Research Areas

Evolution

Evolution affects everything in biology, from molecules and cells to lineages and communities. Evolution is the most distinctive property of life, setting biology apart from physics and chemistry. Modern evolutionary biology is concerned with both process and pattern, that is, with both the mechanisms by which changes are produced and with the changes that have produced the vast diversity of organisms that have ever existed.

Susan C Alberts, Associate Professor
Behavorial ecology of large mammals

Sherryl A Broverman, Associate Professor of the Practice
science literacy for non-majors; science education reform; the interaction of gender, education and global health

Clifford Cunningham, Associate Professor
Evolution and biogeography of marine invertebrates

Mary W. Eubanks, Adjunct Professor of Biology
Maize Evolution and Improvement

Sonke Johnsen, Associate Professor
Comparative physiology; focusing on vision, crypsis, optics, and bioluminescence in the open ocean

Manuel Leal, Assistant Professor
Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards, Animal Communication

François M Lutzoni, Associate Professor
Evolution of symbiotic interactions

Paul M Magwene, Assistant Professor
Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics

Daniel W McShea, Associate Professor
Macroevolution, paleobiology, philosophy of biology

John M Mercer, Associate Professor Of The Practice
Molecular evolution, Evolution, Mathematical biology, Morphometrics

Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Professor
Evolutionary, Ecological, & Agricultural Functional Genomics

Alexander F Motten, Associate Professor Of The Practice
Evolutionary ecology, plant reproductive biology, biodiversity

R Bruce Nicklas, Arthur S. Pearse Professor Emeritus of Biology
Mitosis and evolution

H Frederik F. Nijhout, Professor
Developmental physiology/development and evolution

Mohamed A. Noor, Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Speciation and evolutionary genetics, recombination

Stephen Nowicki, Professor of Biology and Dean of Undergraduate Education
Ecology, evolution and mechanisms of animal communication

Kathleen M. Pryer, Associate Professor
Evolutionary biology of early land plants

Mark D Rausher, Professor
Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Evolution

Cynthia Riginos, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
Evolutionary genetics of marine animals

V. Louise Roth, Associate Professor
Morphological and molecular evolution in mammals: size, shape, and ontogeny

Jonathan Shaw, Professor
Evolution and diversity of bryophytes

Kathleen K Smith, Professor and Director, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
Functional morphology and evolution of vertebrates; craniofacial development, evolutionary morphology

John Staddon, James B Duke Prof. of Psych. & Brain Sciences and Professor

Marcy K Uyenoyama, Professor
Population genetics, molecular evolution

Rytas J Vilgalys, Professor
Phylogenetic systematics and molecular evolution in fungi

John H Willis, Associate Professor
Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations

William Wilson, Associate Professor
Theoretical ecology and evolution

Gregory A Wray, Professor and Director, Center for Evolutionary Genomics
Evolution of gene networks and developmental mechanisms