Faculty Paul ArmsworthProfessorConservation, theoretical ecology Joseph BaileyAssociate Professor and Chair of Undergraduate AffairsPlant-animal interactions, evolutionary ecology Michael J. BlumAssociate ProfessorAquatic Ecology, Socioecology, Sustainability, Conservation Biology Christine BoakeProfessorBehavioral evolution, genetics Alison BoyerJoint ORNL Faculty Assistant ProfessorEcological data management, land use, & conservation Jessica BudkeAssistant Professor & Herbarium DirectorEvolutionary developmental biology, systematics, botany Gordon BurghardtAlumni Distinguished Service ProfessorComparative behavior, ethology Virginia DaleJoint ORNL Faculty AssociateMathematical Ecology, Landscape Ecology Elizabeth Derryberry Arthur EchternachtProfessorEcology, herpetology, vertebrate biology Nina FeffermanAssociate Professor Benjamin FitzpatrickAssociate ProfessorPopulation genetics, conservation biology James FordyceProfessor and Chair of Graduate AdmissionsEvolutionary ecology, plant-insect interactions Orou GaoueAssistant ProfessorConservation biology, demography, plant-human interactions Sergey GavriletsDistinguished ProfessorTheoretical evolutionary biology Xingli GiamAssistant ProfessorConservation ecology, global environmental change Michael GilchristAssociate ProfessorTheoretical evolutionary biology Louis GrossProfessor, Director TIEMMathematical ecology Karen HughesProfessorSpeciation processes/ hybridization of fungi Heather Bird JacksonResearch Assistant Professor basic & applied spatial ecology Henriette JagerJoint ORNL Faculty AssociateTheoretical Ecology, Conservation Biology Susan KaliszProfessor and Department Head Stephanie KivlinAssistant Professor, starting Jan 2018Ecosystem ecology, microbial ecology, global change Charles KwitAssistant ProfessorConservation, wildlife-plant interactions P. Brandon MathenyAssociate ProfessorFungal systematics, field mycology Gary McCrackenProfessorEvolutionary ecology, population genetics Brian O’MearaAssociate Professor and Associate HeadPhylogenetics, macroevolution Árpád S. NyáriResearch Assistant ProfessorAvian systematics, biogeography, and diversification Monica PapeşAssistant Professorecology and conservation; GIS and remote sensing Susan RiechertDistinguished Service ProfessorAnimal behavior, ecology Edward SchillingProfessorPlant systematics Elisabeth SchusslerAssociate Professor, Director of Biology Teaching and LearningUndergraduate biology education Jen SchweitzerAssociate Professor and Associate HeadCommunity genetics, plant-soil interactions Kimberly SheldonAssistant ProfessorBiogeography, physiological ecology, tropical ecology Daniel SimberloffGore Hunger Professor of Environmental ScienceEcology, biogeography Randall SmallProfessorPlant systematics, molecular evolution Joseph Williams Jr.Professor and Chair of Graduate AffairsPlant evolutionary biology
