Our faculty members have broad and dynamic research interests that address contemporary issues in three main areas:


A. Cell, molecular & microbial biology, and genetics:

• innate antiviral immune responses (Dr. Stephanie Dewitte-Orr)

• root symbioses – development and regulation (Dr. Frederique Guinel)

• proteomics & cell culture – tools for assessing organism health (Dr. Lucy Lee)

• comparative & functional genomics (Dr. Gabriel Moreno-Hagelsieb)

• microbial pathogen dynamics in natural waters & wetlands (Dr. Robin Slawson)

• mechanisms of protein targeting and import into chloroplasts (Dr. Matthew Smith)

• Microbial glycobiology: Structure-function analysis of protein-carbohydrate interactions
   (Dr. Joel Weadge)

B. Biodiversity, evolution and ecology

• comparative tree biology and responses of forests to global change (Dr. Jennifer Baltzer)

• biodiversity, biogeography and systematics of flowering plants (Dr. Mihai Costea)

• evolutionary genetics of sexual selection and conflict (Dr. Tristan A. F. Long)

• reproductive biology & ecology of songbirds (Dr. Scott Ramsay)

• community ecology of aquatic systems (Dr. Jane Rutherford)

• wetlands, wetland plant ecology, aquatic botany (Dr. Kevin Stevens)

C. Physiology and toxicology:

• effects of anthropogenic contaminants on fish biology (Dr. Deborah MacLatchy)

• stress physiology of aquatic animals; toxicology & risk assessment of metals (Dr. Jim McGeer)

• fish physiology and toxicology in extreme & unpredictable environments (Dr. Michael Wilkie)

• bioenergetics and environmental stress physiology of plants (Dr. Allison McDonald)