors in declining pollinators; evolution of color pattern mimicry in bees
	Cao, Yong yongcao@illinois.edu Illinois Natural History Survey 217-244-6847	Principle Research Scientist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Community ecology, freshwater bioassessment, multivariate analysis, and species modeling
	Catchen, Julian jcatchen@illinois.edu 233B Morrill Hall 217-244-4298	Assistant Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior How do genomes change over time? In particular, we want to examine how the architecture of a genome changes in response to major evolutionary events — what architectural changes occur in a genome seeding an invasive species, or a genome underlying a large, long-term species radiation?
	Cheng, C.-H. Christina c-cheng@illinois.edu 17E Burrill Hall 217-333-2832	Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Evolutionary genomic, transcriptomic, and physiological changes in cold adaptation and specialization in Antarctic and Arctic fishes. Molecular evolution of antifreeze proteins and other cold-adaptive genes and functions. Marine biodiversity in Polar regions. Field research in Antarctica and the Arctic
	Chick, John chick@illinois.edu 618-468-2850	Principal Aquatic Ecologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Ecology of large rivers, particularly Mississippi and Illinois rivers; population dynamics & community interactions freshwater fishes, life history stages & general aquatic ecology
	Cienciala, Piotr piotrc@illinois.edu 252 Computing Applications Building 217-244-3584	Assistant Professor - Geography & Geographic Information Science Interactions between physical landscape and living organisms, ecosystem functioning. Land use and climate impacts on riverine ecosystems. Watershed restoration.
	Clancy, Kathryn kclancy@illinois.edu 109 Davenport Hall 217-244-1509	Associate Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Human reproductive ecologist who specializes in women's health, endometrial function and evolutionary medicine. Dr. Clancy's work challenges assumptions about what constitutes normal reproductive physiology, and clinical threshold hypotheses regarding health.
	Conroy, Jessica jconro@illinois.edu Dept. of Geology, Natural History Building 3042 217-244-4855	Associate Professor - Geology; Plant Biology paleoclimate variability on interannual to millennial timescales, paleolimnology, stable isotope hydrology, stable isotope geochemistry
	Dalling, James dalling@illinois.edu 286 Morrill Hall 217-244-8914	Professor - Plant Biology Director, Integrative Biology Honors Tropical forest dynamics, plant-soil and plant-fungal interactions, seed ecology
	DeLucia, Evan delucia@illinois.edu	G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology Professor - Plant Biology Director - Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Physiological ecology of vascular plants, photosynthesis, plant architecture, stress, climate change
	Dietrich, Christopher chdietri@illinois.edu 282 Natural Resources Building 217-244-7408	Associate Center Director, Systematic Entomologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Entomology Systematics, morphology, and evolutionary biology of leafhoppers and treehoppers; biodiversity and conservation of grassland ecosystems
	Dolezal, Adam adolezal@illinois.edu 349B Morrill Hall 217-300-6762	Assistant Professor - Entomology How do environmental stressors interact to affect bee health?
	Downie, Stephen sdownie@illinois.edu 239 Morrill Hall (217) 333-1275	Professor - Plant Biology Associate Director of Academic Affairs - School of Integrative Biology Systematics and evolution of flowering plants, with emphasis on the family Apiaceae; chloroplast genome structural evolution
	Eck, Daniel dje13@illinois.edu 101 Illini Hall (217) 300-1830	Assistant Professor - Department of Statistics Modeling techniques for life history analyses; generalized linear regression models; variance reduction in multi-response linear regression.
	Fischer, Eva efischer@illinois.edu 683 Morrill Hall	Assistant Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Neural and endocrine mechanisms of animal behavior and behavioral evolution
	Fraterrigo, Jennifer jmf@illinois.edu W-423 Turner Hall 217-333-9428	Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Plant Biology Landscape ecology, effects of human and natural disturbance on ecosystem structure and function, land-water
	Fuller, Becky rcfuller@illinois.edu 104 Shelford Vivarium 217-333-9065	Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Speciation, animal behavior and its underlying neurological mechanisms; sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems; phenotypic plasticity
	Garber, Paul p-garber@illinois.edu Dept. of Anthropology, Davenport Hall 217-333-3616	Professor Emeritus - Anthropology Cognitive aspects of foraging, behavioral ecology, and mating systems of New World primates
	Guan, Kaiyu kaiyug@illinois.edu W-503, Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin	Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Blue Waters Professor - NCSA Affiliate - CEE; Crop Sciences; Geography & Geographic Information Sciences Dr. Guan uses satellite data, computational models, field work, and machine learning approaches to address how climate and human practices affect crop productivity, water resource availability, and ecosystem functioning.
	Hanks, Lawrence hanks@illinois.edu	Professor - Entomology Chemical ecology and conservation biological control
	Harmon-Threatt, Alex aht@illinois.edu 255 Morrill Hall 217-333-3108	Associate Professor - Entomology Pollination Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration
	Hauber, Mark mhauber@illinois.edu 469 Morrill Hall 217-300-7127	Harley Jones Van Cleave Professor of Host-Parasite Interactions - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior I am a professor and behavioral ecologist, conservation scientist, and comparative psychologist, focusing on the evolution of recognition systems, and using land- and seabirds to address questions about how individuals recognize themselves, their mates, their young, their prey, and their predators. Shifting gears between behavioral, developmental, and molecular tools, my lab has been studying the social and genetic consequences of species recognition in avian brood parasites, such as cuckoos and cowbirds. We also explore the cogntive and neurophysiological bases of self/other discrimination critical for the social functioning of individuals, including crowded nests, dense seabird colonies, and even large human settlements. We use comparative and genetic tools, chemical and physical models, and perceptual and mathematical models to understand how individuals make the decisions which are critical for their survival and success, including sexual reproduction.
	Heath, Katy kheath@illinois.edu 249 Morrill Hall 217-265-5473	Associate Professor - Plant Biology Mutualism coevolution: evolutionary and ecological genetics of plant-microbe interactions; evolutionary responses to global change
	Hutchins Sperry, Jinelle jinelle.sperry@usace.army.mil S-506 Turner Hall 217-373-4543	Adjunct Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Community ecology; behavior and ecology of birds, reptiles and amphibians; wildlife conservation
	Jain, Atul jain1@illlinois.edu 215 Atmospheric Sciences 217-333-2128	Professor - Atmospheric Sciences Development of mathematical models of the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere to address environmental issues
	Johnson, Kevin kpjohnso@illinois.edu 284 Natural Resources Building, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 217-244-9267	Principal Ornithologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; Entomology 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
	Kent, Angela akent@illinois.edu S-510 Turner Hall 217-333-4216	Director - PEEC Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Ecology of microbial communities involved in ecosystem processes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, microbial ecology and human and animal health
	Kukekova, Anna avk@illinois.edu 206 Edward R. Madigan Lab 217-300-2425	Assistant Professor - Animal Sciences We are interested in identifying novel biological mechnisms and gaining a better understanding of well-known mechanisms through which genetic and environmental factors may regulate inter-individual differences in social behavior
	Larson, Eric erlarson@illinois.edu W-421 Turner Hall	Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Entomology NRES, PEEC
	Leakey, Andrew leakey@illinois.edu 1402 IGB 217-244-0302	Professor and Head - Plant Biology Director - Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation Integrative plant physiology, genetics and genomics; plant water use efficiency, photosynthesis and carbon metabolism; crop responses to elevated CO<sub>2</sub>, drought, temperature and ozone; crop sustainability and responses to global environmental change
	Long, Stephen slong@illinois.edu 379 ERML/134 IGB 217-244-0881	Ikenberry Endowed University Chair of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology Environmental physiology, atmospheric change impacts on crops and natural vegetation, C4 photosynthesis, energy crops, mathematical models of photosynthesis
	Malhi, Ripan malhi@illinois.edu 209F Davenport Hall 217-265-0721	Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Integrates population genetics, phylogenetics, ancient DNA analysis, and field research in collaboration with Native American communities; use of tools from molecular biology and population genetics; North America
	Margenot, Andrew margenot@illinois.edu 217.300.7059	Assistant Professor - Crop Sciences Biogeochemical Cycles; Agricultural Ecology (soil); Carbon and phosphorus cycling in soils; environmental enzymology; soil biochemistry; smallholder agriculture; nutrient management; heavy metal contaminants in soils; mycorrhizae
	Matthews, Jeffrey jmatthew@illinois.edu S-516 Turner Hall 217-244-2168	Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Restoration ecology, plant community ecology, wetland mitigation
	Miller, Andrew amiller7@illinois.edu 2003 Robert Evers Lab	Principal Mycologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Plant Biology Character evolution of ascomycetes with emphasis on members of the Class Sordariomycetes, biodiversity and biogeography of ascomycetes
	Miller, Daniel dcmiller@illinois.edu 217-244-8293	Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences NRES, PEEC
	Miller, James jrmillr@illinois.edu N-407 Turner Hall 217-244-3896	Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Avian ecology, landscape ecology, biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, reconciliation ecology
	Ngumbi, Esther enn@illinois.edu	Assistant Professor - Entomology; African American Studies Broadly interested in understanding the multifaceted uses of chemical signals (both volatile and non-volatile) by herbivores, natural enemies, plants and their associated microorganisms and insects. Moreover, my research on beneficial soil microbes seeks to find microbial-based solutions for improving crop production, alleviating drought stress in crop plants and sustainable pest management. We use a comparative approach with model tritrophic systems and employ several chemical ecology tools.
	O'Dwyer, James jodwyer@illinois.edu 183 Morrill Hall 217-244-7086	Associate Professor - Plant Biology We work with theoretical models and a broad range of data to understand patterns of biodiversity, from tropical forests to host-associated microbial systems like the human microbiome
	O'Keefe, Joy jmokeefe@illinois.edu N-409 Turner Hall 217-300-6933	Assistant Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist - Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Human-wildlife coexistence with a focus on bats – ecological and behavioral studies, best practices for monitoring bat populations, and assessment of conservation measures and mitigation practices.
	Paige, Ken k-paige@illinois.edu 483 Morrill Hall 217-244-6606	Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior 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.
	Phillips, Christopher caphilli@illinois.edu 185 Natural Resources Building 217-244-7077	Associate Research Program Leader - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Population genetics, population ecology, and systematics, especially as applied to amphibians, reptiles, and fishes; phylogeny estimation using molecular markers; conservation genetics
	Punyasena, Surangi spunya1@illinois.edu 139 Morrill Hall 217-244-8049	Associate Professor, Associate Head, Director of Graduate Studies - Plant Biology Palynology, paleoecology, paleoclimate, and computer vision applications
	Rhodes, Justin jrhodes@illinois.edu 3315 Beckman Institute 217-265-0021	Professor - Psychology Neuroendocrinology of socially influenced sex change in anemonefish
	Robertson, Hugh hughrobe@illinois.edu 417 Morrill Hall 217-333-0489	Professor Emeritus - Entomology The molecular basis for insect olfaction and taste; insect and arthropod genomics
	Robinson, Gene generobi@illinois.edu 1608 IGB / 449 Morrill Hall 217-265-0309	Director - Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Swanlund Chair Professor - Entomology Insect social behavior and genomics
	Roca, Alfred roca@illinois.edu 441 Animal Sciences Laboratory 217-244-8853	Associate Professor - Animal Sciences Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Comparative and evolutionary genomics of mammals and retroviruses, conservation genetics of elephants and other wildlife
	Roseman, Charles croseman@illinois.edu 203 Shelford Vivarium 217-244-3513	Associate Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; Anthropology
	Schneider, Daniel ddws@illinois.edu 111 Temple Buell Hall 217-244-7681	Professor - Urban and Regional Planning Aquatic invertebrate ecology; ecology of invasive species; environmental history
	Schooley, Robert schooley@illinois.edu W-401B Turner Hall 217-244-2729	Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Landscape ecology, metapopulations, wildlife conservation, animal movements
	Schroeder, Nathan nes@illinois.edu N-531 Turner Hall 217-244-6128	Assistant Professor - Crop Sciences Use nematodes (unsegmented roundworms) to study phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of development
	Seigler, David daveseig@illinois.edu 217-333-7577	Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology Phytochemistry, chemical ecology, plant systematics, secondary products, systematics of Acacia species
	Smith, Rebecca rlsdvm@illinois.edu 2627 Vet Med Basic Sciences Bldg 217-300-1428	Assistant Professor - Epidemiology Infectious disease control, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, model parameterization; Economics of livestock disease, optimization of disease control; Mycobacterial disease control
	Stein, Jeffrey A. jastein@illinois.edu 145 Natural Resources Studies Annex (217) 244-1516	Assistant Research Scientist - Illinois Natural History Survey Our lab studies basic and applied ecology of freshwater and marine fishes, seeking to explore how human activities can impact the reproductive ecology and behavior of fishes, ultimately translating findings into meaningful and effective conservation actions.
	Stumpf, Rebecca rstumpf@illinois.edu Department of Anthropology 217-333-3616	Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Sexual selection, hominid behavior, endocrinology, primate microbial ecology, primate evolution, reproductive mechanisms, preterm birth
	Suarez, Andrew suarez2@illinois.edu 515 Morrill Hall (217) 244-6631	Professor and Head - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Professor - Entomology Ant ecology and behavior; biological invasions
	Suski, Cory suski@illinois.edu W-401C Turner Hall 217-244-2237	Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Conservation, physiology and ecology of freshwater fishes
	Tan, Milton miltont@illinois.edu 380 Natural Resources Building 217-300-0987	Assistant Research Scientist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Systematics, evolution and diversification of fish biodiversity and their morphological and genomic traits, using a combination of approaches including phylogenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, comparative phylogenetic methods, and collections-based specimen research
	Varga, Csaba cvarga@illinois.edu 2001 South Lincoln (217) 244-3729	Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology - Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Affiliate - Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology My research program evaluates infectious diseases at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment. To accomplish our research goals we use disease maps, spatial and temporal statistics, multilevel regression models, and molecular epidemiology methods. Main research areas: food-borne disease (I.e. Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli) epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, wildlife diseases, and on-farm disease prevention and control.
	Wahl, David d-wahl@illinois.edu 235 NRSA 217-333-0006	Aquatic/Fishery Biologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Entomology Application of ecological principles to fisheries management; role of predators in controlling community dynamics; behavioral ecology of fishes; bioenergetic and bioeconomic modeling
	Wander, Michelle mwander@illinois.edu N-225 Turner Hall 217-333-9471	Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Management impacts on soil organic matter characteristics
	Ward, Michael mpward@illinois.edu 217- 244-4089	Associate Professor; Senior Ornithologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Avian ecology and behavior; conservation
	Warnow, Tandy warnow@illinois.edu 3235 Seibel Center for Computer Sciences 217-300-3087	Founder Professor and Associate Head - Computer Science Affiliate - Entomology; Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; Plant Biology Phylogenomics, multiple sequence alignment, and metagenomics
	Whitaker, Rachel rwhitakr@illinois.edu C222 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory 217-244-8420	Associate Professor - Molecular and Cellular Biology Microbial evolutionary ecology; population genomics; biogeography; horizontal gene transfer; effects of disturbance on microbial populations; Archaea
	Whitfield, James jwhitfie@illinois.edu 215 Morrill Hall 217-333-2567	Professor - Entomology Ecology and phylogeny of parasitoid wasps
	Yang, Wendy yangw@illinois.edu 639 Morrill Hall 217-244-2614	Associate Professor - Plant Biology Terrestrial biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, stable isotope ecology, soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas dynamics, climate change
	Yannarell, Anthony acyann@illinois.edu S-522 Turner Hall 217-333-2398	Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Microbial community ecology, microbial interactions with invasive species, soil microbiology (grasslands, forests, agroecosystems)

Ainsworth, Elizabeth "Lisa"
lisa.ainsworth@ars.usda.gov
147 ERML
217-265-9887

USDA ARS Adjunct Professor - Plant Biology

Plant physiological and molecular responses to global change, photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism

Allan, Brian
ballan@illinois.edu
339A Morrill Hall
217-244-1341

Associate Professor - Entomology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Ecology of infectious diseases

Allender, Matthew
mcallend@illinois.edu
3846 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building
217-265-0320

Clinical Assistant Professor - Veterinary Clinical Medicine

Epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases in free-ranging and captive wildlife with a focus on infectious disease epidemiology of reptiles as a biomonitor of overall ecosystem health

Alleyne, Marianne
vanlaarh@illinois.edu
518B Morrill Hall
217-333-8652

Assistant Professor - Entomology Graduate Director of Online Master of Science Teaching Biology Program - School of Integrative Biology

Bioinspired Design

Ambrose, Stanley
ambrose@illinois.edu

217-244-3504

Professor - Anthropology

Archeology of modern human origins in Africa; genetic paleodemography; stable isotope ecology and paleoecology; dietary reconstruction; African ecology

Anderson, Philip
andersps@illinois.edu
202A Shelford Vivarium
217-300-2855

Assistant Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Comparative evolutionary biomechanics in both vertebrates and invertebrates, particularly to examine how the laws of physics and mechanics influence evolutionary processes; combining kinematics and fracture mechanics to examine the evolution of biological cutting/puncture systems; biomechanical and morphological diversification in deep-time; evolution of multi-part biomechanical systems; paleobiomechanics

Augspurger, Carol
carolaug@illinois.edu
155 Morrill Hall
217-333-1298

Professor Emerita - Plant Biology

Phenology of trees and herbs, wind dispersal, seed and seedling ecology of tropical trees, plant-pathogen interactions

Bell, Alison
alisonmb@illinois.edu
439 Morrill Hall
217-265-5469

Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Affiliate - Institute for Genomic Biology Member - Neuroscience Program

Proximate causes and ultimate consequences of individual differences in behavior

Benson, Thomas
tjbenson@illinois.edu
2108 Illinois Natural History Survey
217-265-6242

Adjunct Assistant Professor - Illinois Natural History Survey

Wildlife ecology and conservation, population and behavioral ecology of birds

Berenbaum, May
maybe@illinois.edu
216A Morrill Hall / 318B Morrill Hall
217-333-2910 / 217-333-7784

Professor & Head - Entomology Professor - Plant Biology Swanlund Chair

Chemical interactions between insects and host plants and their implications in the organization of natural communities

Brawn, Jeffrey
jbrawn@illinois.edu
W-503 Turner Hall
217-244-5937

Professor and Head - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Conservation biology; comparative population and community ecology of vertebrates, especially birds; tropical ecology; statistical ecology; molecular evolutionary ecology

Brinkworth, Jessica
jfbrinkw@illinois.edu

217-265-0734

Assistant Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Faculty - Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology

My research addresses the physiological consequences of the human experience and evolutionary past, particularly those that affect innate immune system function. Current projects focus on the functional divergence and diversification of primate immune systems, how past epidemics affect present day immune function diversity and how life experience affects the innate immune response.

Brooke, Chris
cbrooke@illinois.edu
390 Burrill Hall
217-265-0991

Assistant Professor - Microbiology

We study how diversity and collective interactions within viral populations influence the evolution and transmission of influenza viruses.

Cáceres, Carla
cecacere@illinois.edu
433 Morrill Hall
217-244-2139

Director - School of Integrative Biology Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Population, community and evolutionary ecology; life-history evolution; disease ecology; limnology

Cameron, Sydney
sacamero@illinois.edu
215B Morrill Hall
217-333-2340

Professor - Entomology

Application of phylogenetics, behavior and development to address questions concerning the evolution of social behavior in bees; conservation status and causal factors in declining pollinators; evolution of color pattern mimicry in bees

Cao, Yong
yongcao@illinois.edu
Illinois Natural History Survey
217-244-6847

Principle Research Scientist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Community ecology, freshwater bioassessment, multivariate analysis, and species modeling

Catchen, Julian
jcatchen@illinois.edu
233B Morrill Hall
217-244-4298

Assistant Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

How do genomes change over time? In particular, we want to examine how the architecture of a genome changes in response to major evolutionary events — what architectural changes occur in a genome seeding an invasive species, or a genome underlying a large, long-term species radiation?

Cheng, C.-H. Christina
c-cheng@illinois.edu
17E Burrill Hall
217-333-2832

Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Evolutionary genomic, transcriptomic, and physiological changes in cold adaptation and specialization in Antarctic and Arctic fishes. Molecular evolution of antifreeze proteins and other cold-adaptive genes and functions. Marine biodiversity in Polar regions. Field research in Antarctica and the Arctic

Chick, John
chick@illinois.edu

618-468-2850

Principal Aquatic Ecologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Ecology of large rivers, particularly Mississippi and Illinois rivers; population dynamics & community interactions freshwater fishes, life history stages & general aquatic ecology

Cienciala, Piotr
piotrc@illinois.edu
252 Computing Applications Building
217-244-3584

Assistant Professor - Geography & Geographic Information Science

Interactions between physical landscape and living organisms, ecosystem functioning. Land use and climate impacts on riverine ecosystems. Watershed restoration.

Clancy, Kathryn
kclancy@illinois.edu
109 Davenport Hall
217-244-1509

Associate Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Human reproductive ecologist who specializes in women's health, endometrial function and evolutionary medicine. Dr. Clancy's work challenges assumptions about what constitutes normal reproductive physiology, and clinical threshold hypotheses regarding health.

Conroy, Jessica
jconro@illinois.edu
Dept. of Geology, Natural History Building 3042
217-244-4855

Associate Professor - Geology; Plant Biology

paleoclimate variability on interannual to millennial timescales, paleolimnology, stable isotope hydrology, stable isotope geochemistry

Dalling, James
dalling@illinois.edu
286 Morrill Hall
217-244-8914

Professor - Plant Biology Director, Integrative Biology Honors

Tropical forest dynamics, plant-soil and plant-fungal interactions, seed ecology

DeLucia, Evan
delucia@illinois.edu

G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology Professor - Plant Biology Director - Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

Physiological ecology of vascular plants, photosynthesis, plant architecture, stress, climate change

Dietrich, Christopher
chdietri@illinois.edu
282 Natural Resources Building
217-244-7408

Associate Center Director, Systematic Entomologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Entomology

Systematics, morphology, and evolutionary biology of leafhoppers and treehoppers; biodiversity and conservation of grassland ecosystems

Dolezal, Adam
adolezal@illinois.edu
349B Morrill Hall
217-300-6762

Assistant Professor - Entomology

How do environmental stressors interact to affect bee health?

Downie, Stephen
sdownie@illinois.edu
239 Morrill Hall
(217) 333-1275

Professor - Plant Biology Associate Director of Academic Affairs - School of Integrative Biology

Systematics and evolution of flowering plants, with emphasis on the family Apiaceae; chloroplast genome structural evolution

Eck, Daniel
dje13@illinois.edu
101 Illini Hall
(217) 300-1830

Assistant Professor - Department of Statistics

Modeling techniques for life history analyses; generalized linear regression models; variance reduction in multi-response linear regression.

Fischer, Eva
efischer@illinois.edu
683 Morrill Hall

Assistant Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Neural and endocrine mechanisms of animal behavior and behavioral evolution

Fraterrigo, Jennifer
jmf@illinois.edu
W-423 Turner Hall
217-333-9428

Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Plant Biology

Landscape ecology, effects of human and natural disturbance on ecosystem structure and function, land-water

Fuller, Becky
rcfuller@illinois.edu
104 Shelford Vivarium
217-333-9065

Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Speciation, animal behavior and its underlying neurological mechanisms; sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems; phenotypic plasticity

Garber, Paul
p-garber@illinois.edu
Dept. of Anthropology, Davenport Hall
217-333-3616

Professor Emeritus - Anthropology

Cognitive aspects of foraging, behavioral ecology, and mating systems of New World primates

Guan, Kaiyu
kaiyug@illinois.edu
W-503, Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin

Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Blue Waters Professor - NCSA Affiliate - CEE; Crop Sciences; Geography & Geographic Information Sciences

Dr. Guan uses satellite data, computational models, field work, and machine learning approaches to address how climate and human practices affect crop productivity, water resource availability, and ecosystem functioning.

Hanks, Lawrence
hanks@illinois.edu

Professor - Entomology

Chemical ecology and conservation biological control

Harmon-Threatt, Alex
aht@illinois.edu
255 Morrill Hall
217-333-3108

Associate Professor - Entomology

Pollination Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration

Hauber, Mark
mhauber@illinois.edu
469 Morrill Hall
217-300-7127

Harley Jones Van Cleave Professor of Host-Parasite Interactions - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

I am a professor and behavioral ecologist, conservation scientist, and comparative psychologist, focusing on the evolution of recognition systems, and using land- and seabirds to address questions about how individuals recognize themselves, their mates, their young, their prey, and their predators. Shifting gears between behavioral, developmental, and molecular tools, my lab has been studying the social and genetic consequences of species recognition in avian brood parasites, such as cuckoos and cowbirds. We also explore the cogntive and neurophysiological bases of self/other discrimination critical for the social functioning of individuals, including crowded nests, dense seabird colonies, and even large human settlements. We use comparative and genetic tools, chemical and physical models, and perceptual and mathematical models to understand how individuals make the decisions which are critical for their survival and success, including sexual reproduction.

Heath, Katy
kheath@illinois.edu
249 Morrill Hall
217-265-5473

Associate Professor - Plant Biology

Mutualism coevolution: evolutionary and ecological genetics of plant-microbe interactions; evolutionary responses to global change

Hutchins Sperry, Jinelle
jinelle.sperry@usace.army.mil
S-506 Turner Hall
217-373-4543

Adjunct Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Community ecology; behavior and ecology of birds, reptiles and amphibians; wildlife conservation

Jain, Atul
jain1@illlinois.edu
215 Atmospheric Sciences
217-333-2128

Professor - Atmospheric Sciences

Development of mathematical models of the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere to address environmental issues

Johnson, Kevin
kpjohnso@illinois.edu
284 Natural Resources Building, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
217-244-9267

Principal Ornithologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; Entomology

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

Kent, Angela
akent@illinois.edu
S-510 Turner Hall
217-333-4216

Director - PEEC Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Ecology of microbial communities involved in ecosystem processes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, microbial ecology and human and animal health

Kukekova, Anna
avk@illinois.edu
206 Edward R. Madigan Lab
217-300-2425

Assistant Professor - Animal Sciences

We are interested in identifying novel biological mechnisms and gaining a better understanding of well-known mechanisms through which genetic and environmental factors may regulate inter-individual differences in social behavior

Larson, Eric
erlarson@illinois.edu
W-421 Turner Hall

Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Entomology

NRES, PEEC

Leakey, Andrew
leakey@illinois.edu
1402 IGB
217-244-0302

Professor and Head - Plant Biology Director - Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation

Integrative plant physiology, genetics and genomics; plant water use efficiency, photosynthesis and carbon metabolism; crop responses to elevated CO<sub>2</sub>, drought, temperature and ozone; crop sustainability and responses to global environmental change

Long, Stephen
slong@illinois.edu
379 ERML/134 IGB
217-244-0881

Ikenberry Endowed University Chair of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology

Environmental physiology, atmospheric change impacts on crops and natural vegetation, C4 photosynthesis, energy crops, mathematical models of photosynthesis

Malhi, Ripan
malhi@illinois.edu
209F Davenport Hall
217-265-0721

Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Integrates population genetics, phylogenetics, ancient DNA analysis, and field research in collaboration with Native American communities; use of tools from molecular biology and population genetics; North America

Margenot, Andrew
margenot@illinois.edu

217.300.7059

Assistant Professor - Crop Sciences

Biogeochemical Cycles; Agricultural Ecology (soil); Carbon and phosphorus cycling in soils; environmental enzymology; soil biochemistry; smallholder agriculture; nutrient management; heavy metal contaminants in soils; mycorrhizae

Matthews, Jeffrey
jmatthew@illinois.edu
S-516 Turner Hall
217-244-2168

Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Restoration ecology, plant community ecology, wetland mitigation

Miller, Andrew
amiller7@illinois.edu
2003 Robert Evers Lab

Principal Mycologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Plant Biology

Character evolution of ascomycetes with emphasis on members of the Class Sordariomycetes, biodiversity and biogeography of ascomycetes

Miller, Daniel
dcmiller@illinois.edu

217-244-8293

Assistant Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

NRES, PEEC

Miller, James
jrmillr@illinois.edu
N-407 Turner Hall
217-244-3896

Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Avian ecology, landscape ecology, biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, reconciliation ecology

Ngumbi, Esther
enn@illinois.edu

Assistant Professor - Entomology; African American Studies

Broadly interested in understanding the multifaceted uses of chemical signals (both volatile and non-volatile) by herbivores, natural enemies, plants and their associated microorganisms and insects. Moreover, my research on beneficial soil microbes seeks to find microbial-based solutions for improving crop production, alleviating drought stress in crop plants and sustainable pest management. We use a comparative approach with model tritrophic systems and employ several chemical ecology tools.

O'Dwyer, James
jodwyer@illinois.edu
183 Morrill Hall
217-244-7086

Associate Professor - Plant Biology

We work with theoretical models and a broad range of data to understand patterns of biodiversity, from tropical forests to host-associated microbial systems like the human microbiome

O'Keefe, Joy
jmokeefe@illinois.edu
N-409 Turner Hall
217-300-6933

Assistant Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist - Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Human-wildlife coexistence with a focus on bats – ecological and behavioral studies, best practices for monitoring bat populations, and assessment of conservation measures and mitigation practices.

Paige, Ken
k-paige@illinois.edu
483 Morrill Hall
217-244-6606

Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

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.

Phillips, Christopher
caphilli@illinois.edu
185 Natural Resources Building
217-244-7077

Associate Research Program Leader - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Population genetics, population ecology, and systematics, especially as applied to amphibians, reptiles, and fishes; phylogeny estimation using molecular markers; conservation genetics

Punyasena, Surangi
spunya1@illinois.edu
139 Morrill Hall
217-244-8049

Associate Professor, Associate Head, Director of Graduate Studies - Plant Biology

Palynology, paleoecology, paleoclimate, and computer vision applications

Rhodes, Justin
jrhodes@illinois.edu
3315 Beckman Institute
217-265-0021

Professor - Psychology

Neuroendocrinology of socially influenced sex change in anemonefish

Robertson, Hugh
hughrobe@illinois.edu
417 Morrill Hall
217-333-0489

Professor Emeritus - Entomology

The molecular basis for insect olfaction and taste; insect and arthropod genomics

Robinson, Gene
generobi@illinois.edu
1608 IGB / 449 Morrill Hall
217-265-0309

Director - Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Swanlund Chair Professor - Entomology

Insect social behavior and genomics

Roca, Alfred
roca@illinois.edu
441 Animal Sciences Laboratory
217-244-8853

Associate Professor - Animal Sciences Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Comparative and evolutionary genomics of mammals and retroviruses, conservation genetics of elephants and other wildlife

Roseman, Charles
croseman@illinois.edu
203 Shelford Vivarium
217-244-3513

Associate Professor - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; Anthropology

Schneider, Daniel
ddws@illinois.edu
111 Temple Buell Hall
217-244-7681

Professor - Urban and Regional Planning

Aquatic invertebrate ecology; ecology of invasive species; environmental history

Schooley, Robert
schooley@illinois.edu
W-401B Turner Hall
217-244-2729

Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Landscape ecology, metapopulations, wildlife conservation, animal movements

Schroeder, Nathan
nes@illinois.edu
N-531 Turner Hall
217-244-6128

Assistant Professor - Crop Sciences

Use nematodes (unsegmented roundworms) to study phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of development

Seigler, David
daveseig@illinois.edu

217-333-7577

Professor Emeritus - Plant Biology

Phytochemistry, chemical ecology, plant systematics, secondary products, systematics of Acacia species

Smith, Rebecca
rlsdvm@illinois.edu
2627 Vet Med Basic Sciences Bldg
217-300-1428

Assistant Professor - Epidemiology

Infectious disease control, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, model parameterization; Economics of livestock disease, optimization of disease control; Mycobacterial disease control

Stein, Jeffrey A.
jastein@illinois.edu
145 Natural Resources Studies Annex
(217) 244-1516

Assistant Research Scientist - Illinois Natural History Survey

Our lab studies basic and applied ecology of freshwater and marine fishes, seeking to explore how human activities can impact the reproductive ecology and behavior of fishes, ultimately translating findings into meaningful and effective conservation actions.

Stumpf, Rebecca
rstumpf@illinois.edu
Department of Anthropology
217-333-3616

Professor - Anthropology Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Sexual selection, hominid behavior, endocrinology, primate microbial ecology, primate evolution, reproductive mechanisms, preterm birth

Suarez, Andrew
suarez2@illinois.edu
515 Morrill Hall
(217) 244-6631

Professor and Head - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Professor - Entomology

Ant ecology and behavior; biological invasions

Suski, Cory
suski@illinois.edu
W-401C Turner Hall
217-244-2237

Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Conservation, physiology and ecology of freshwater fishes

Tan, Milton
miltont@illinois.edu
380 Natural Resources Building
217-300-0987

Assistant Research Scientist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Systematics, evolution and diversification of fish biodiversity and their morphological and genomic traits, using a combination of approaches including phylogenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, comparative phylogenetic methods, and collections-based specimen research

Varga, Csaba
cvarga@illinois.edu
2001 South Lincoln
(217) 244-3729

Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology - Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Affiliate - Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

My research program evaluates infectious diseases at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment. To accomplish our research goals we use disease maps, spatial and temporal statistics, multilevel regression models, and molecular epidemiology methods. Main research areas: food-borne disease (I.e. Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli) epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, wildlife diseases, and on-farm disease prevention and control.

Wahl, David
d-wahl@illinois.edu
235 NRSA
217-333-0006

Aquatic/Fishery Biologist - Illinois Natural History Survey Affiliate - Entomology

Application of ecological principles to fisheries management; role of predators in controlling community dynamics; behavioral ecology of fishes; bioenergetic and bioeconomic modeling

Wander, Michelle
mwander@illinois.edu
N-225 Turner Hall
217-333-9471

Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Management impacts on soil organic matter characteristics

Ward, Michael
mpward@illinois.edu

217- 244-4089

Associate Professor; Senior Ornithologist - Illinois Natural History Survey

Avian ecology and behavior; conservation

Warnow, Tandy
warnow@illinois.edu
3235 Seibel Center for Computer Sciences
217-300-3087

Founder Professor and Associate Head - Computer Science Affiliate - Entomology; Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; Plant Biology

Phylogenomics, multiple sequence alignment, and metagenomics

Whitaker, Rachel
rwhitakr@illinois.edu
C222 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
217-244-8420

Associate Professor - Molecular and Cellular Biology

Microbial evolutionary ecology; population genomics; biogeography; horizontal gene transfer; effects of disturbance on microbial populations; Archaea

Whitfield, James
jwhitfie@illinois.edu
215 Morrill Hall
217-333-2567

Professor - Entomology

Ecology and phylogeny of parasitoid wasps

Yang, Wendy
yangw@illinois.edu
639 Morrill Hall
217-244-2614

Associate Professor - Plant Biology

Terrestrial biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, stable isotope ecology, soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas dynamics, climate change

Yannarell, Anthony
acyann@illinois.edu
S-522 Turner Hall
217-333-2398

Associate Professor - Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Microbial community ecology, microbial interactions with invasive species, soil microbiology (grasslands, forests, agroecosystems)