CENTER FOR ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND BEHAVIOR Faculty Members
	FACULTY	GRAD STUDENTS	SEMINARS & SYMPOSIA	LINKS

Chana Akins, Psychology, 859-257-1103, ckakin1@email.uky.edu
Animal learning and comparative psychology; sexual motivation and mating behavior; behavioral pharmacology.

David Allen, Statistics, 859-257-6901, allen@ms.uky.edu
Statistical computing, compartmental models, mixtures of distributions, linear and nonlinear models.

Mary Arthur, Forestry, 859-257-2852, marthur@uky.edu
Forest ecology, nutrient cycling, vegetation dynamics.

Mike Bardo, Psychology, 859-257-6456, mbardo@uky.edu
Neurobiology of Reward Mechanisms, with an Emphasis on Addictive Processes

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Tom Barnes, Forestry,859-257-8633, tbarnes@uky.edu
Wildlife ecology with particular reference to biodiversity, landscape ecology, and ecosystems management; wildlife damage management with an emphasis on the urban environment; youth education with an emphasis on wildlife habitat evaluations.

Susan Barron, Psychology, 859-257-5401, sbarron@uky.edu

Chris Barton, Forestry,859-257-2099, barton@uky.edu

Carol Baskin, Biology, 859-257-3996, ccbask0@uky.edu
Biology of seed dormancy and germination; life cycle ecology of herbaceous plants.

Jerry Baskin, Biology, 859-257-8770, jmbask0@uky.edu
Biology of rare plants; floristics and plant geography of cedar glades and barrens.

Lisa Cliggett, Anthropology, 859 257-2796, lisa.cliggett@uky.edu
Ecological and economic anthropology, livelihoods, household, gender, kin networks and social organization, political economy and ecology, migration, aging, anthropological demography, GIS and remote sensing; sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia, Haiti, Caribbean

Robin Cooper, Biology, 859-257-5950, rlcoop1@uky.edu
Actions of neuromodulators on physiological and morphological differentiated crustacean and Drosophila neuromuscular junctions in relation to whole animal behavior

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John Cox, Forestry, 859-257-9507, jjcox@uky.edu

Phil Crowley, Biology, pcrowley@uky.edu
Freshwater population and community ecology, underlying behavioral mechanisms, models of population dynamics and life history strategies

Steve Dobson, Entomology, 859-257-5117, sdobson@uky.edu
Medical/Veterinary Entomology, Evolution and Molecular Genetics; Potential of symbiotic bacteria as a means to modify natural insect populations.

Marilyn Duncan, 859 323-4718, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Marilyn.Duncan@uky.edu
Neural regulation of circadian rhythms and changes with aging, and interactions between the circadian and reproductive systems.

Songlin Fei, Forestry, 859-257-9760, songlin.fei@uky.edu
Forest Biometrics, GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Invasive Species Modeling

Charles Fox, Entomology, 859-257-7472, Fox@uky.edu
Population genetics; evolutionary ecology; behavioral ecology.

Gisela Garcia-Ramos, Biology, 859-257-5306, ggarc0@uky.edu

Tom Getchell, Physiology, tgetche@uky.edu
Physiology of chemoreception.

Scott Gleeson, Biology, 859-323-3284, skglees@uky.edu
Plant ecology; evolutionary ecology

James Harwood, Entomology, 859-257-4264, James.Harwood@uky.edu
Ecology and behavior of generalist predators, food web biology, molecular ecology, biological control.

Ken Haynes, Entomology, 859-257-1618, khaynes@uky.edu
Insect behavior; Chemical ecology; Chemical signals mediating host-finding and mating behavior.

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Harmon Holcomb, Philosophy, 859-257-9414, holcomb@uky.edu
Epistemological and metaphysical issues as they arise in science, with special attention to current research problems in evolutionary biology and sociobiology.

Paul Kalisz, Forestry, 859-257-7607, pkalisz@uky.edu
Forest soils and silviculture. Relationships and interactions among plants, animals, and abiotic ecosystem components; sustainable silvicultural methods.

Phil Kraemer, Psychology, 859-257-3027, pjkrae00@email.uky.edu

James Krupa, Biology, 859-257-8417, bio149@uky.edu

Michael Lacki, Forestry, 859-257-8571, mlacki@uky.edu
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: species habitat relationships; biology and management of nongame wildlife; conservation of rare species.

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David Maehr, Forestry, deceased In Memoriam
Large carnivore biology, landscape ecology, carnivore community ecology, management and restoration of wildlife species and their natural landscapes.

Rebecca McCulley, Plant & Soil, 859 257-6388, rebecca.mcculley@uky.edu
Ecosystem structure and function, native and 'naturalized' grasslands, climate variability, land use change, soil microbial communities, carbon and nitrogen cycling.

Timothy McClintock, Physiology, 859-323-1083, mcclint@uky.edu
Molecular biology and functional genomics of olfaction.

Nicholas McLetchie, Biology, 859-257-6786, mclet@uky.edu
Plant reproductive ecology, causes and consequences of sex ratio variations in plants.

David McNear, Plant & Soil, 859 257-8627, dave.mcnear@uky.edu
Biogeochemistry of the Rhizosphere, mobility and bioavailability of trace elements in natural systems.

John Obrycki, Entomology, 859-257-7450, john.obrycki@uky.edu

Brent Palmer, Biology, 859-257-5824, bpalmer@uky.edu

Christopher Pool, Anthropology, 859-257-2793, capool0@email.uky.edu
Archaeology, evolution of complex societies, political economy, cultural ecology, ceramic analysis, technological choice; Mesoamerica

Dan Potter, Entomology, 859-257-7458, dapotter@uky.edu
Behavior, ecology and control of arthropods attacking woody plants and turf; Insect-plant interactions; Urban landscape IPM.

Lynne Rieske-Kinney, Entomology, 859-257-1167, lrieske@uky.edu
Herbivore/Plant interactions, competitive interactions of forest herbivore feeding guilds, forest arthropod biodiversity, forest arthropod ecology, impact and management of insects in forest ecosystems.

Craig Sargent, Biology, 859-257-8742, csargent@uky.edu
Parental care, sexual selection, mating systems and life history evolution in fishes.

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Chris Schardl, Plant Pathology, 859-257-7445 ext 80730, schardl@uky.edu
Microbial genome sequencing, symbiotic fungi, particularly grass endophytes; molecular biology of plant-fungus interactions; fungal genetics and metabolism;pharmaceuticals and neurotoxins produced by fungi; biological plant protection; evolution of mutualism and parasitism; molecular systematics of fungi.

Mike Sharkey, Entomology, 859-257-9364, msharkey@uky.edu
Insect systematics; systematics of parasitic wasps.

Jeffrey Stringer, Forestry, 859-257-5994, stringer@uky.edu
Crop-tree release of upland oak species, two-aged silvicultural systems, genetic effects of silvicultural treatments on upland oaks, Paulownia establishment on surface-mined lands, and surface mine reclamation techniques for the production of high value hardwood species, and regeneration and development of riparian zones.

Randal Voss, Biology, 859-257-9888, srvoss@uky.edu

David Wagner, Forestry, 859-257-3773, dwagner@uky.edu
Forest genetics, population genetics, molecular genetics.

James Wagner, Biology at Transylvania University, 859-233-8258, jwagner@transy.edu
Ecological and evolutionary aspects of cannibalism in generalist invertebrate predators.

David Westneat, Biology, 859-257-9499, biodfw@uky.edu
Ecology and evolution of behavior; Genetic and experimental studies of social and reproductive behavior in birds.

Ken Yeargan, Entomology, 859-257-7454, kyeargan@uky.edu
Ecology of insects and spiders; Soybean and forage IPM; Biological control.

Thomas Zentall, Psychology, 859-257-4076, zentall@uky.edu
Cognitive behaviors in animals including memory strategies, concept learning, and social learning.

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