Faculty Paul ArmsworthProfessorConservation, theoretical ecology Joseph BaileyAssociate Professor and Chair of Undergraduate AffairsPlant-animal interactions, evolutionary ecology Michael J. BlumAssociate Professor and Chair of Graduate AffairsAquatic Ecology, Socioecology, Sustainability, Conservation Biology Christine BoakeAssociate Dean and ProfessorBehavioral evolution, genetics Alison BoyerJoint ORNL Faculty Assistant ProfessorEcological data management, land use, & conservation Jessica BudkeAssistant Professor & Herbarium DirectorEvolutionary developmental biology, maternal effects, structure-function relationships, systematics, botany, bryology (mosses), natural history collections. Gordon BurghardtAlumni Distinguished Service ProfessorComparative behavior, ethology Elizabeth DerryberryAssistant ProfessorBehavioral evolution and phylogenetics Arthur EchternachtProfessorEcology, herpetology, vertebrate biology Nina FeffermanProfessorSelf-Organizing Complex Systems, Mathematical and computational models of problems in epidemiology, evolutionary and behavioral ecology, and conservation biology Benjamin FitzpatrickProfessorPopulation 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 Professorevolutionary theory, mathematical biology, molecular evolution, protein translation, bioinformatics Louis GrossChancellor's Professor, Director of NIMBioS, Director of 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 KaliszCollege of Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor and Head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Stephanie KivlinAssistant ProfessorEcosystem ecology, microbial ecology, global change Charles KwitAssistant ProfessorConservation, wildlife-plant interactions Christy LeppanenResearch Assistant ProfessorInvasion biology, environmental toxicology, sustainability P. Brandon MathenyAssociate Professormushroom-forming fungi, diversification, systematics, phylogeny, taxonomy Gary McCrackenProfessorEvolutionary ecology, population genetics Árpád S. NyáriResearch Assistant ProfessorAvian systematics, biogeography, and diversification Brian O’MearaAssociate Professor and Associate HeadPhylogenetics, macroevolution Monica PapeşAssistant Professor and Spatial Analysis Lab Directorecology and conservation; GIS and remote sensing Susan RiechertUTK Distinguished Service Professor and UTK Chancellor’s ProfessorAnimal behavior, ecology Edward SchillingProfessorPlant systematics Elisabeth SchusslerAssociate Professor, Director of Biology Teaching and LearningInstructional practices, introductory biology, GTAs, professional development Jen SchweitzerProfessor and Associate HeadCommunity genetics, plant-soil interactions Kimberly SheldonAssistant ProfessorBiogeography, physiological ecology, tropical ecology Daniel SimberloffGore Hunger Professor of Environmental Sciencebiological invasions, ecology, conservation biology, biogeography Randall SmallProfessorPlant systematics, molecular evolution Joseph Williams Jr.ProfessorPlant evolutionary biology
