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Research Strengths

Ecology

Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with each other and their physical environment. Our group has strength in behavioral, conservation, community, and evolutionary ecology.

Faculty MemberContact InfoResearch Description
John Bruno
Associate Professor		335 Wilson Hall

john_bruno[at]unc.edu		Marine and Climate Change Ecology
Lauren B. Buckley
Assistant Professor		340 Wilson Hall

buckley[at]bio.unc.edu		Biogeography of climate change
Patricia G. Gensel
Professor		403 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6937
pgensel[at]bio.unc.edu		Paleobotany
Allen Hurlbert
Assistant Professor		331 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-9930
hurlbert[at]bio.unc.edu		Biodiversity, biogeography, and macroecology
Charles E. Mitchell
Associate Professor		411 Coker Hall
(919) 843-7745
mitchell[at]bio.unc.edu		Disease Ecology
Robert K. Peet
Professor		413 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6942
peet[at]unc.edu		Plant Ecology, Plant Geography, EcoInformatics
David W. Pfennig
Zachary Taylor Smith Professor		304 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-6958
dpfennig [at] unc [dot] edu		Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Karin Pfennig
Associate Professor		G44A Wilson Hall
(919)-843-5590
kpfennig[at]email.unc.edu		Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
Seth R. Reice
Associate Professor (Emeritus)		244 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-1375
sreice[at]bio.unc.edu		Stream Community and Ecosystem Ecology
Keith W. Sockman
Associate Professor		G43 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-1989
kws[at]unc.edu		Physiological and Behavioral Ecology
James Umbanhowar
Research Assistant Professor		210 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-7107
jumbanho[at]email.unc.edu		Population and Community Ecology; Mathematical Biology
Alan S. Weakley
Adjunct Assistant Professor		419 Coker Hall
(919) 619-1101
weakley[at]unc.edu		Plant Systematics, Floristics, Biogeography, Conservation Planning, Bioinformatics, Vegetation Classification and Mapping
Peter S. White
Professor; Director, NC Botanical Garden		406 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6939 (Biology)
peter.white[at]unc.edu		Plant Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biodiversity