Ecology Research Center
at Miami University
Faculty
Miami University faculty conduct a wide variety of research at the Ecology Research Center (ERC). Their departmental affiliations and principal research interests are listed below.
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- Boardman, Mark R. — Department of Geology
- Interests: oceanography, marine ecology, climage change, coral reefs, environmental geochemistry
- 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
- 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
- González, María 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
- 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 Howes — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecological restoration, invasive plants, phytoremediation, bioremediation
- 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
- Levy, Jonathan — Department of Geology
- Interests: ground water flow and contamination, pesticide fate and transport
- 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
- Renwick, William H. — Department of Geography
- Interests: land use, water quality, sedimentation, erosion
- Russell, David E. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: molecular systematics, entomology, ornithology
- Rypstra, Ann L. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: behavioral ecology, community ecology, predator-prey interactions, spiders
- Schaeffer, Paul J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: animal energetics and muscle physiology
- Schussler, Elisabeth E. — Department of Botany
- Interests: botany education and undergraduate biology education
- 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