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Professor
Director, Institute on Ecosystems

My lab's research goals are aimed at illuminating the evolution of complex traits that augment biodiversity, control cell lifespan, and drive major transitions in the history of life. How do changes in genome architecture and gene expression explain the physiology and behavior of novel microbial genotypes? 

Assisstant Director, Institute on Ecosystems

I joined UM's IoE in 2023 as a Fiscal and Program Coordinator. This role enabled me to use my rich and varied experiences in business and marketing, nonprofits, agriculture, anthropology, research, and more. I am adept at building beneficial partnerships and strive to ensure that they result in inclusive collaborations that respect the diversity, equity, and dignity of all involved.

Professor

My research focuses on the behavioral and physiological changes that occur in response to unpredictable events (stressors), the hormonal and cellular mechanisms that underlie these changes, and the ecological repercussions of these changes for animals in their natural environment.

Professor
John Craighead Endowed Chair of Conservation

I study global biodiversity - the ecology & evolution of organisms and the resilience of ecosystems to anthropogenic change. Much of my work and that of my students takes place in tropical rainforests, where most of Earth's biodiversity resides. Our work straddles basic ecology and applied conservation.

Associate Professor

Organisms are resilient. Over the course of their evolutionary histories, animals have adapted to cope with unending environmental change, and they continue to adapt to this day. Why are some species and individuals more resilient than others? And how is this resiliency being tested in our modern era of rapid and dramatic change?

Associate Professor

Most of my work focuses on explaining the spread and maintenance of endosymbiotic Wolbachia infections in insects. I also enjoy thinking about hybridization/introgression, reproductive isolation and speciation, and other evolutionary/population/genetic problems. 

Regents Professor

My research provides insights into the development and evolution of exaggerated male weaponry, such as the horns found in scarab beetles. I combine approaches from behavioral ecology, genetics, phylogenetics, and developmental biology to understand how evolution has shaped these bizarre structures. 

Associate Professor

Current research in the lab focuses on understanding patterns of phenotypic and genetic variation in the diverse genus Mimulus (monkeyflowers). This work uses a combination of traditional genetics, field and greenhouse experiments, and genome-enabled mapping, cloning, and molecular population genetics approaches.

Professor

Understanding the origin of species remains a central goal of evolutionary biology (and our lab!). Hybrids provide powerful models to understand how functional divergence between genomes contributes to the process of speciation. We currently have projects in various mammal species focusing on sex chromosome evolution, and local adaptation

Associate Professor

I'm interested in how processes acting at large spatial scales influence evolution, population biology, and community ecology. I am especially excited about using direct data on animal movement to explore the causes and consequences of dispersal. I hope this work will expand basic understanding of the ecological and evolutionary drivers of dispersal.

Lowe Lab website

Associate Professor

Our research lies at the intersection of population, community, and disease ecology. We explore questions, such as how interactions between hosts and their competitors affect disease transmission, the importance of environmental drivers (climate, seasonality, habitat type, etc), and characteristics associated with 'good hosts' of zoonotic disease. 

Luis Lab website

Associate Professor

How do organisms adapt to novel environments? Does adaptation come with evolutionary costs? What is the functional significance of adaptive variation? In the Miller lab, we take an integrative approach to address these fundamental questions, with a focus on cyanobacteria, an ancient and widespread group of photosynthetic bacteria.

Associate Professor
Director, Fort Missoula Field Research Station

Ultimately, I seek to understand how flight has shaped the ecology and evolution of birds. I use a variety of  techniques to explore the mechanisms of bird flight in both the laboratory and in the field. I am working to relate aerodynamics to the in vivo muscle work and power output produced during flight.

Tobalske Lab website

Assisstant Professor

We combine field and greenhouse studies with statistical models to study the ecological and evolutionary dynamics governing how responses to interacting anthropogenic stressors change across biological scales, including individual variation, population demography, and macroecological patterns of range expansions and extinctions.

Research Director, UM Bird Ecology Lab

UMBEL website

Research Director, UM Bird Ecology Lab

UMBEL website

Lab Manager, Rosenzweig Lab
Research Associate, Institute on Ecosystems