Juan J, Armesto, Ph.D.
Forest Ecologist
Adjunct Scientist (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
Functions of biodiversity in ecosystems; plant-animal mutualisms; conservation ecology in human-dominated landscapes
Alan R. Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist
Head of Education
Urban ecosystem research and education; schoolyard ecology; undergraduate and teacher education; ecology of plant communities in agroecosystems and along rights-of-way
Seth W. Bigelow, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist
Plant-soil interactions; plant influences on water and nutrient cycles; silviculture
Mary L. Cadenasso, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist
Function of landscape boundaries; biogeochemical flux and plant community response; heterogeneity in urban and savanna systems; old field succession
Charles D. Canham, Ph.D.
Forest Ecologist
Spatially-explicit models of forest dynamics; canopy tree-soil interactions; effects of vertebrate herbivores on forests; dynamics of oldgrowth forest landscapes
Nina M. Caraco, Ph.D.
Biogeochemist
Nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems
Jonathan J. Cole, Ph.D.
Aquatic Microbiologist
Aquatic microbiology; regulation of aquatic bacteria; gas flux;
biogeochemistry
Holly A. Ewing, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Ecosystem development; terrestrial-aquatic linkages; soil development; plant-soil interactions
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Stuart E.G. Findlay, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist
Detritus dynamics; microbial ecology; interactions between streamwater and shallow groundwater; dissolved organic carbon; ecology of the Hudson River and tidal wetlands
Ross D. Fitzhugh, Ph.D.
Biogeochemist
Effects of acidic deposition on stream chemistry; effects of climate change on element cycling and loss; influences of plant-microbial-soil interactions on element cycling and loss
Brett J. Goodwin, Ph.D.
Landscape Ecologist
Spatial structuring of populations; insect population dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes; ecological modeling; animal movement
Peter M. Groffman, Ph.D.
Microbial Ecologist
Terrestrial microbial ecology; ecosystem and landscape biogeochemistry; transformation of environmental pollutants
Kathleen Hogan, Ph.D.
Educational Psychologist
Research on children's and adolescents' science learning; teacher education; ecology curriculum and program development
Clive G. Jones, D. Phil.
Ecologist
Linking species and ecosystems; ecosystem engineering by species; ecological theory; ecology and evolution of plant defenses; plant-insect-microbial interactions; effects of plant stress and damage
Gene E. Likens, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Director, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology
Ecosystem analysis; biogeochemistry; limnology; air pollution and its effects on ecosystems
Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Ph.D.
Animal Ecologist
Mammalian ecology; ecology of infectious disease; host community dynamics of Lyme disease; effects of infectious disease on endangered species
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Gary M. Lovett, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist
Forest nutrient cycling; responses of forest ecosystems to stress; atmosphere-canopy interactions
Roxane Maranger, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist
Regulation of bacteria; role of bacteria in nutrient and carbon cycling
Cheryl McCutchan, Ph.D.
Plant Physiological Ecologist
Ecophysiology of plant respiration; thermal acclimation of respiration; effects of soil chemistry on plant physiology
James H. McCutchan, Jr., Ph.D.
Ecologist
Biogeochemistry; food sources for aquatic consumers; stable isotope techniques; ecosystem metabolism; effects of temperature on biological processes
Richard S. Ostfeld, Ph.D.
Animal Ecologist
Ecology of infectious disease; community dynamics in oak forests; animal population dynamics and responses to patchy landscapes; herbivore-plant interactions
Michael L. Pace, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist
Assistant Director, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Aquatic ecosystems, food webs, microbial ecology
Steward T.A. Pickett, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist
Vegetation dynamics; the function of spatial heterogeneity in plant communities; ecological studies of urban systems
Eric M. Schauber, Ph.D.
Animal Ecologist
Population dynamics of forest animals; modeling community interactions; foraging behavior
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Moshe Shachak, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Adjunct Scientist (Mitrani Department for Desert Ecology, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer, Israel)
Desert ecology; watershed ecology; multiflow ecological systems; ecological management; organisms as ecosystem engineers; biodiversity; vegetation patterns and ecosystem processes
Doris Soto, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist
Adjunct Scientist (Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Facultad de Pesquerías y Oceanografía, Universidad Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile)
Nutrient cycling and food webs; multiple water uses; environmental impact assessment and management of aquaculture effects on fresh water and marine coastal waters
Robert S. Stelzer, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist
Stream ecology; ecosystem studies; nutrient dynamics; ecological stoichiometry; plant-herbivore interactions; microbial ecology
David L. Strayer, Ph.D.
Freshwater Ecologist
Ecology and roles of freshwater invertebrates; exotic species; endangered invertebrates, including pearly mussels; ecology of streams and groundwater
Rodney T. Venterea, Ph.D.
Soil Scientist
Soil physics; nutrient transformations and mass transport in forest and agricultural soils; trace gas emissions; process modeling; soil and groundwater remediation
Kathleen C. Weathers, Ph.D.
Forest Ecologist
Head of Laboratory Services
Chemical composition and deposition of pollutants and nutrients; forest nutrient cycling; ecology of montane ecosystems; influence of landscape heterogeneity on ecosystem function; aquatic-terrestrial fluxes
Raymond J. Winchcombe, B.S.
Wildlife Biologist
Manager of Field Research Facilities
White-tailed deer population management via controlled access hunting
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