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Leaves from Dominant Trees at the Changbai National Park, China (Peter White Lab)

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Research Strengths

Organismal Biology

Organismal biologists seek to understand the remarkable diversity of life forms on Earth by analyzing organismal structure and function. We take an integrative approach to this research, combining analyses at levels ranging from molecules to whole organisms.

Faculty MemberContact InfoResearch Description
Lauren B. Buckley
Assistant Professor		340 Wilson Hall

buckley@bio.unc.edu		Biogeography of climate change
Sabrina Burmeister
Associate Professor		231 Wilson Hall
(919)-843-5105
sburmeister [at] unc.edu		Neurobiology & behavior
Patricia G. Gensel
Professor		403 Coker Hall
(919) 962-6937
pgensel@bio.unc.edu		Paleobotany
Tyson L. Hedrick
Assistant Professor of Biology		G40a Wilson Hall
(919) 962-0757
thedrick@email.unc.edu		Biomechanics and Animal Locomotion
William M. Kier
Professor and Chair		313B Wilson Hall (Lab)
205 Coker Hall (Chair)
(919) 962-5017 (Lab Office)
(919) 962-8321 (Chair's Office)
billkier@bio.unc.edu		Biomechanics of marine invertebrates and musculoskeletal systems
Joel G. Kingsolver
William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor		334A Wilson Hall
(919) 843-6291
jgking@bio.unc.edu		Evolutionary and physiological ecology
Catherine Lohmann
Lecturer		129 Wilson Hall
(919) 962-2536
clohmann@email.unc.edu		Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Biology, and Conservation of Marine Animals
Kenneth J. Lohmann
Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor		G30A Wilson Hall
(919) 962-1332
klohmann@email.unc.edu		Behavior, Neuroscience, Sensory Biology, and Conservation of Marine Animals
Laura Miller
Associate Professor of Biology and Mathematics		447 Chapman Hall
(919) 904-0442
lam9@unc.edu		Mathematical Physiology
Charles E. Mitchell
Associate Professor		411 Coker Hall
(919) 843-7745
mitchell@bio.unc.edu		Disease Ecology
Keith W. Sockman
Associate Professor		G43 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-1989
kws@unc.edu		Behavioral, Physiological, and Neuro-Ecology
Alan S. Weakley
Adjunct Assistant Professor		419 Coker Hall
(919) 619-1101
weakley@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@unc.edu		Plant Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biodiversity
Christopher S. Willett
Research Assistant Professor		235 Wilson Hall
(919) 843-8663
willett4@email.unc.edu		Molecular population and evolutionary genetics