Faculty Research Interests
Adipoimmunology--Modulation of the immune response by adipokines, hormones made by adipose tissue
Genomics; Bioinformatics; Behavior; Evolution; Marine Biology; Transposable Elements, Eusociality
Evolution of species in Adder’s Tongue ferns
Vacuolar H+-ATPase assembly and function
Amphibian ecology and conservation
Gender, race, nation, and sexuality in public health discourses
The stability of plant-insect mutualisms
ecology, zooplankton, aquatic, fish, small pond, invertebrate, turtle, population dynamics, community ecology
Neuroethology of social communication
Evolution of developmental mechanisms using a marine invertebrate, the sea urchin, as a model system.
Population and Community Ecologist
Molecular Geneticist
Insect behavior and ecology
Pathogenesis of Burkholderia cenocepacia
Tumor suppression and growth factor signaling