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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
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
Phone: 203-432-5259
Website
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
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Website
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
Website
Research Interests: Community ecology, microbial ecology, marine ecology, climate change.
OML 327C 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
165 Prospect Street, 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's picture Michael Donoghue
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

michael.donoghue@yale.edu
Website
Research Interests: Plant evolution and systematics; phylogenetic biology.
Casey Dunn's picture Casey Dunn
Professor
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
casey.dunn@yale.edu
Phone: +1 (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'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
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
erika.edwards@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-3869
Website
Research Interests: Evolution; phylogenetics; plant structure and function; ecological adaptation
OML 326B
Vanessa Ezenwa's picture Vanessa Ezenwa
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
165 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511
vanessa.ezenwa@yale.edu
Phone: 203 436-2614
Research Interests: Disease ecology, behavioral ecology, ecoimmunology, parasitology
OML 427
Walter Jetz's picture Walter Jetz
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; School of the Environment
165 Prospect Street, 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
Joshua Moyer's picture Joshua Moyer
Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
joshua.moyer@yale.edu
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.
OML 103A
Martha Muñoz's picture Martha Muñoz
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
martha.munoz@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-9861
Website
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
Phone: 203-432-3002
Fax: Office Hours T & Th 9:30am - 11:00am
Website
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
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
brandon.ogbunu@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-7805
Research Interests: systems biology, population genetics, epidemiology, disease ecology and evolution, science and society
OML 253A
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
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511-8934
david.post@yale.edu
Website
Research Interests: Aquatic ecology; food-web structure and dynamics, eco-evolutionary interactions, environmental change
OML 426B
Jeffrey Powell's picture Jeffrey Powell
Research Professor
21 Sachem Street, 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'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
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's picture Linda Puth
Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. On leave from 2021-2024 in Singapore, Yale-NUS College

linda.puth@yale.edu
Eric Slessarev's picture Eric Slessarev
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
165 Prospect St, New Haven CT 06511
eric.slessarev@yale.edu
Website
Research Interests: Soil science, terrestrial biogeochemistry, ecosystem-geosphere interactions, carbon and nutrient cycling
OML 327A
Carla Staver's picture Carla Staver
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Associate Director of The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511-8934
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's picture Stephen Stearns
Edward P. Bass Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
stephen.stearns@yale.edu
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
SCL 131
Paul Turner's picture Paul Turner
Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Microbiology Faculty, Yale School of Medicine
165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511-8934
paul.turner@yale.edu
Phone: 203-432-5918
Website
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.
OML 327B
David Vasseur's picture David Vasseur
Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
165 Prospect Street, 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
Günter Wagner's picture Günter Wagner
Alison Richard Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
850 West Campus Drive, ISTC 108
gunter.wagner@yale.edu
Phone: 203-737-3091; 203-432-9998
Website
Research Interests: Population genetics theory; evolutionary theory.
OML 327A
Marta Wells's picture Marta Wells
Senior Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
165 Prospect Street, 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.
OML 103B
Michelle Wong's picture Michelle Wong
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
165 Prospect St, New Haven CT 06511
michelle.y.wong@yale.edu
Website
Research Interests: Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, plant-soil feedbacks, nutrient cycling
OML 301A
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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
Phone: 203-432-2049
Website
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
Phone: 203-436-5145
Website
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
Phone: 203-436-4747
Website
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
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
Phone: 203-785-6125
Website
Room 207
Gordon Geballe's picture Gordon Geballe
Lecturer of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
gordon.geballe@yale.edu
Nathan Grubaugh's picture Nathan Grubaugh
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
60 College Street
nathan.grubaugh@yale.edu
Phone: 203-737-5869
Website
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
Phone: 203-432-5572
Website
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
Phone: 203-737-1922
Website
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
Phone: 203-432-6140
Website
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
Phone: 203-432-5110
Website
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
Phone: 203-432-3603
Website
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
Phone: 203-737-7042
Website
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
Website
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
Phone: 203-432-4253
Website
BCT 519