Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Faculty
		Office Location
	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 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 Lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Senior Research Scientist in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Forestry and Environmental Studies and Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) 21 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT, 06511 adalgisa.caccone@yale.edu Phone: +1 (203) 432-5259 Website Research Interests: Molecular evolution and conservation genetics.	ESC 140
	Mary Beth Decker Research Scientist of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Lecturer of Forestry & Environmental Studies 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 marybeth.decker@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-6293 Website Research Interests: Biological oceanography, jellyfish blooms in changing coastal and estuarine ecosystems.	OML 316B
	Michael Donoghue Sterling Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Botany Peabody Museum 21 Sachem St., New Haven, CT 06511 michael.donoghue@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-2074 Website Research Interests: Plant evolution and systematics; phylogenetic biology.	ESC 364
	Casey Dunn Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511 casey.dunn@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-3109 Website Research Interests: Comparative invertebrate zoology. We use phylogenetics to study the evolution of genomes, genome function, morphology, and siphonophores.	OML 326A
	Erika Edwards Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Botany at the Peabody Museum of Natural History; Director of Marsh Botanical Gardens; and Director of Graduate Studies 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511 erika.edwards@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-3869 Website Research Interests: Plant evolutionary biology; phylogenetics; plant structure and function; ecological adaptation	OML 326B
	Walter Jetz Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Professor School of Foresty & Enviromental Studies 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 walter.jetz@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-7540 Website Research Interests: Macroecology; community ecology; biogeography; global change biology; conservation; ecology and evolution of terrestrial vertebrates.	OML 401
	Thomas Near Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Bingham Oceanographic Curator of Ichthyology, Peabody Museum of Natural History; Head of College - Saybrook College 21 Sachem St., New Haven, CT 06511 thomas.near@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-3002 Fax: Office Hours T & Th 9:30am - 11:00am 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 370A
	David Post Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 david.post@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-3005 Website Research Interests: Aquatic ecology; food-web structure and dynamics.	OML 426B
	Jeffrey Powell Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Professor Environmental Health Sciences; School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and School Public Health 21 Sachem St., New Haven, CT 06511-8934 jeffrey.powell@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-3887 Website Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics; molecular evolution and conservation genetics.	ESC 172
	Richard Prum William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Vertebrate Zoology (Ornithology) Peabody Museum of Natural History 21 Sachem St., New Haven, CT 06511-8934 richard.prum@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-9423 Website Research Interests: Evolutionary ornithology, including phylogenetics, behavior, feathers, structural color, evolution and development, sexual selection, and historical biogeography.	ESC 164
	Linda Puth Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 linda.puth@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-8099	OML 550
	Alvaro Sanchez Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Microbial Sciences Institute Yale West Campus 300 Heffernan Dr, West Haven, CT 06516 alvaro.sanchez@yale.edu Phone: 203-737-6778 Website Research Interests: We study the ecology and evolution of microbial communities using Systems Biology approaches that tie in genetics, biochemistry and population biology.	OML 327C
	Carla Staver Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511 carla.staver@yale.edu Phone: 203-436-9200 Fax: 203-432-5176 Website Research Interests: Landscape ecology of savannas and forest; fire and herbivore feedbacks; temporal and spatial variability as ecological driver; historical dependence in ecology.	OML 404
	Stephen Stearns Edward P Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Director of Undergraduate Studies 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 stephen.stearns@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-8452 Website Research Interests: I work on life history evolution, evolutionary medicine, and evolutionary genetics and develop innovations in teaching that serve learning.	OML 560
	Paul Turner Elihu Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Acting Dean of Science 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 paul.turner@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-5918 Website Research Interests: We study 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.	OML 327B
	David Vasseur Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 david.vasseur@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-2719 Website Research Interests: Theoretical ecology; biodiversity-ecosystem function; impacts of environmental variability on population, community, and ecosystem processes; spatial population synchrony.	OML 426A
	Gunter Wagner Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences - Yale University; and Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Wayne State University 300 Heffernan Dr #B31, West Haven, CT 06516 gunter.wagner@yale.edu Phone: 203-737-3091; 203-432-9998 Website Research Interests: Population genetics theory; evolutionary theory.	OML 327A
	Marta Wells Senior Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8934 marta.wells@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-6294 Research Interests: Insect behavior and Evolution. Mating signal and speciation in Neuropteran insects.	OML103

Faculty (affiliated)
		Office Location
	Richard Bribiescas Deputy Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity; Professor of Anthropology 2 Whitney Avenue richard.bribiescas@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-2049 Website	Whitney Grove Square Building
	Craig Brodersen Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies 195 Prospect St craig.brodersen@yale.edu Phone: 203-436-5145 Website
	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 Phone: 203-436-4747 Website	17 HLH
	Liza Comita Assistant Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies 205 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511 liza.comita@yale.edu Phone: 203-436-5783
	Forrest Crawford Assistant Professor, School of Public Health 60 College St, New Haven, CT 06510-3210 forrest.crawford@yale.edu Phone: 203-785-6125 Website	Room 207
	Alison Galvani Burnett and Stender Families Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) 135 College St, New Haven, CT 06510-3210 alison.galvani@yale.edu Phone: 203-785-2642	Suite 200, Room 235
	Vivian Irish Professor and Chair of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology 219 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-2106 vivian.irish@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-5572 Website	OML 252A
	James Noonan Associate Professor, MYSM Department of Genetics 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510-3206 james.noonan@yale.edu Phone: 203-737-1922 Website	SHM I 142C
	Eric Sargis Professor of Anthropology and School of Forestry & Environmental Studies ; Curator of Zoology (Mammalogy) and Vertebrate Paleontology Peabody Museum 10 Sachem St, New Haven, CT 06511-3707 eric.sargis@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-6140 Website	Room 208
	Oswald Schmitz Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology of School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Director Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies 205 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-2106 oswald.schmitz@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-5110 Website	Greeley Laboratory, Room 112
	David Skelly Oastler Professor of Ecology of School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Director of Peabody Museum 205 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-2106 david.skelly@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-3603 Website	Kroon 208
	Jeffrey Townsend, Ph.D. Elihu Professor of Biostatistics YSPH 135 College St., New Haven, CT 06510-2483 jeffrey.townsend@yale.edu Phone: 203-737-7042 Website	Suite 200, Room 222
	J Rimas Vaisnys Professor of Electrical Engineering 15 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-6816 juozas.vaisnys@yale.edu Phone: 203-432-4253 Website	BCT 519