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Faculty and Staff in Evolutionary Biology
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ANNALISA BERTA
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1979).
Research Interests: Mammal systematics and evolution, functional anatomy.
Courses Taught: Evolution and Ecology of Marine Mammals, Genetics and Evolution
Principles of Organismal Biology, Seminar in Systematics and Evolution. |
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ANDREW J. BOHONAK
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (1998).
Research Interests: Freshwater invertebrates, population genetics, population ecology,
estimation of gene flow and dispersal, invasion genetics, computational biology, systematics.
Courses Taught: Genetics and Evolution, Population Genetics, Seminar in Systematics and Evolution. |
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KEVIN BURNS
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1996).
Research Interests: Ornithology, systematic biology, molecular evolution.
Courses Taught: Evolutionary Biology, Ornithology. |
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RULON W. CLARK
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Cornell University (2004).
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal communication,
foraging behavior, conservation ecology, integrating animal behavior with population ecology.
Courses Taught: Animal Behavior.
Primary Affiliation: Ecology Program Area |
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MARSHAL C. HEDIN
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Washington University (1995).
Research Interests: Speciation, phylogenetics, biodiversity, spider biology & evolution,
evolution in caves.
Courses Taught: Principles of Organismal Biology, Systematics and Biodiversity,
Terrestrial Arthropods. |
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SCOTT T. KELLEY
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Colorado (1998).
Research Interests: Phylogenetic approaches to RNA structure prediction, DNA and protein motif
pattern recognition, and genome sequence analysis. Molecular systematics studies of insect and
microbial communities. MS and PhD student mentor.
Courses Taught: Bioinformatics, General Microbiology.
Primary Affiliation: Cell & Molecular Biology Program Area |
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LEROY R. McCLENAGHAN, JR
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., University of Kansas (1977).
[Note: No longer accepting students.]
Research Interests: Mammalian ecology, ecological genetics, conservation genetics.
Courses Taught: Ecology and the Environment, General Biology.
Primary Affiliation: Ecology Program Area |
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TOD W. REEDER
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Zoology, University of Texas at Austin (l993).
Research Interests: Molecular ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles, particularly those
of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
Courses Taught: Evolution, Herpetology, Principles of Organismal Biology,
Phylogenetic Systematics, Seminar in Systematics and Evolution |
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FOREST ROHWER
Professor of Biology. PhD. San Diego State University. (1997).
Research Interests: Genomic analysis of marine phage, opportunistic infections and coral disease,
diversity of coral-associated bacteria.
Primary Affiliation: Cell & Molecular Biology Program Area |
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MICHAEL G. SIMPSON
Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Duke University (1983).
Research Interests: Plant systematics, anatomy, embryology, and palynology.
Courses Taught: Economic Botany, Plant Systematics, Principles of Organismal Biology,
Taxonomy of California Plants. |
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ELIZABETH WATERS
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Washington University (1993).
Research Interests: Plant evolution, the origin of land plants, molecular evolution.
Coures Taught: Molecular Evolution, Introduction to Plant Biology, Principles of Organismal Biology. |
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KATHY S. WILLIAMS
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Stanford University (1981).
Research Interests: Insect/plant interactions, effects of food quality on insect population dynamics, insects as indicators of biodiversity and habitat restoration.
Primary Affiliation: Ecology Program Area
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RICARDO M. ZAYAS
Assistant Professor of Biology. Ph.D., Tufts University (2003).
Research Interests: Stem cell biology. Molecular mechanisms underlying regeneration of the
nervous system in planarians.
Primary Affiliation: Cell & Molecular Biology Program Area |
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ROBERT W. ZELLER
Associate Professor of Biology. Ph.D., California Institute of Technology (1995).
Research Interests: Chordate development, evolution of development, evolution of genomic
regulatory networks, genomics, bioinformatics.
Courses Taught: Advanced Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology; Principles of Cell and
Molecular Biology.
Primary Affiliation: Cell & Molecular Biology Program Area |
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