UMD FACULTY
AFFILIATED FACULTY
EMERITUS
Ricardo Araneda
| Professor
| Department of Biology
Systems neuroscience, neuromodulation in olfactory circuits | E-mail: raraneda@umd.edu
Gerald Borgia | Professor | Department of Biology
Nonresource-based mating systems | E-mail: borgia@umd.edu
Karen T. Burghardt | Assistant Professor | Department of Entomology
Plant-insect interactions in human-managed landscapes; community ecology | E-mail: kburghar@umd.edu
Karen Carleton
| Professor
| Department of Biology
Molecular genetics, evolution of sensory systems | E-mail: kcarleto@umd.edu
Michael Cummings | Professor | Department of Biology
Bioinformatics and computational biology | E-mail: mcummin1@umd.edu
Charles Delwiche | Professor | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Genomics and evolution of algae; early eukaryotic evolution | E-mail: delwiche@umd.edu
Bill Fagan | Distinguished University Professor | Department of Biology
Spatial ecology and eco-informatics | E-mail: bfagan@umd.edu
Eric Haag | Professor and Director of Biological Sciences Graduate Program | Department of Biology
Evolutionary developmental biology, comparative genomics | E-mail: ehaag@umd.edu
David Hawthorne | Associate Professor |
Department of Entomology
E-mail: djh@umd.edu
Philip Johnson | Assistant Professor | Department of Biology
Theoretical population genetics | E-mail: plfj@umd.edu
Vadim Karatyev | Department of Biology
Conditions that erode or reinforce resilience in complex ecosystems | E-mail: vadimk@umd.edu
Niranjana Krishnan | Assistant Professor | Department of Entomology
Estimating the risks of pesticide exposures on insects, particularly species of conservation concern | E-mail: nkrish@umd.edu
Paul Leisnham | Associate Professor | Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Ecology and management of medically important mosquitoes, and Socio-ecological determinants of watershed health | E-mail: leisnham@umd.edu
Jeff Maltas (starting Spring 2026) | Department of Biology
Collateral sensitivity, antibiotic resistance, cancer evolution
Maile Neel | Professor | Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Biological diversity | E-mail: mneel@umd.edu
Leslie Pick |
Professor |
Department of Entomology
Evo-Devo, Drosophila development, RNA in insects | E-mail: lpick@umd.edu
Jiuzhou “John” Song | Associate Professor | Department of Avian and Animal Sciences
Statistical genetics and computational epigenetic methods | E-mail: songj88@umd.edu
Julia Van Etten (starting Spring 2026) | Assistant Professor | Department of Biology
Genomics, evolution, bioinformatics, phycology, and protists
Joshua Weitz | Professor | Department of BIology
Quantitative viral dynamics | E-mail: jsweitz@umd.edu
Stephanie Yarwood | Associate Professor | Department of Environmental Science and Technology
Nutrient cycling, microbial ecology, wetland microbiology and microbe-plant interactions | E-mail: syarwood@umd.edu
Alexandra Bely | Professor |
Department of Biology
Evolution of regeneration and asexual reproduction; freshwater invertebrate biology | E-mail: abely@umd.edu
Emily (Emme) Bruns | Assistant Professor | Department of Biology
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases | E-mail: ebruns@umd.edu
Melissa Caras
| Assistant Professor
| Department of Biology
Auditory Neuroscience | E-mail: mcaras@umd.edu
Catherine Carr
| Distinguished University Professor
| Department of Biology
Evolution of sound localization | E-mail: cecarr@umd.edu
Evan Economo | Professor and Chair | Department of Entomology
Evolution of biodiversity, 3D imaging and computational morphology, phylogenomics, biodiversity informatics | E-mail: economo@umd.edu
Anahí Espíndola | Assistant Professor | Department of Entomology
Pollination biology, ecology and evolution; comparative phylogenetics and phylogeography; | E-mail: anahiesp@umd.edu
Daniel Gruner | Professor | Department of Entomology
Insect population, community ecology, biological invasions, food web dynamics, biological control, biogeography | E-mail: dsgruner@umd.edu
Kelly Hamby |
Assistant Professor | Department of Entomology
Sustainable insect pest management | E-mail: kahamby@umd.edu
William Jeffrey | Professor |
Department of Biology
Developmental, Evolutionary, and Regenerative Biology | E-mail: jeffery@umd.edu
Scott Juntti
| Assistant Professor
| Department of Biology
Social neuroscience | E-mail: sjuntti@umd.edu
Thomas D. Kocher | Professor | Department of Biology
Sex chromosome evolution, evolutionary genetics of cichlid fishes | E-mail: tdk@umd.edu
William Lamp | Professor | Department of Entomology
Agriculture, pest management, freshwater ecology, and biomonitoring | E-mail: lamp@umd.edu
Carlos A. Machado | Professor | Department of Biology
Evolutionary Genomics | Email: machado@umd.edu
Erin Molloy | Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science
Phylogenetic trees and networks; Multi-Species Coalescent (MSC) model; Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | E-mail: ekmolloy@umd.edu
Margaret Palmer | Distinguished University Professor and Director of SESYNC | Department of Entomology
Ecological restoration of aquatic systems; hydrologic drivers of biogeochemical processes; socio-environmental systems and policy link | E-mail: mpalmer@umd.edu
Jeffrey Shultz | Associate Professor | Department of Entomology
Evolutionary morphology, biomechanics behavior, and systematics of arachnids and other arthropods | E-mail: jshultz@umd.edu
Kaci Thompson | Assistant Dean, Science Education Initiatives | Associate Director, BioFIRE
Animal Behavior and Chemosensory Communication; Innovations in Science Education | E-mail: kaci@umd.edu
Gerald Wilkinson |
Associate Dean and Professor | Department of Biology
Evolutionary genetics and behavioral ecology | E-mail: wilkinso@umd.edu
Training with off-campus affiliate/adjunct faculty requires on-campus co-advisor.
Michael Braun |
Research Scientist | Department of Vertebrate Zoology
Use of molecular genetic data to explore the origin and maintenance of biological diversity | E-mail: braunm@si.edu
Allen Collins | Research Zoologist and Curator | S
mithsonian National Museum of Natural History and NOAA
Systematics and evolution of Cnidaria and Porifera | E-mail: Allen.Collins@NOAA.gov
Robert Fleischer | Senior Scientist and Center Head | National Zoo
Conservation and evolutionary genomics | E-mail: fleischerr@si.edu
Helen F. James |
Curator in Charge | Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Systematics, evolutionary morphology, and fossil record of birds | E-mail: jamesh@si.edu
Conrad Labandeira | Curator Paleoentomology | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Terrestrial fossil arthropods | E-mail: labandec@si.edu
Jon Norenburg |
Chair & Research Zoologist | Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Nemertea, Echinodermata, meiofaunal and other phyla | E-mail: nuremburg@si.edu
Cynthia Parr |
Assistant Chief Data Officer |
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Pollinator and nutrition and biodiversity data, artificial intelligence, open science policy | E-mail: cynthia.parr@usda.gov
Benjamin Rosenthal |
Supervisory Zoologist |
Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Parasite biology, epidemiology, systematics and genomics | E-mail: Benjamin.rosenthal@usda.gov
Hans-Dieter Sues | Chair and Senior Research Geologist | Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Vertebrate Paleontology | E-mail: suesh@si.edu
Emily Cohen | Assistant Professor | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Animal Migration, Migratory Connectivity, Stopover Biology and Aeroecology, Population and Behavioral Ecology, Ornithology
Jay Evans |
Research Entomologist | USDA-ARS Bees Research Lab
Bees, microbes, and mite-transmitted viruses | E-mail: jay.evans@usda.gov
Anson “Tuck” Hines | Senior Scientist |
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Fish and Invertebrate Ecology | E-mail: hinesa@si.edu
Matthew Kelley | Section Chief | National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH
Development of the mammalian cochlea | E-mail: kelleymt@nidcd.nih.gov
Karen Osborn | Research Zoologist and Curator |
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Deep sea evolutionary biology | E-mail: osbornk@si.edu
John D. Parker |
Research Ecologist & Senior Scientist | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Terrestrial Ecology | E-mail: parkerj@si.edu
John W. Pepper | Biologist & Adjunct Associate Professor |
Division of Cancer Prevention; National Cancer Institute
E-mail: john.pepper@nih.gov
Arlin Stotzfus | Research Scientist | Biosystems & Biomaterials Division, Institute for Biotechnology & Bioscience Research (IBBR)
Evolution, mutation, phyloinformatics | E-mail: arlin@umd.edu
Scott Wing |
Curator of Fossil Plants | Natural Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paleoecology | E-mail: wings@si.edu
Elizabeth Zimmer | Research Botanist & Curator | National Museum of Natural History
Land plant molecular systematics and evolution | E-mail: zimmerl@si.edu
Emeriti Faculty can serve on committees but not serve as primary or co-mentor.
Lindley Darden | Professor Emeritus | Department of Philosophy
Philosophy and history of biology; computational biology | E-mail: darden@umd.edu
Charles Fenster | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biology
Elucidation of evolutionary process | E-mail: charles.fenster@sdstate.edu
David Inouye | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biology
Ecology and conservation biology | E-mail: inouye@umd.edu
Arthur Popper | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biology
Marine bio-acoustics | E-mail: apopper@umd.edu
Michele Dudash | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biology
Evolution and maintenance of mating and breeding systems | E-mail: michele.dudash@sdstate.edu
Douglas Gill | Professor Emeritus | Department of Biology
Evolutionary ecology | E-mail: dgill@umd.edu
Steve Mount | Professor Emeritus | Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
Bioinformatics and genomics, focusing on genetic information that specifies how messenger RNAs are processed | E-mail: smount@umd.edu
Marjorie Reaka | Professor | Department of Biology
Biodiversity and extinction on coral reefs and in fossil and contemporary Crustacea | E-mail: mlreaka@umd.edu