Ecology and Evolution

John Taylor

Professor of the Graduate School
Fungal evolution and genomics

Rachel Brem

Associate Professor
Fungi as a model system for the study of genetic variation and evolution

Steven Lindow

Professor Emeritus
Ecology of Plant-Associated Microorganisms

Karine Gibbs

Associate Professor
microbiology, microbial development, molecular genetics, biochemistry, microbial social behaviors, bacterial communities / microbiomes, collective behaviors

Michael Freeling

Professor Emeritus
Evolutionary History of Plants

Benjamin Blackman

Associate Professor
Evolutionary processes and plant-environment interactions

Patricia Lang

Assistant Professor
Plant climate change adaptation and historical functional genomics

Patrick Shih

Assistant Professor
Synthetic Biology, Plant Metabolism, Microbial Evolution

Tom Bruns

Professor Emeritus
Fungal Ecology