USU Biology Faculty Research Interests
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Degrees and Programs
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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![]() Diane AlstonResearch InterestsIntegrated Pest Management, Insect Ecology, Plant-Insect Interactions |
![]() Michelle BakerResearch InterestsAquatic ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, water quality, and hydrology |
![]() Noelle BeckmanResearch InterestsTheoretical Ecology, Spatial Ecology, Community Ecology, Seed Dispersal, Plant-Animal Interactions, Plant-Microbe Interactions |
![]() Scott BernhardtResearch InterestsPopulation Genetics, Vector Competence of Arthropod-Borne Infectious Diseases, Field Collections, Molecular Biology, and Animal Models |
![]() Erin BobeckResearch InterestsBehavioral neuroscience, Molecular biology, Pain, Opioid, Addiction, G-protein coupled receptors |
![]() Monica BorghiResearch InterestsPlant Molecular Physiology, Flower Metabolomics |
![]() Edward (Ted) W. EvansResearch InterestsInsect ecology, biological control, ecology of invasions |
![]() Sara FreemanResearch InterestsSocial Behavior, Autism, Attachment, Neuroscience, Receptor Pharmacology, Oxytocin, Vasopressin, Hormones, Comparative Neuroanatomy, Animal Models of Psychiatric Disease, Nonhuman Primates |
![]() Susannah FrenchResearch InterestsPhysiological Ecology, Life History Trade-Offs, Immunity, Conservation |
![]() Zach GompertResearch InterestsHybridization, Speciation, Genetics of Adaptation, Genetic Variation in the Wild, Statistical Models and Computational Biology |
![]() Charles HanifinResearch InterestsEvolutionary genetics, Toxins, Evolutionary ecology |
![]() Nancy HuntlyResearch InterestsHuman Ecology; Community Ecology; Biodiversity; Climate Adaptation; Foodwebs; Herbivory; Arid Places |
![]() Justin A. JonesResearch InterestsPrion Proteins, Spider Silk Research |
![]() Karen KapheimResearch InterestsSocial Evolution, Bees, Evolutionary Genomics, Phenotypic Plasticity |
![]() Frank J. MessinaResearch InterestsInsect behavior and evolution, insect/plant interactions |
![]() James P. PittsResearch InterestsSystematics of Mutillidae w/ emphasis on the nocturnal Southwestern Nearctic genera, Systematics and Biogeography of Nocturnal Genera Odontophotopsis and Sphaeropthalma |
![]() Ricardo RamirezResearch InterestsAgro-Ecology; Integrated Pest Management |
![]() Alan H. SavitzkyResearch InterestsHerpetology; Morphology and Chemical Ecology of Snakes |
![]() Robert SchaefferResearch InterestsCross-Kingdom Interactions Between Plants, Insects, and Microbes |
![]() Lori SpearsResearch InterestsInvasive species; Insect ecology; Integrated pest management |
![]() John M. StarkResearch InterestsBiogeochemistry, Soil Microbiology and Microbial Ecology |
![]() Kimberly A. SullivanResearch InterestsBehavioral and Population Ecology of Birds, Avian Conservation, Women in Science, Ornithology |
![]() Jon Y. TakemotoResearch InterestsMicrobial Natural Products, Antimicrobials, Heme-Derived Metabolites, Synthetic Biology |
![]() David WahlResearch InterestsThe American Entomological Institute, Hymenoptera |
![]() Becky WilliamsResearch InterestsChemical Ecology, Behavior Ecology, Technology of Teaching and Learning |
![]() Joseph WilsonResearch InterestsBiogeography, Evolution, Ecology, Mimicry, and Conservation of Bees and Wasps |
![]() Carol D. von DohlenResearch InterestsEvolution and genomics of insect-bacterial symbioses; insect phylogenetics; insect life cycle evolution; historical biogeography |