Physiology and Behavior
The Physiology and Behavior group includes behavioral ecologists and animal physiologists interested in studying the functional and mechanistic basis of a broad range of fundamental behaviors (e.g., learning, hearing, movement, social interactions, etc.) in a wide variety of taxa. One of the strengths of this group is the multiple approaches and techniques used to answer questions at the genetic, cellular, physiological, and organismal levels.
Rupa De
Continuing Lecturer
Esteban Fernández-Juricic
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
"Behavioral ecology and sensory ecology: the evolution of visual systems and scanning behavior in birds"
Stephanie Gardner
Continuing Lecturer
I teach undergraduate lecture and laboratory courses in Physiology and
Neurobiology in the Department of Biological Sciences. I have recently begun
implementing the CASPiE (Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education)
model in introductory biology lab courses which engages students in authentic
research as freshmen as part of an NSF-funded project.
Richard Howard
Professor of Biological Sciences
Genetically Modified Organisms: Invasion risks and The Trojan Gene Hypothesis.
Jeffrey Lucas
Professor of Biological Sciences
Animal Communication, sensory ecology, hearing and call complexity in birds, use of dynamic game theory in animal behavior.
Krista Nichols
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Genetics/evolution of fish life histories: What are the genetic and life history consequences of salmonid anadromy?
Nancy Pelaez
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Vascular smooth muscle physiology and signal transduction, physiology and evolution, biology education, physiology education.
Denise Zielinski
Continuing Lecturer