Mark Bertness

Robert P. Brown Professor Emeritus of Biology

Problems in the population and community, ecology of marine plants and animals.

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Robert P. Brown Professor of Biology, Professor of Medical Science, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Functional morphology, comparative physiology, and biomechanics.

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Senior Lecturer, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Human and comparative vertebrate anatomy; mammal evolution and paleoecology; climate change; stable isotope geochemistry and macro-evolutionary theory.

Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Graduate Program Co-Director

Animal behavior, with an emphasis on its physiological and evolutionary basis.

Professor of Biology, Professor of Medical Science, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Functional morphology, the evolution of the vertebrate locomotor system.

Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Detecting and characterizing natural selection in human populations and estimating human demographic histories.

Professor Emerita of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Vertebrate evolution (especially Cenozoic mammals), craniodental functional morphology, mammalian systematics (especially ungulates). Prof. Janis has retired from Brown, is now working in the UK, and is not available to supervise student research projects.  

Rebecca Kartzinel

Lecturer (BUE), Herbarium Director , Interim PEC Director

Plant population genetics, genomics, and ecological epigenetics.  

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Peggy and Henry D. Sharpe Jr. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Conservation biology, molecular ecology and the evolution of species interactions.

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Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, and Environment and Society, Graduate Program Co-Director

Structure and dynamics of tropical forests, environmental remote sensing.

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Hermon Bumpus Professor Emeritus of Biology, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology (Research)

Behavioral ecology: foraging, life history variables, and sexual selection.

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Assistant Provost for Sustainability, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society

Biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling in tropical forests, interaction between geologic and ecological processes.

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Professor of Biology, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Director, Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Director, Data Science Initiative

Population genetics and evolutionary theory, applied to human genetic variation.

Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History, Professor of Biology, Chair of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Molecular ecology and evolution, coevolution of nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, and speciation.

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Senior Lecturer in Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Vice Chair, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Biomechanics and energetics of vertebrate movement.  

Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Professor of Environment and Society

Species invasions of non-native plants and animals; Evaluating conservation strategies best suited to preserving biodiversity from the novel threats posed by climate change.

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Professor of Biology, Professor of Engineering, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Biomechanics, functional morphology, and the evolution of vertebrate limbs.

Professor of Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Life history evolution with an emphasis on Senescence.

Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Darwinian evolution at the level of individual mutations within protein coding genes.

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Professor of Biology, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Population and community ecology, oceanography, and marine biology.