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Walter F. Bien, Ph.D.
Title: Research Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science; Director, Laboratory of Pinelands Research
Research Interests: Community ecology (New Jersey Pine Barrens); fire ecology; natural resource management; restoration ecology; conservation biology with special interest in rare plants and the spatial ecology of the Northern pine snake.
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Don F. Charles, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Senior Scientist and Section Leader, Phycology Section, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Applied freshwater ecology; use of diatoms as ecological indicators; paleolimnology; water quality assessment, eutrophication, climate change
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Ted Daeschler, Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Associate Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Vice President for Systematic Biology and the Library, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Vertebrate paleontology, specifically vertebrate fauna of the Late Devonian Period in eastern North America
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Daniel Duran
Title: Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Phylogeography, speciation, molecular ecology, and conservation genetics of insects
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Jon Gelhaus, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Curator, Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Biodiversity, evolution and ecology of freshwater insects, particularly Diptera, in New World and Mongolia; Biodiversity of insects in New Jersey Pine Barrens
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Gail Hearn, Ph.D.
Title: Research Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Director, Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program
Research Interests: African biodiversity conservation; African primate and sea turtle conservation
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Richard Horwitz, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Senior Scientist, Fisheries Section Leader, Ruth Patrick Chair of Environmental Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Ecology of freshwater and estuarine fishes; watershed planning, management, and restoration; conservation of rare species; invasive species; phylogeography of freshwater fishes
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Susan Kilham, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Climate change; aquatic ecology; physiological ecology of phytoplankton ; tropical stream food webs
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Danielle Kreeger, Ph.D.
Title: Research Associate Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Physiological ecology, ecosystem services and restoration of suspension-feeding bivalves; ecology and restoration of coastal wetlands; climate change
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Kenneth Lacovara, Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Mesozoic paleoecosystems (Egypt, Patagonia, China, Montana, New Jersey); Titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs; preservation and analysis of ancient biomolecules; coastal processes and the evolution of coasts with sea-level change; 3D modeling and biomechanics of ancient archosaurus.
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Tatyana Livshultz, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Botany; phylogenetic reconstruction; pollination biology; morphological and functional evolution of flowers; climate niche evolution; biogeography; biodiversity
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John G. Lundberg, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Chaplin Chair and Curator of Ichthyology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
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Richard McCourt, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science;
Associate Curator of Botany, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Biodiversity; evolution; ecology; and, specifically charophyte and conjugating green algae.
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Jerry V. Mead, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Assistant Scientist and Section leader, Watershed and Systems Ecology Section, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Development, disruption, dynamics of ecosystems, biophysical economics; stream ecology; watershed science; bioenergetics; stream morphology; spatial analyses
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Michael O'Connor, Ph.D., M.D.
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Thermal, hydric, & energetic effects on the activity and distribution of reptiles and amphibians; physiological and physical constraints on gas exchange in sea turtle nests - effects on metabolism and development
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Sean O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Title: Associate Department Head; Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Animal behavior, neuroethology and brain evolution, social insects, tropical ecology
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Daniel Otte, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Senior Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Taxonomy and biogeography of Orthoptera, particularly grasshoppers and crickets; origin of species
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Marina Potapova, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Assistant Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms
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Tracy Quirk, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Assistant Scientist, Wetland Ecology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Wetland plant ecology, nutrient and carbon cycling, and accretion dynamics
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Ling Ren, Ph.D.
Title: Research Scientist, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Phytoplankton ecology, coastal eutrophication, mesocosms and ecosystem modeling; diatom identification and use in water quality assessment
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Barbara Rinkel, Ph.D.
Title: Research Scientist, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Soft-bodied algal ecology, distribution and use as water quality indicators; marine green algae, in particular endophytic species
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Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Title: Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; Pilsbry Chair of Malacology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Magnitude and origin of species-level diversity in the Mollusca
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Jacob Russell, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Molecular ecology; functional significance and evolutionary histories of symbioses between animals and bacteria
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Ron Smith
Title: Instructor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science Director, DESLA Summer Program
Research Interests: Shorebird Ecology and Conservation; Amphibians of the NJ Pine Barrens; Restoration Ecology; Climate Change – Regional Effects and Education
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James Spotila, Ph.D.
Title: L Drew Betz Chair Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science
Research Interests: Physiological and biophysical ecology; conservation biology; biology of sea turtles, crocodiles, salamanders and giant pandas
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David Velinsky, Ph.D.
Title: Department Head; Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science; VP for Environmental Research; Director and Senior Scientist, Patrick Center for Environmental Research; Section Leader, Biogeochemistry, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Research Interests: Fate and transport of chemical contaminants, Stable isotope and nutrient biogeochemistry; sediment geochemistry and deposition, water quality
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