Faculty and Research

Browse the research interests of past REU mentors below. Click on their names to get a more detailed description of their research! To look at past research projects by REU students, check out the document here.

Jonathan Bauer

bauerjt@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Plant Ecology, Ecological Restoration, Sustainable Agriculture, Plant-Microbe Interactions

David J. Berg

bergdj@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Phylogeography and Evolution Of Aquatic Invertebrates, Biodiversity And Conservation Of Imperiled Aquatic Organisms Especially Freshwater Mussels And Desert Spring Invertebrates, Molecular Ecology, Conservation Of Aquatic Invertebrates

Annette Bollman

bollmaa@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Microbiology

Research: Ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea and their role in freshwater environments, Culturing the “unculturables” and investigating the physiology of selected isolates.

Michelle D. Boone

boonemd@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Conservation Biology, Amphibian Biology, Ecotoxicology, Disease Ecology, Science Communication, Land-Use Impacts, Amphibian Conservation, Experimental Ecology, Invasive Species, Pathogens, Multiple Stressors

D. J. Ferguson

fergusdj@miamioh.edu

Department: Microbiology

Research: Anaerobic One-Carbon Metabolism In Methanogens And Gram-Positive Bacteria

David Gorchov

gorchodl@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Plant-Herbivore Interactions, Invasive Plant Species

Mary Henry

mary.henry@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Geography

Research: Data Analytics, Geography

Natalie Hofmeister

hofmein@miamioh.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Molecular Ecology, Invasion Biology, Population Genetics, Rapid Evolution, Ornithology

Deidra Jacobsen

jacobsd8@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Evolutionary Ecology, Plant-Insect Interactions, Plant-Defensive Strategies, Insect Behavior, Biodiversity

Tereza Jezkova

jezkovt@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Population Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Ecological Modeling

Shenyue Jia

jias10@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Geography

Research: Cascading Effects of Climate Change, Reimagining GIS Education

Andor J. Kiss

kissaj@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Microbiology

Research: Comparative Biochemistry, Physiological Genomics, Adaptational Physiology

Lesley Knoll

knolllb@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Limnology, Nutrient Fluxes, Phytoplankton Ecology, Lake Ecosystem Function, Community Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology

Mark Krekeler

krekelmp@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Geology and Environmental Earth Science

Research: Environmental and Economic Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Environmental Metal Pollution, Toxic Minerals in Natural Industrial Materials

Zheng Li

liz7@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Cell, Molecular, and Structural Biology

Research: Insect Evolution, Plant Evolution, Polyploidy, Botany, Evolutionary Genomics, Bioinformatics.

Ashley Love

lovea3@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Disease Ecology, Endocrinology, Immunology, Animal Behavior, Microbiology, Nutritional Ecology

Richard C. Moore

moorerc@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Plant Evolutionary Genetics And Genomics, Evolution Of Sex Chromosomes, Plant Population Genetics, Plant Domestication, Lead Department Advisor

Rachael Morgan-Kiss

morganr2@miamioh.edu

Department: Microbiology

Research: Photobiology Of Extreme Environments, Biofuels, Extremophillic Microbes, Cold Adaptation, Photobiology And Ecophysiology

Matthew Saxton

saxtonm@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Microbial Community Dynamics

Jennifer L. Schumacher

schumaj@MiamiOH.edu

Department: Biology

Research: Zebrafish Developmental Biology And Genetics, Cardiovascular Development, Organogenesis, Tissue Morphogenesis, Cardiac Cell Differentiation