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Ecology and Environmental Science Division

The Ecology and Environmental Biology Division of the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology comprises a diverse group of internationally renown investigators.  Our research extends from mechanisms of ecological processes to applied conservation work and paleontology.  Taxonomic foci run from phytoplankton to plants and animals.  We use methods that mix fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and mathematical models.  Projects include population biology of sea turtles and terrapins; the ecology of disappearing tropic amphibians; stable isotopic analyses of diet, behavior, and ecology; physiological constraints on habitat use of woodland breeding amphibians and desert reptiles; the distribution, phenology and habitat use of species in disturbed habitats, and the paleobiology and paleoecology of sauropod dinosaurs.  Common characteristics of ecological projects are: attention to the effects of abiotic and physiological constraints on activity and distribution, pervasive interest in the how such effects influence the population ecology of organisms, and a frequent focus on the conservation implications of the project.  The members of the Division collaborate extensively both within the department and around the globe on projects of local, national, and international scale.


 
 
Faculty
 
   

Harold Avery
Associate Professor

Population Ecology and Conservation Biology of Vertebrates in Relation to Ecological Perturbations

 
         
    Walter Bien
Research Professor

Plant Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Threatened & Endangered Species in NJ Pine Barrens, Spatial (snake) Ecology, Fire Ecology, Restoration Ecology

 
    Gail Hearn
Professor
Conservation Biology  
    Susan Kilham
Professor
Aquatic Ecology and Climate Change  
    Kenneth Lacovara
Associate Professor
Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoenvironmental Analysis
 
   

Michael O’Connor
Associate Professor

Biophysical and Quantitative Ecology

 
   

Jacob Russell
Assistant Professor

Ecology and Evolution of Symbiosis

 
   

James Spotila
Professor

Physiological Ecology and Conservation Biology