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James Bever
Ecology and evolution of plants and fungi.
 
Keith Clay
Microbial Interactions: Ecology, Symbiosis, Disease.
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Lynda Delph
Evolutionary ecology, plant reproductive biology.
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Greg Demas
Behavioral endocrinology; neuroendocrine-immune interactions; aggression; biological rhythms; seasonality.
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Clay Fuqua
Multicellular interactions of bacteria.
Jim Goodson Neural/neuroendocrine mechanisms of social behavior; comparative neuroanatomy; evolution of avian sociality.  
Matthew Hahn
Computational and Evolutionary Genomics; Evolution of Transcriptional Regulation; Molecular Population Genetics
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Spencer Hall
Ecology of infectious disease and food web interactions in freshwater environments.
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Roger Hangarter
Plant physiology: Environmental sensory-response systems and plant development.
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Elizabeth Housworth
Statistical genetics. (Department of Mathematics)
 
Laura Hurley
Neuromodulation of the auditory system; modulator-induced plasticity in neural circuits underlying behavior.
 
Ellen Ketterson
Avian biology; avian migration; mating systems and parental care; hormones and behavior; physiological mechanisms underlying trade-offs in life histories; using hormones to explore adaptation; dominance and aggression; population dynamics during the non-breeding season.
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Eric Knox
Plant evolution; speciation; phylogenetic systematics; chloroplast genome evolution; horizontal gene transfer; flora of Indiana.
 
Curt Lively
Evolution and coevolution; sex, virulence and genetic diversity in host-parasite interactions.
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Elisabeth Lloyd
Units and levels of selection; the evolution of female orgasm; history and philosophy of biology. (Department of History & Philosophy of Science)
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Michael Lynch
Evolution of molecules, genome structure, and phenotypes.
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Emília Martins
Evolution of complex behavioral traits; phylogenies and the comparative method.
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Vicky Meretsky Conservation biology. (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)  
Armin Moczek
Evolutionary developmental biology, phenotypic plasticity, morphological and behavioral diversity in arthropods.
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Kristi Montooth

Evolutionary physiological genetics; population genetics; biochemical adaptation.

 
Leonie Moyle
Genetics of speciation and adaptation, comparative genomics, evolutionary ecology, plant reproduction.
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Jeffrey D. Palmer
Molecular evolution: Lateral transfer of mitochondrial genes to the nucleus and between organisms. Evolution of mutation rates. Molecular phylogeny.
 
Richard Phillips Biogeochemical consequences of plant-soil-microbial interactions in terrestrial ecosystems.  
Rudolf A. Raff Evolutionary developmental biology; Evolution of early development; Larval origins; How embryos fossilize.  
Heather Reynolds Plant community ecology; plant-soil-microbial interactions. (lab)
Loren H. Rieseberg
Plant evolutionary genomics; speciation; domestication; invasiveness; Compositae genomics; conservation.
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Todd Royer Biogeochemistry and water quality in streams and rivers. (School of Public and Environmental Affairs) (lab)
Dale Sengelaub
Neural development; neural plasticity; hormones and behavior. (Department of Psychology)
 
Troy Smith
Neural and hormonal control of sexually dimorphic behavior.
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Roderick Suthers
Neural and physiological bases of acoustic behavior. (Medical Sciences Program)
 
William Timberlake
Analysis of the perceptual-motor, regulatory, rhythmic, and neurophysiological structures and processes that underlie behavior. (Department of Psychology)
 
Greg Velicer
Ecology and evolution of bacterial social behavior.
 
Michael J. Wade
Evolution in metapopulations; Genetic basis of speciation in Tribolium; Epistasis; Evolutionary genetics of maternal effects; Sexual selection and alternative male mating strategies; Coevolution of arthropod hosts and Wolbachia endosymbionts.
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Maxine A. Watson
Plant development ecology
 
Meredith J. West
Development of communicative behavior. (Department of Psychology)
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