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Matthew Albrecht, PhD

Assistant Curator of Conservation Biology

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Ecology and conservation of rare plants

Key words
plant conservation; reintroduction biology; plant population dynamics; rare plant ecology; restoration ecology; seed and seedling ecology; ex situ conservation

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Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of behavior

Key words
Behavioral genetics, Evolutionary neurogenetics, Drosophila, Ion channels, Molecular genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Sensory systems

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Alexander Bradley, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Examination of modern and ancient biogeochemical cycles; the coevolution of life and the Earth.

Key words
Organic & isotope geochemistry, geobiology, microbiology

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Bruce Carlson, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Sensory and Evolutionary Neuroscience

Key words
neural circuits, neurophysiology, sensory systems, behavior, evolution, mathematical modeling

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Gautam Dantas, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
(1) Dynamics, ecology, and evolution of antibiotic resistance, (2) Engineering enhanced probiotics to treat GI disorders, (3) Engineering microbial biofuel catalysts

Key words
anibiotic resistance, synthetic biology, bioenergy, human microbiome, metagenomics, microbial ecology and biodiversity

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Anthony Dell, PhD

Ecologist

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
In my lab we fuse metabolic, movement, and community ecology to address basic and applied questions in ecology and evolution

Key words

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Christine Edwards, PhD

Assistant Scientist

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Using genetic approaches to understand the evolutionary and ecological causes and consequences of rarity in endangered plant species

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David Fike, PhD

Glassberg/Greensfelder Distinguished Professor and Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Department Chair

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Microbial biogeochemistry and metabolic stable isotopic (C/N/S) fractionation

Key words
microbial biogeochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry, microbial mats, carbon cycling, sulfur cycling, Earth history

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Peter Fischer, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Medical helminthology, especially filariasis and other neglected tropical diseases caused by parasitic worms.

Key words
helminths, parasitology, tropical medicine,

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Victoria Fraser, MD

Adolphus Busch Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research summary
Healthcare epidemiology, including the study of nosocomial infections, specifically surgical site infections, blood stream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia

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