Faculty
Member |
Research
Interests |
| Kenneth
Abraham
Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources |
Waterfowl ecology |
| Robert
Anderson
City College |
Biogeography and macroecology; evolution and systematics;
Neotropical mammals; modeling species geographic ranges
using GIS |
| Mitchell
Baker
Queens College |
I study how behavior, primarily movement, acts as
a mechanism underlying population phenomena such as
extinction or local adaptation |
| George
Barrowclough
AMNH - Ornithology |
Demography
and population dynamics; coalescence theory; avian systematics;
gene flow and population structure |
| Jennifer
Basil
Brooklyn College |
Behavior |
| Amy
Berkov
City College |
Tropical plant / insect interactions; chemistry of
the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae) |
| Jeffrey
Bird
Queens College |
Soil biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology; Microbial
community ecology of N and C cycling; Plant-microbial
interactions; Mechanisms of soil C stabilization |
| Stéphane
Boissinot
Queens College |
Mammalian transposable elements (mostly in rodents
and primates); impact that activity of transposable
elements has had on structure and function of mammalian
genomes |
| Christopher
B. Braun
Hunter College |
Diversity of sensory systems across the animal kingdom.
What do animals know about thier world, and how do they
know it? |
| Rochelle
Buffenstein
City College |
Physiological ecology; mammals; energetics and nutrition
in extreme environments such as deserts and subterranean
niches |
| Frank
T. Burbrink
College of Staten Island |
Systematics, molecular and morphological phylogenetic
theory, and evolution and ecology of reptiles and amphibians |
| James
M. Carpenter
AMNH - Invertebrates |
Phylogenetic relationships, taxonomy and behavior
of Hymenoptera, especially Vespidae. Evolution of Insecta.
Cladistic and biogeographic theory; quantitative phylogenetic
methods; application of cladistic analysis to testing
evolutionary theories |
| Joel
Cracraft
AMNH - Ornithology |
Systematics and biogeography of birds; systematic
theory and historical biogeography; speciation analysis;
biodiversity science and policy |
| Eric
Delson
Lehman College |
Paleoanthropology: Primate paleontology and systematics
(especially Cercopithecidae, other Old world anthropoids;
Human Paleontology and Paleolithic Archaeology; Miocene,
Pliocene and Pleistocene biochronology |
| John
Dennehy
Queens College |
I'm interested in understanding how viruses work.
I use bacteriophages to model viral ecology and evolution,
viral emergence, viral life history and the molecular
basis for viral phenotypic traits |
| Rob
DeSalle
AMNH - Invertebrates |
Systematic theory and molecular biology. Laboratory
research on: systematic studies of specific groups and
problems, conservation genetics, Drosophila
development and insect development and its relation
to systematics, gene family evolution and genomics |
| Else
Fjerdingstad
Queens College |
Evolutionary ecology and genetics, in particular social
evolution, mating system evolution and their intersection;
social insects, protozoans |
| John
J. Flynn
AMNH - Paleontology |
Evolution of mammals and Mesozoic vertebrates, geological
dating, plate tectonics, and biogeography |
| Darrel
R. Frost
AMNH - Herpetology |
Systematics and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles;
theory of systematics |
| Frank
Grasso
Brooklyn College |
Research into the neural, ecological and behavioral
foundations of intelligence |
| David
A. Grimaldi
AMNH - Invertebrates |
Systematics of true flies (Diptera); systematics and
biogeography of Drosophila; fossil record and evolution
of insects. |
| Jianying
Gu
College of Staten Island |
Evolutionary genomics |
| Michael
Hickerson
Queens College |
Phylogeography, Biogeography, Computational Biology |
| John
J. Lee
City College |
Protistan ecology; symbiosis; food webs; protistan
evolution; mariculture |
| John
G. Maisey
AMNH - Icthyology |
Chondrichthyan phylogeny; Cretaceous fish |
| Robert
Matlock
College of Staten Island |
Theoretical ecology, conservation biology, and agroecology |
| Jin
Meng
AMNH - Paleontology |
I am interested in morphology, systematics and evolution
of mammals in general and early mammals in particular |
| Shaibal
Mitra
College of Staten Island |
Avian ecology, evolution, and conservation |
| Peter
Moller
Hunter College |
Eco-ethology of electric fishes; behavioral physiology;
animal behavior; behavioral endocrinology |
| Paul
Mundinger
Queens College |
Analysis of avian vocal communication systems (bird
calls and songs), and mechanisms of bird song learning |
| Jason
Munshi-South
Baruch College |
Conservation biology; conservation genetics; tropical
ecology; urban ecology; especially of mammals |
| Michael
Novacek
AMNH - Paleontology |
Vertebrates (Mammals) |
| Susan
Perkins
AMNH |
Microbial systematics and comparative genomics |
| Norman
I. Platnick
AMNH - Invertebrates |
Systematics and biogeography of spiders and ricinuleids;
biodiversity patterns and policies; theory of systematics
and biogeography |
| Andrew
J. Poje
College of Staten Island |
Models of fluid systems, e.g. dynamics of ocean currents
and krill |
| Lorenzo
Prendini
AMNH - Invertebrates |
Arachnids and Myriapods |
| Weigang
Qiu
Hunter College |
Bacterial comparative genomics; evolutionary informatics |
| Joseph
Rachlin
Lehman College |
Fishery science, population dynamics, and aquatic
ecology |
| Robert
Rockwell
City College |
Population biology, especially of migratory waterfowl
and polar bears; ecology of degraded arctic habitats;
near-term dynamics of populations |
| Scott
Allen Schaefer
AMNH - Icthyology |
Systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary morphology
of tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America |
| Valerie
Schawaroch
Baruch College |
Evolutionary history of fruit flies in the family
Drosophilidae using molecular and morphological techniques |
| Randall
Schuh
AMNH - Invertebrates |
The systematic study of the Heteroptera (true bugs) |
| Mark
Siddall
AMNH - Invertebrates |
Leech and Annelid Biology and Phylogeny; Haplosporidian
& Alveolate phylogeny; Myxozoa phylogeny |
| Nancy
Simmons
AMNH - Mammalogy |
Phylogeny and systematics of bats (Chiroptera); faunal
inventory methods; patterns of Neotropical mammal diversity |
| Michael
E. Steiper
Hunter College |
Biological anthropology; molecular evolution and phylogenetics;
population genetics; primates |
| Eleanor
Sterling
AMNH - CBC |
Distribution patterns of biodiversity in tropical
regions of the world and translating this information
into recommendations |
| Gillian
Stewart
Queens College |
Biogeochemistry; interactions between organisms and
elemental cycling, particularly in the ocean |
| Melanie
L. J. Stiassny
AMNH - Ichthyology |
Evolution, behavior, and conservation of fishes |
| Richard
Veit
College of Staten Island |
Ecology and behavior of birds and other vertebrates;
mathematical models |
| Robert
S. Voss
AMNH - Mammalogy |
Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography
of marsupials; systematics and biogeography of Neotropical
mammals |
| John
H. Wahlert
Baruch College |
Rodent cranial morphology and phylogeny |
| John
Waldman
Queens College |
Fisheries biology |
| William
Wallace
College of Staten Island |
Marine ecology |
| Ward
C. Wheeler
AMNH - Invertebrates |
Phylogenetic systematics |
