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Leo Buss's picture Leo Buss
Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Senior Research Scientist of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator Emeritus of Invertebrate Zoology Peabody Museum
leo.buss@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Research Interests: Allorecognition reactions, wherein a colony detects and reacts to a conspecific on the basis of cell-cell contact, are near ubiquitous amongst the clonal marine benthos.
Adalgisa Caccone's picture Adalgisa Caccone
Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Senior Research Scientist in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of the Environment, and Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
21 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT, 06511
adalgisa.caccone@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-5259
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Molecular evolution and conservation genetics.
ESC 140
Jenn Coughlan's picture Jenn Coughlan
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
21 Sachem St. New Haven, CT 06511
jennifer.coughlan@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone:
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Dr. Coughlan is an evolutionary geneticist. The Coughlan lab uses a charismatic group of wildflowers (Mimulus) to understand the genetic basis and evolutionary drivers of adaptation and speciation in nature.
ESC 370A
Martina Dal Bello's picture Martina Dal Bello
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
martina.dalbello@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Community ecology, microbial ecology, marine ecology, climate change.
YSB 147 and WC ABC 171A
Mary Beth Decker's picture Mary Beth Decker
Research Scientist in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Lecturer in School of the Environment
260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
marybeth.decker@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-6293
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Biological oceanography, jellyfish blooms in changing coastal and estuarine ecosystems.
YSB 149; Lab YSB C130
Michael Donoghue's picture Michael Donoghue
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

michael.donoghue@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Plant evolution and systematics; phylogenetic biology.
Casey Dunn's picture Casey Dunn
Professor
260 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511
casey.dunn@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: +1 (203) 432-3109
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Comparative invertebrate zoology. We use phylogenetics to study the evolution of genomes, genome function, morphology, and siphonophores.
YSB C167; Lab YSC C130, G119A
Erika Edwards's picture Erika Edwards
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Botany at the Peabody Museum of Natural History; Director of Marsh Botanical Gardens
260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
erika.edwards@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-3869
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Evolution; phylogenetics; plant structure and function; ecological adaptation
YSB C163; Lab YSB C130
Vanessa Ezenwa's picture Vanessa Ezenwa
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
266 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
vanessa.ezenwa@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203 436-2614
Research Interests: Disease ecology, behavioral ecology, ecoimmunology, parasitology
BASS 334; Lab BASS 429
Walter Jetz's picture Walter Jetz
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; School of the Environment
310 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
walter.jetz@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-7540
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Macroecology; community ecology; biogeography; global change biology; conservation; ecology and evolution of terrestrial vertebrates.
310 Prospect St; Lab 310 Prospect St
Joshua Moyer's picture Joshua Moyer
Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
joshua.moyer@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Research Interests: Functional anatomy and biodiversity of vertebrates. Specializes in the ecological morphology & systematics of cartilaginous fishes (sharks and their relatives) using methods in kinematics, behavior, anatomy & dissection, histology, & biomedical imaging.
SCL 179, SCL Suite 2-2B
Martha Muñoz's picture Martha Muñoz
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
21 Sachem St. New Haven, CT 06511
martha.munoz@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-9861
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Evolution, ecophysiology, animal behavior, and phylogenetics
Thomas Near's picture Thomas Near
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Bingham Oceanographic Curator of Ichthyology, Peabody Museum of Natural History; Head of College - Saybrook College
21 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT 06511
thomas.near@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-3002
Fax: Office Hours T & Th 9:30am - 11:00am
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Evolutionary biology of fishes – retracing how species and lineages are treated to one another, primarily using DNA sequence data to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships of species represented through branching diagrams and phylogenies.
ESC 364
C. Brandon Ogbunu's picture C. Brandon Ogbunu
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
brandon.ogbunu@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-7805
Research Interests: systems biology, population genetics, epidemiology, disease ecology and evolution, science and society
YSB 331; Lab YSB 322-323
David Post's picture David Post
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University; Vice President (Academic Affairs), Dean of Faculty, and Visiting Wong Ngit Liong Professor at Yale-NUS College
225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
david.post@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Aquatic ecology; food-web structure and dynamics, eco-evolutionary interactions, environmental change
SCL Suite 3-3B; Lab BASS 430-433
Jeffrey Powell's picture Jeffrey Powell
Research Professor
21 Sachem St. New Haven, CT 06511
jeffrey.powell@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-3887
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics; molecular evolution and conservation genetics.
ESC 172
Richard Prum's picture Richard Prum
William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Head Curator of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) Peabody Museum of Natural History
21 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT 06511-8934
richard.prum@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-9423
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Evolutionary ornithology, including phylogenetics, behavior, feathers, structural color, evolution and development, sexual selection, and historical biogeography.
ESC 164
Linda Puth's picture Linda Puth
Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
linda.puth@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
SCL 177; SCL Suite 2 – 2C
Eric Slessarev's picture Eric Slessarev
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
eric.slessarev@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Soil science, terrestrial biogeochemistry, ecosystem-geosphere interactions, carbon and nutrient cycling
KGL 417; Lab KGL 318
Carla Staver's picture Carla Staver
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Associate Director of The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
carla.staver@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-436-9200
Fax: 203-432-5176
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Landscape ecology of savannas and forest; fire and herbivore feedbacks; temporal and spatial variability as ecological driver; historical dependence in ecology.
KGL 416; Lab KGL 318
Stephen Stearns's picture Stephen Stearns
Edward P. Bass Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
stephen.stearns@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone:
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Research Interests: I am retired and no longer accepting graduate students. Life history evolution, evolutionary medicine, evolutionary genetics and innovations in teaching that serve learning.
Alison Sweeney's picture Alison Sweeney
Associate Professor of Physics; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
alison.sweeney@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
SCL 131
Paul Turner's picture Paul Turner
Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Microbiology Faculty, Yale School of Medicine
260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
paul.turner@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-5918
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Virus evolutionary genetics and genomics, mostly in bacteriophages and arthropod-borne viruses. We use experimental evolution to test basic biology questions, and conduct applied research on virus-based therapies to treat disease.
YSB C149; Lab YSB 142A, 148, 148E
David Vasseur's picture David Vasseur
Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
david.vasseur@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-2719
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Theoretical ecology; biodiversity-ecosystem function; impacts of environmental variability on population, community, and ecosystem processes; spatial population synchrony.
SCL 178 (temporary); Lab BASS 430-433
Günter Wagner's picture Günter Wagner
Alison Richard Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

gunter.wagner@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone:
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Population genetics theory; evolutionary theory.
Marta Wells's picture Marta Wells
Senior Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
marta.wells@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-6294
Research Interests: Insect behavior and Evolution. Mating signal and speciation in Neuropteran insects.
SCL 171
Michelle Wong's picture Michelle Wong
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
michelle.y.wong@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Research Interests: Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, plant-soil feedbacks, nutrient cycling
KGL 418; Lab KGL 318
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Richard Bribiescas's picture Richard Bribiescas
Deputy Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity; Professor of Anthropology
2 Whitney Avenue
richard.bribiescas@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-2049
Website (link is external)
Whitney Grove Square Building
Craig Brodersen's picture Craig Brodersen
Associate Professor of the School of the Environment
195 Prospect St
craig.brodersen@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-436-5145
Website (link is external)
Nicholas Christakis's picture Nicholas Christakis
Sol Goldman Family Professor of Social & Natural Science; Professor Int Med General Medicine
17 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511-8965
nicholas.christakis@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-436-4747
Website (link is external)
17 HLH
Liza Comita's picture Liza Comita
Associate Professor of the School of the Environment
205 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511
liza.comita@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-436-5783
Forrest Crawford's picture Forrest Crawford
Associate Professor of the School of Public Health
60 College St, New Haven, CT 06510-3210
forrest.crawford@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-785-6125
Website (link is external)
Room 207
Gordon Geballe's picture Gordon Geballe
Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
gordon.geballe@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Nathan Grubaugh's picture Nathan Grubaugh
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
60 College Street
nathan.grubaugh@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-737-5869
Website (link is external)
LEPH 607
Vivian Irish's picture Vivian Irish
Professor and Chair of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
219 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-2106
vivian.irish@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-5572
Website (link is external)
OML 252A
James Noonan's picture James Noonan
Associate Professor, MYSM Department of Genetics
333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510-3206
james.noonan@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-737-1922
Website (link is external)
SHM I 142C
Eric Sargis's picture Eric Sargis
Professor of Anthropology; School of the Environment; Curator of Zoology (Mammalogy) and Vertebrate Paleontology Peabody Museum
10 Sachem St, New Haven, CT 06511-3707
eric.sargis@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-6140
Website (link is external)
Room 208
Oswald Schmitz's picture Oswald Schmitz
Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology; School of the Environment
205 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-2106
oswald.schmitz@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-5110
Website (link is external)
Greeley Laboratory, Room 112
David Skelly's picture David Skelly
Oastler Professor of the School of the Environment; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Director of Peabody Museum of Natural History
205 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-2106
david.skelly@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-3603
Website (link is external)
Kroon 208
Jeffrey Townsend's picture Jeffrey Townsend, Ph.D.
Elihu Professor of Biostatistics YSPH
135 College St., New Haven, CT 06510-2483
jeffrey.townsend@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-737-7042
Website (link is external)
Suite 200, Room 222
Serena Tucci's picture Serena Tucci
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
10 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT 06511
serena.tucci@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Website (link is external)
Room 216
J Rimas Vaisnys's picture J Rimas Vaisnys
Professor of Electrical Engineering
15 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-6816
juozas.vaisnys@yale.edu (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 203-432-4253
Website (link is external)
BCT 519