Research Opportunities
The Department of Biology faculty and affiliated faculty in Science Education and the Indiana University School of Medicine at Terre Haute (IUSMTH) maintain a large number of active research projects. Virtually all of our grant and contract funded research as well as University sponsored research is conducted in close collaboration with our undergraduate and graduate students.
The Department of Biology offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with specialization based on expertise of the faculty members in the following areas:
- Cellular & Molecular Biology
- Ecology, Systematic & Evolution
- Genetics/Population/Quantitative Genetics
- Physiology
Some faculty members conduct research in more than one specialization. Please visit individual faculty web pages for more specific details and for copies of their recent publications (in PDF format). Click on a faculty name below to go to their home page! ISUSMTH denotes faculty affiliated with the the Indiana University School of Medicine - Terre Haute.
Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Kathleen Dannelly -- Microbiology: control mechanisms of bacterial metabolic pathways and antibiotic resistance mechanisms.
- Swapan Ghosh -- Immunology: tumor immunology, carcinogenesis, immunoregulation and development of sensitive immunoassays for medical application.
- Rusty Gonser -- Population genetics using molecular methods; conservation biology.
- James Hughes -- Molecular Endocrinology: mechanism of hormone and growth factor signal transduction.
- Timothy Mulkey -- Plant Physiology: hormones and calcium in the control of plant growth, development, and tropic responses.
- Gary Stuart -- Molecular and Developmental Genetics: the molecular mechanisms of vertebrate development; Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences.
- Elaina Tuttle -- Molecular Genetics & Behavioral Ecology: avian mating systems; population genetics using molecular approaches.
- Roy Geib -- Virology and Immunology: molecular biology of host-controlled resistance to oncogenic viruses (IUSMTH).
- Michael King-- Molecular and Developmental Biology: gene function in regeneration, early development and cancer (IUSMTH).
Ecology, Systematics & Evolution
- George S. Bakken -- Physiological Ecology: energetics, biometeorology, thermoregulatory behavior, evolution.
- Diana K. Hews -- Field Behavioral Endocrinology: hormonal control of sexual dimorphism in territorial aggression and color signals; sexual selection, hormones and alternative reproductive mating tactics; color signals and social communication
- Rusty Gonser -- Population Genetics; conservation biology using molecular approaches; amphibian behavior.
- Joy M. O’Keefe - Assistant Professor, Vertebrate Ecology: bat ecology, multi-scale habitat selection, forest wildlife management, conservation biology.
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Michael Lannoo - Conservation Biology, Comparative
and Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystem Restoration,Wetlands,
Neuroanatomy
- Steven L. Lima -- Professor; Behavioral & Evolutionary Ecology; predator-prey interactions; spatial predator-prey games; avian ecology; conservation biology.
- William A. Mitchell -- Behavioral Ecology; community dynamics and mathematical modeling; determinants of species richness and spatial predator-prey games
- Christopher G. Murphy -- Department Chair/Professor - Behavioral Ecology: sexual selection, acoustic communication, mate choice, mating systems
- Peter E. Scott -- Plant Reproductive Ecology: interactions of plants and pollinators; avian ecology; conservation biology.
- Gary Stuart -- Molecular and Developmental Genetics: the molecular mechanisms of vertebrate development; Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences.
- Elaina Tuttle -- Molecular Genetics & Behavioral Ecology: avian mating systems; population genetics using molecular approaches.
- John O. Whitaker, Jr. -- Vertebrate Ecology: mammalogy, especially studies of food and ectoparasites of small mammals; bat biology; systematics.
Genetics/Population/Quantitative Genetics
- Rusty Gonser -- Population Genetics; conservation biology using molecular approaches; amphibian behavior.
- Gary Stuart -- Molecular and Developmental Genetics: the molecular mechanisms of vertebrate development; Phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences.
- Elaina Tuttle -- Molecular Genetics & Behavioral Ecology: avian mating systems; population genetics using molecular approaches.
Physiology
- George S. Bakken -- Physiological Ecology: energetics, biometeorology, thermoregulatory behavior, evolution.
- Peter Duong -- Neuroanatomy: brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases (IUSMTH).
- Swapan Ghosh -- Immunology: tumor immunology, carcinogenesis, immunoregulation and development of sensitive immunoassays for medical application.
- Diana K. Hews - Field Behavioral Endocrinology: hormonal control of sexual dimorphism in territorial aggression and color signals; sexual selection, hormones and alternative reproductive mating tactics; color signals and social communication.
- James Hughes -- Molecular/Cellular Endocrinology: mechanism of hormone and growth factor signal transduction.
- Margaret Moga -- Anatomy and Neurobiology: Annexin 7 calcium-binding protein in the rat brain and response to adrenalectomy; complementary & alternative Medicine (CAM) (IUSMTH).
- Timothy Mulkey -- Plant Physiology: hormones and calcium in the control of plant growth, development, and tropic responses.
- Gabi Waite -- Physiology: medical and societal implications of electromagnetic fields (IUSMTH).
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