Faculty List of Graduate Program
Committee on Evolutionary Biology

John Bates  <jbates@fmnh.org> Genetic structure and evolution of tropical birds, historical biogeography, conservation biology

Joy Bergelson  <j-bergelson@uchicago.edu> Ecology and evolution of resistance in plants, plant-enemy interactions, coevolution, pathogenesis of bacteria on plants

Rudiger Bieler  <bieler@fmnh.org> Molluscan evolutionary biology, phylogenetic systematics, invertebrate anatomy.

John Bolt  <bolt@fmnh.org> Early diversification of tetrapods, particularly amphibians, of Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Early Permian age (ca. 360 to 270 million years before present); systematics; comparative and functional morphology; biogeography.

Michael Coates  <mcoates@uchicago.edu> Vertebrate paleontology, systematics and phylogenetics, origins of major taxa including gnathostomes, early jawed fishes and basal tetrapods, historical patterns of biodiversity and morphology, and the integration of paleo- with developmental biology.

Jerry Coyne  <j-coyne@uchicago.edu> I work on a diverse array of topics in the areas of population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological genetics, and molecular evolution.

Greg Dwyer  <gdwyer@midway.uchicago.edu> Disease ecology, spatial ecology, population genetics, animal behavior and conservation biology.

Martin Feder  <m-feder@uchicago.edu> Evolutionary and ecological functional genomics; evolutionary physiology; molecular adaptation; role of heat-shock proteins and molecular chaperones in stress tolerance in Drosophila; evolution of transcriptional regulation

Michael Foote  <mfoote@midway.uchicago.edu> Large-scale evolutionary patterns, morphological diversification, evolutionary rate

Lance Grande  <grande@fmnh.org> Phylogenetic interrelationships, comparative osteology, and historical biogeography of fossil and living actinopterygian fishes

Shannon Hackett  <shackett@fmnh.org> Systematics and biogeography of birds

Lawrence Heaney  <heaney@fmnh.org> Biogeography, including the evolutionary origins and ecological maintenance of patterns of biological diversity, especially those of mammals, on islands or in island-like ecosystems. Conservation biology is a major component.

Richard Hudson  <rr-hudson@uchicago.edu> Population genetics, theory and data analysis with a focus on molecular variation within and between species.

David Jablonski  <djablons@midway.uchicago.edu> Macroevolution; paleobiology; evolutionary paleoecology, especially in marine invertebrates

Maureen Kearney  <mkearney@fieldmuseum.org> Comparative anatomy, development, systematics, and evolution of reptiles

Susan Kidwell  <skidwell@midway.uchicago.edu> Taphonomy ; stratigraphy of sedimentary records

Martin Kreitman  <mkre@midway.uchicago.edu> Molecular population genetics, genetics of speciation.

Michael LaBarbera  <mlabarbe@midway.uchicago.edu> Biomechanics, especially in marine invertebrates including bizarre extinct forms

Robert Lacy  <rlacy@ix.netcom.com> Experimental, field, and simulation studies to explore the genetic, demographic, and ecological processes that threaten the long-term viability of wildlife populations.

Bruce Lahn  <blahn@genetics.uchicago.edu> Mammalian genetics

Wen-Hsiung Li  <whli@uchicago.edu> Major interest: Processes and mechanisms of molecular and genomic evolution. I. Evolution of gene regulation. II. Evolution of duplicate genes. III. Development of statistical methods and computational analysis of genomic data.

Scott Lidgard  <lidgard@fmnh.org> Evolution and ecology of cheilostome bryozoans, particularly the relationships of colonial growth and form; evolutionary paleoecology and the resolution of large-scale patterns in the fossil record; angiosperm diversification and Cretaceous floristic tren

Eric Lombard  <elombard@midway.uchicago.edu> Comparative, functional, and evolutionary studies on feeding and sensory adaptations in lower vertebrates

Manyuan Long  <mlong@midway.uchicago.edu> Molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics

Dario Maestripieri  <dario@uchicago.edu> Neuroendocrine, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of social behavior in primates

Peter Makovicky  <pmakovicky@fieldmuseum.org> Systematics and evolutionary history of advanced theropod and ceratopsian dinosaurs, with an emphasis on their interrelationships, origins of key characters and patterns of diversification.

Sue Margulis  <sumargul@brookfieldzoo.org> Effect of the physical and social environment on behavior and reproductive success in zoo populations, primarily primates. Reproductive aging and menopause in apes.

Robert Martin  <rdmartin@fieldmuseum.org> Reconstruction of the evolutionary history and phylogenetic relationships of primates, with special emphasis on the brain, reproduction and allometric scaling, but covering the whole range from morphology to molecular evidence.

Martha McClintock  <mkm1@uchicago.edu> Mechanisms and function of breeding synchrony, pheromonal communication, facultative adjustment of sex ratios, behavioral and environmental modulation of immune function and susceptibility to disease, reproductive senescence, ethology of reproduction in d

Jennifer Mcelwain  <mcelwain@fieldmuseum.org> Paleobotany, global climate change, history of the carbon cycle and atmospheric composition, new techniques in paleoaltimetery using fossil plants

R. Michael Miller  <rmmiller@anl.gov> Using functional approaches to understanding plant community dynamics, especially of interest are the contributions of the mycorrhizal symbiosis as a potential adaptation mechanism to stresses imposed by elevated CO2, ozone, temperature and drought.

Gregory Mueller  <mueller@fmnh.org> Systematics, population biology, biogeography, and ecology of fungi

Carole Ober  <carole@genetics.uchicago.edu> Genetics of human reproduction; human population genetics; immunogenetics; genetics of complex traits

Bruce Patterson  <patterso@fmnh.org> Historical biogeography, systematics, conservation biology and ecology of Neotropical mammals; host-parasite coevolution; behavioral ecology of African mammals

Cathy Pfister  <c-pfister@uchicago.edu> Population and community dynamics in marine systems

Vicky Prince  <vprince@midway> Mechanisms of patterning the anterior-posterior body axis during development of zebrafish and other teleosts, using molecular, cellular and comparative approaches

Jonathan Pritchard  <pritch@genetics.uchicago.edu> Population genetics, complex trait mapping, development of statistical methods for analyzing genetic variation within and between populations

Stephen Pruett-Jones  <aspj@midway.uchicago.edu> Behavioral ecology, sexual selection, mate choice, communication, population biology, phylogeography

Olivier Rieppel  <rieppel@fmnh.org> Phylogeny of Mesozoic marine reptiles

Paul Sereno  <dinosaur@midway.uchicago.edu> Fossils, phylogenetic analysis, biogeography, dinosaur and avian radiations, molecular evolution

Neil Shubin  <nshubin@midway.uchicago.edu> I use paleontological and developmental approaches to understand the origin of new taxa, new morphological structures and new patterns of variation in evolution.

Douglas Stotz  <stotz@fmnh.org> Conservation ecology; the distribution, evolution, ecology and behavior of birds

William Turnbull  <turnbull@fmnh.org> Early mammalian evolution, and the shift from archaic to modern families; Australian fauna of all epochs; functional anatomy of mammalian jaws; marsupial biology and geographic distribution through time.

Russell Tuttle  <russt@uchicago.edu> Field and experimental laboratory studies pertaining to the evolution of primate morphology, locomotion, and other behaviors; paleoanthropology; history of theories on hominoid evolution and of social prejudice in physical anthropology

Leigh Van Valen  <leigh@uchicago.edu> Macroevolution, macroecology, fossil mammals, evolution of biotas, energy in ecology and evolution, ecological genetics, evolution of development and adaptation, organization and evolution of phenotype, conceptual analysis

Janet Voight  <jvoight@fmnh.org> Marine biogeography, cephalopod evolution and ecology, biology of the deep sea

Harold Voris  <hvoris@fmnh.org> Ecology and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Old World tropical rain forests and the biology of marine and amphibious snakes

Peter Wagner  <pwagner@fmnh.org> Rates of morphological and phylogenetic evolution among early gastropods and other molluscs, and phylogenetic methods.

Mark Westneat  <westneat@fmnh.org> Combining phylogenetics with biomechanics to study evolution in coral reef fishes and other animals- the lab does field work and uses molecular, physiological and whole animal approaches to the evolution of feeding and locomotion

William Wimsatt  <wwim@tank.uchicago.edu> Model building and problem solving strategies and biases, units of selection, chaos in ecological systems, history of genetics and evolutionary theory

Tim Wootton  <twootton@uchicago.edu> Species interactions, particularly experimental and theoretical analyses of the causes and consequences of extinctions and introductions, and of the role of species interactions in mediating environmental impacts in food webs.

Chung-I Wu  <ciwu@uchicago.edu> Speciation, evolutionary genetics, molecular population genetics, genomics, sexual selection