The Graduate Program in Ecology
at Miami University
Faculty Associates
Students interested in the Graduate Program in Ecology should review the research interests of the faculty associates below. Any faculty associate in a participating department can serve as the thesis/dissertation advisor.
- Bailer, A. John — Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- Interests: biostatistics, experimental design and analysis, quantitative risk assessment
- Boardman, Mark R. — Department of Geology
- Interests: oceanography, marine ecology, climage change, coral reefs, environmental geochemistry
- Berg, David J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: aquatic ecology, conservation biology, conservation genetics, exotic species, Great Lakes ecology
- Bollmann, Annette — Department of Microbiology
- Interests: microbial ecology, nitrogen cycle, bioremediation, ecophysiology
- Boone, Michelle D. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: amphibian conservation, experimental ecology, ecotoxicology, invasive species, pathogens, multiple stressors
- Cady, Alan B. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: agrosystems, behavioral ecology, generalist predatory arthropods
- Costanzo, Jon P. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: hibernation ecology and physiology, amphibians, reptiles, cold hardiness mechanisms, bioenergentics, environmental physiology
- Crist, Thomas — Department of Zoology
- Interests: terrestrial ecology, biodiversity, insect ecology, conservation biology
- Cummins, Hays — School of Interdisciplinary Studies
- Interests: global change, paleoecology, marine benthic communities, environmental education, marine ecology, tropical ecology and coral reefs
- Fisk, Melany C. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: terrestrial ecosystems, decomposition and nutrient cycling
- Gladish, Daniel K. — Department of Botany
- Interests: prairie restoration, temperature, soil remediation, flooding
- Gonzalez, Maria J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: aquatic ecology, community ecology, predator-prey interactions, zooplankton
- Gorchov, David L. — Department of Botany
- Interests: plant population ecology, population biology of harvested plants, invasive plants
- Henry, Mary C. — Department of Geography
- Interests: landscape ecology, remote sensing, vegetation dynamics, fire ecology
- Johnston, Scott A. — Department of Architecture & Interior Design
- Interests: sustainable design, solar design, energy conservation, building systems
- Keane, Brian — Department of Zoology
- Interests: mammalian social behavior, inbreeding, mate choice, dispersal, molecular genetic techniques
- Keiffer, Carolyn H. — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecological restoration, invasive plants, phytoremediation, bioremediation
- Klak, Thomas C. — Department of Geography
- Interests: urban ecology, biodiversity, native plant restoration, sustainability, birds as ecological indicators
- Kwit, Charles — Department of Botany
- Interests: frugivory and seed dispersal, disturbance ecology, conservation biology
- Lee, Richard E. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: physiological ecology, winter biology, entomology
- Maingi, John K. — Department of Geography
- Interests: GIS, remote sensing, forest ecology, environmental change
- McGrew, William C. — Department of Anthropology
- Interests: behavioral ecology, primatology
- Medley, Kimberly E. — Department of Geography
- Interests: biogeography, plant ecology, landscape ecology, conservation
- Meikle, Douglas B. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: behavioral ecology, habitat fragmentation, sexual selection, kin selection, population genetic structure
- Morgan-Kiss, Rachael M. — Department of Microbiology
- Interests: extremophillic microbes, cold adaptation, photobiology and ecophysiology
- Myers, Christopher A. — School of Interdisciplinary Studies
- Interests: environmental education, tropical ecology, desert ecology, community ecology
- Oris, James T. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: aquatic toxicology, ecotoxicology, molecular biomarkers, fish ecology
- Renwick, William H. — Department of Geography
- Interests: land use, water quality, sedimentation, erosion
- Rypstra, Ann L. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: behavioral ecology, community ecology, predator-prey interactions, spiders
- See, Kyoungah — Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- Interests: environmental statistics, experimental design, sampling, multivariate analysis
- Shukla, Amit — Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- Interests: nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation stability and control, hybrid systems
- Solomon, Nancy — Department of Zoology
- Interests: sociality, group-living, dispersal, cooperative breeding, communal and parental care, mammals
- Steinly, Bruce A. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: restoration, wetlands, insect primary consumers, insect detritivores, shore flies, food webs, arthropod brain morphology
- Stevens, Martin Henry H. — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecology and evolution of community dynamics and diversity, statistical methods
- Vanni, Michael J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: ecosystem and community ecology, food webs, aquatic ecology, watersheds
- Williamson, Craig E. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: ecology of UV radiation in aquatic ecosystems, global change ecology