Biodiversity and Evolution
Research on the diversity of biological organisms and the evolutionary processes that give rise to that diversity. The following faculty have research programs that fall within this topic area:
| Dr. Neil Chilton | Parasitology: Molecular systematics, ecology and population genetics of metazoan parasites. |
| Dr. J. Hugo Cota-Sánchez | Plant systematics: Origin and evolution of epiphytism and vivipary in the cactus family. |
| Dr. Jeff Lane | Life history, physiological and evolutionary ecology of wild animal populations, |
| Dr. Phil McLoughlin | Mammalian population ecology |
| Dr. Christopher D Todd | Plant physiology and molecular biology |
| Dr. Nicole Webster | Evolution and Development of shell formation in snails |
| Dr. Ken Wilson | Lower plant functional genomics, Algal ecophysiology and molecular biology |