Faculty
All OEB faculty are listed below. To help applicants to our graduate program locate a faculty sponsor, the faculty list can be filtered by four broad research areas.
Click on any OEB faculty member's name to view their contact information on our directory page.
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Byers, Bruce Associate Professor Biology |
Acoustic communication in birds |
| Castro-Santos, Ted Adjunct Assistant Professor Biology |
Swimming performance and passage at barriers |
| Clotfelter, Ethan D. Associate Professor Biology, Amherst College |
Reproductive behavior of birds and fishes |
| Gill, Cynthia Assistant Professor Natural Sciences, Hampshire College |
Neuroendocrinology of the developing brain |
| Haro, Alex Adjunct Assistant Professor Natural Resources Conservation |
Fish behavior and migration; fish passage |
| Irschick, Duncan Associate Professor Biology |
Functional morphology, evolution and behavioral ecology |
| Jakob, Elizabeth Professor Psychology |
Behavioral ecology of spiders, especially social behavior and learning |
| Juanes, Francis Professor Natural Resources Conservation |
Marine fisheries ecology and behavior |
| Novak, Melinda Professor Psychology |
Behavior of microtines and primates |
| Partan, Sarah R. Assistant Professor Cognitive Science, Hampshire College |
Visual and acoustic communication in mammals |
| Patek, Sheila Assistant Professor Biology |
Evolutionary biomechanics of movement and communication |
| Podos, Jeffrey Professor Biology |
Mechanisms and evolution of vertebrate behavior, bioacoustics |
| Pope, Denise Visiting Assistant Professor Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke srachoot.shtmlCollege |
Behavioral ecology and evolution; communicatiion and mating behavior in arthropods |
| Temeles, Ethan J. Associate Professor Biology, Amherst College |
Hummingbird-flower coevolution; Sexual dimorphism |
| Warren, Paige S. Assistant Professor Natural Resources Conservation |
Animal communication, urban ecology, human-environment interactions |
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