Profiles in "Ecology" Expertise Area

  • David Pearson's research is focused on using the interaction of ecology, conservation, ecotourism and education to develop methods that promote sustainable use of biodiversity.
  • Day is a plant ecologist who studies factors that control plant performance, plant litter decomposition and carbon cycling.
  • Sabo studies the importance of water in determining the viability and resilience of animal and plant populations in river and riparian ecosystems. He is director of the ByWater Institute at Tulane University.
  • Martin Wojciechowski is an evolutionary biologist who studies plants, with an emphasis on the genomics, biogeography, ecology, and phylogenetics of legumes (family Leguminosae) and cacti (family Cactaceae).
  • Dr. Hall is a conservation scientist, Assoc. Dean in the College of Global Futures, and award-winning teacher who studies ecosystem resilience and complex interactions between people and nature near protected areas.
  • Anand's projects, informed by a background in ecology and geology, often explore material culture, body/land relations and issues of interdependency/boundary.
  • As a Teaching and Learning Specialist Principal, Tiffany works with the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) and the School of Life Sciences (SOLS) Graduate Programs
  • Liebig studies the organization, chemical communication, reproductive regulation, and behavioral and physiological plasticity of ants and termites with a focus on the colony, the individual, and the olfactory system.
  • Eagle is an instructor for several introductory biology classes; her previous research focused on vocalization and behavior of Greater Prairie-Chickens, particularly as it relates to sexual selection.
  • Laura (Popova) Jakubczak has been at ASU since 2006 and specializes in the archaeology and paleoecology of the Eurasian Steppe.