SIB Directory
This is a list of faculty that have historically accepted undergraduates into their labs for IB 390 or 490 credit. This list does NOT indicate that faculty currently have openings in their labs. Students must contact faculty individually to learn about potential openings in the lab.
IB 390/IB 490 Faculty
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Ainsworth, Elizabeth
ainswort@illinois.edu |
Professor Plant Biology, PEEC Plant physiological and molecular responses to global change, leaf growth and development, photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism |
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Allan, Brian
ballan@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Entomology, PEEC Ecology of infectious diseases |
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Alleyne, Marianne
vanlaarh@illinois.edu |
Research Scientist; Director of Online Teaching and Learning Entomology, School of Integrative Biology Host-parasitoid interactions |
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Bell, Alison
alisonmb@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor; Affiliate, Institute for Genomic Biology; Member, Neuroscience Program Animal Biology, PEEC Proximate causes and ultimate consequences of individual differences in behavior |
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Berenbaum, May
maybe@illinois.edu |
Professor & Head, Swanlund Chair Entomology, PEEC Chemical interactions between insects and host plants and their implications in the organization of natural communities |
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Berlocher, Stewart
stewartb@illinois.edu |
Professor Entomology, PEEC Systematics, speciation, insect-plant coevolution |
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Bernacchi, Carl |
Associate Professor Plant Biology, School of Integrative Biology Impacts of climate change on crop physiology, energy fluxes between the atmosphere and plant canopies, carbon sequestration, crop canopy responses to stress |
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Brawn, Jeffrey
jbrawn@illinois.edu |
Professor and Head, NRES Animal Biology, PEEC Conservation biology; comparative population and community ecology of vertebrates, especially birds; tropical ecology; statistical ecology; molecular evolutionary ecology |
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Cáceres, Carla
cecacere@illinois.edu |
Professor, SIB Director Animal Biology Population, community and evolutionary ecology; life-history evolution; ecology of infectious disease; limnology |
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Cameron, Sydney
sacamero@illinois.edu |
Professor Entomology, PEEC Application of phylogenetics, behavior and development to address questions concerning the evolution of social behavior in bees; conservation status and causal factors in declining pollinators; evolution of color pattern mimicry in bees |
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Catchen, Julian
jcatchen@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Animal Biology, PEEC Evolution of the genome; identifying large structural variation in populations of threespine stickleback using a synthesis of genetic mapping, genome assembly, and mate-pair sequencing |
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Chen, Li-Qing
lqchen77@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Plant Biology Plant Biology |
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Cheng, C.-H. Christina
c-cheng@illinois.edu |
Professor Animal Biology, PEEC Evolutionary genomic, transcriptomic, and physiological changes in cold adaptation and specialization in Antarctic and Arctic fishes. Molecular evolution of antifreeze proteins and other cold-adaptive genes and functions. Marine biodiversity in Polar regions. Field research in Antarctica and the Arctic |
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Conroy, Jessica
jconro@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Plant Biology, School of Integrative Biology |
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Dalling, James
dalling@illinois.edu |
Professor and Head Plant Biology, PEEC Tropical forest regeneration, seed and seedling ecology, pioneer species |
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DeLucia, Evan H. |
G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology; Professor; Director, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Plant Biology, PEEC Physiological ecology of vascular plants, photosynthesis, plant architecture, stress, climate change |
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DeWalt, Ed
dewalt@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Aquatic Entomologist Entomology, INHS Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of aquatic insects |
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Dietrich, Christopher
chdietri@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Associate Center Director, Systematic Entomologist Entomology, PEEC, INHS Systematics, morphology, and evolutionary biology of leafhoppers and treehoppers; biodiversity and conservation of grassland ecosystems |
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Downie, Stephen
sdownie@illinois.edu |
Professor, SIB Associate Director of Academic Affairs Plant Biology, PEEC Molecular systematics and phylogeny of extant angiosperms, with emphasis on Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), chloroplast genome structural evolution |
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Francis, Bettina
bfrancis@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Entomology, School of Integrative Biology Environmental and developmental toxicology |
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Fuller, Becky
rcfuller@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Animal Biology, PEEC Speciation, animal behavior and its underlying neurological mechanisms; sexual selection and the evolution of mating systems; phenotypic plasticity |
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Gray, Michael
megray@illinois.edu |
Professor Emeritus, Affiliate Entomology, Crop Sciences Integrated pest management |
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Hanks, Lawrence |
Professor Entomology, PEEC Chemical ecology and conservation biological control |
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Hansen, Allison
akh@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Entomology, PEEC Genomics of insect-microbe interactions; integrated animal-microbe metabolisms; evolutionary genomics; microbiomes |
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Harmon-Threatt, Alex
aht@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Entomology, PEEC Pollination Ecology, Conservation and Restoration |
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Hauber, Mark
mhauber@illinois.edu |
Harley Jones Van Cleave Professor of Host-Parasite Interactions Animal Biology |
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Heads, Sam
swheads@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Lead Paleontologist Entomology, School of Integrative Biology, INHS |
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Heath, Katy
kheath@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor School of Integrative Biology, Plant Biology, PEEC Mutualism coevolution: evolutionary and ecological genetics of plant-microbe interactions; evolutionary responses to global change |
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Hill, Steven
srhill50@illinois.edu |
Affiliate School of Integrative Biology, Plant Biology Systematics of Malvaceae (cotton family), threatened and endangered plants, flora of Dominica |
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Hu, Feng Sheng
fhu@illinois.edu |
Professor and Dean of LAS, and a Ralph E. Grim Professor of Geology Plant Biology, School of Integrative Biology, PEEC Ecosystem ecology, quaternary paleoecology, climatic change and biotic response, soil and sediment biogeochemistry |
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Huber, Steven
schuber1@illinois.edu |
Professor Plant Biology, Physiological & Molecular Plant Biology Regulation of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in source and sink tissues with emphases on nitrate reductase, sucrose synthase and protein kinase specificity |
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Johnson, Kevin
kpjohnso@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Principal Ornithologist Animal Biology, Entomology, INHS, PEEC Molecular systematics, host-parasite co-evolution, comparative approaches to studying the evolution of behavior in birds, co-speciation between birds and parasitic lice, population genetics of island biogeography |
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Leakey, Andrew
leakey@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Plant Biology, PEEC Genomic ecology of plant ecological strategies, genomic responses to climate change, response of maize to elevated carbon dioxide and drought |
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Levin, Geoffrey
levin1@illinois.edu |
Affiliate Plant Biology Systematics of flowering plants with particular emphasis on the Euphorbiaceae, phylogenetic analysis, floristics of North America and Mexico |
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Long, Stephen
slong@illinois.edu |
Gutgsell Endowed Professor Crop Sciences, Plant Biology, PEEC Environmental physiology, atmospheric change impacts on crops and natural vegetation, C4 photosynthesis, energy crops, mathematical models of photosynthesis |
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Malhi, Ripan
malhi@illinois.edu |
Professor Animal Biology, PEEC Integrates population genetics, phylogenetics, ancient DNA analysis, and field research in collaboration with Native American communities; use of tools from molecular biology and population genetics; North America |
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Marshall-Colon, Amy
amymc@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Plant Biology |
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Miller, Andrew
amiller7@illinois.edu |
Affiliate Plant Biology, PEEC Character evolution of ascomycetes with emphasis on members of the Class Sordariomycetes, biodiversity and biogeography of ascomycetes |
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Ming, Ray
rayming@illinois.edu |
Professor Plant Biology Evolution of primitive sex chromosomes, genome structure of papaya, sugarcane, coffee and pineapple |
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Molano-Flores, Brenda |
Affiliate, Senior Plant Ecologist Entomology, Plant Biology, INHS Prairie restoration, plant-insect interactions, reproductive biology of plants, population biology, conservation biology |
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O'Dwyer, James
jodwyer@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Plant Biology, PEEC We work with theoretical models and a broad range of data to understand patterns of biodiversity, from tropical forests to host-associated microbial systems like the human microbiome |
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Ort, Donald
d-ort@life.illinois.edu |
Professor Plant Biology Molecular and biochemical basis for environmental effects on photosynthesis, photosynthetic energy transduction |
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Paige, Ken
k-paige@illinois.edu |
Professor Animal Biology, PEEC Plant-animal interactions with an emphasis on understanding the phenomenon of overcompensation from ecological, physiological, genetic and evolutionary perspectives; conservation biology; evolutionary ecology |
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Phillips, Christopher
caphilli@illinois.edu |
Adjunct Assistant Professor/Affiliate Animal Biology, PEEC Population genetics, population ecology, and systematics, especially as applied to amphibians, reptiles, and fishes; phylogeny estimation using molecular markers; conservation genetics |
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Punyasena, Surangi
spunya1@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Plant Biology, PEEC Role of climate in long-term evolution of Neotropical forests; quantitative palynology |
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Ratcliffe, Susan
sratclif@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Program Manager-Crop Sciences Entomology, INHS, Crop Sciences Integrated pest management |
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Riecks-Soucek, David
soucek@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Ecotoxicologist, Entomologist Entomology, INHS Aquatic ecotoxicology |
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Robertson, Hugh
hughrobe@illinois.edu |
Professor Entomology, PEEC The molecular basis for insect olfaction and taste; insect and arthropod genomics |
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Robinson, Gene
generobi@illinois.edu |
Swanlund Chair and Director, Institute for Genomic Biology; Entomology, PEEC insect social behavior and genomics |
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Schuler, Mary
maryschu@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Professor Entomology, Plant Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology Pre-mRNA processing, P450 monooxygenases and their role in plant-insect interactions |
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Solter, Leellen
lsolter@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Insect Pathologist Section Leader Entomology, INHS Insect pathology |
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Suarez, Andrew
suarez2@illinois.edu |
I. C. Gunsalus Scholar, Professor and Head of Animal Biology Animal Biology, Entomology, PEEC Ant ecology and behavior; biological invasions |
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Taft, John
jtaft@illinois.edu |
Research Affiliate Plant Biology Plant ecology and fire effects in oak woodland communities, floristic integrity for Illinois flora, vegetation ecology of grasslands, unique habitats in Illinois |
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Taylor, Steven
sjtaylor@illinois.edu |
Affiliate, Senior Conservation Biologist INHS, PEEC, Entomology Cave and karst biology, conservation, and management |
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Voegtlin, David
dvoegtli@illinois.edu |
Affiliate Entomology, INHS Biology and taxonomy of aphids, retired |
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Wahl, David
d-wahl@illinois.edu |
Illinois Natural History Survey; Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences; Affiliate Entomology, PEEC INHS, PEEC Application of ecological principles to fisheries management; role of predators in controlling community dynamics; behavioral ecology of fishes; bioenergetic and bioeconomic modeling |
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Whitfield, Charles
cww@illinois.edu |
Associate Professor Entomology, PEEC Molecular mechanisms and molecular evolution of social behavior, using social insects as a model; natural variation in individual behavior; high throughput genotyping and gene expression analyses |
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Whitfield, James
jwhitfie@illinois.edu |
Professor Entomology, PEEC Ecology and phylogeny of parasitoid wasps |
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Yang, Wendy
yangw@illinois.edu |
Assistant Professor Plant Biology, PEEC Terrestrial biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, stable isotope ecology, soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas dynamics, climate change |