Graduate Faculty for Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
BEES

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Baldwin, Andrew H. Regular Member
B.S., Tufts University, 1983; B.S., 1983; Ph.D., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1996.
- Associate Professor, Biological Resources Engineering
- Associate Professor, Enviromental Science and Technology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Ballou, Jon Adjunct Member
B.A., University of Virginia, 1977; M.S. George Washington University, 1985 Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1995
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Barbosa, Pedro Regular Member
B.S.,City University of New York-City College, 1966; M.S.,University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1969; Ph.D., 1971.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Entomology

Bely, Alexa Regular Member
Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook, 1999
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Borgia, Gerald Regular Member
A.B., University of California-Berkeley, 1970; M.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1973; Ph.D., 1978.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Braun, Michael Adjunct Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Carleton, Karen Regular Member
B.S., Yale University, 1980; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1987
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Carr, Catherine E. Regular Member
B.Sc, University of Capetown, 1976; M.A.,State University of New York-Buffalo, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1984.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Castillo-Davis, Cristian Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1997; Ph.D., Harvard University, 2003
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Chaverri, Priscila Regular Member
B.S., Instituto Tecnologica de Costa Rica, 1993; Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2005.
- Assistant Professor, Plant Science
   website: http://mycology.umd.edu/
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Chernela, Janet Regular Member
PH.D. Anthropology, Columbia University, 1983
- Affiliate Professor, Women's Studies
- Professor, Anthropology
   website: www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Collins, Allen Adjunct Member
B.A., Amherst College, 1987; Ph.D. University of California Berkeley, 1999.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Collins, Scott Special Member
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1981
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Cooke, Todd J. Regular Member
B.S.,Antioch College, 1974; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1979.
- Professor, Plant Biology
- Affiliate Professor, Plant Science
   website: http://www.clfs.umd.edu/cbmg/faculty/cooke/cooke2.html
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Director, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Cummings, Michael P. Regular Member
Ph.D., Harvard, 1992.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Biology

Darden, Lindley Regular Member
B.A., Rhodes College, 1968; A.M., University of Chicago, 1969; S.M., 1972; Ph.D., 1974.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Philosophy
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Delwiche, Charles Francis Regular Member
B.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering

Dietz, James M. Regular Member
B.A., DePauw University, 1970; M.S., Purdue University, 1973; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981.
- Professor, Biology
- Associate Director, Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

DiMichele, William A. Adjunct Member
B.S., Drexel University, 1974; M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1974; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1979
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Dively, Galen P., II Regular Member
B.S., Juniata College, 1966; M.S.,Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1968; Ph.D., 1974.
- Professor, Entomology
- Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor Emeritus, Entomology

Dudash, Michele R. Regular Member
B.A.,Millersville University, 1977; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1987.
- Associate Professor, Plant Biology
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Director, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Evans, Jay Adjunct Member
B.A., Princeton University, 1988; Ph.D., University of Utah, 1995.
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fagan, William Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1996
- Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fenster, Charles B. Regular Member
B.A.,Amherst College, 1979; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Plant Biology
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Fleischer, Robert Adjunct Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Forseth, Irwin N., Jr. Regular Member
B.A., Hamline University, 1976; Ph.D., University of Utah, 1982.
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Gill, Douglas E. Regular Member
B.S., Marietta College, 1965; M.A.,University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1967; Ph.D., 1971.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Gruner, Daniel Regular Member
A.B., Hamilton College, 1993; Ph.D., University of Hawai'i, 2004.
- Assistant Professor, Entomology
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Haag, Eric S. Regular Member
B.A., Oberlin College, 1990; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1997
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biology

Hawthorne, David J. Regular Member
B.S., Kent State University, 1983; B.A.,1983; M.S., North Carolina State University, 1986; Ph.D., Cornell University,1993.
- Associate Professor, Entomology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Highton, Richard Regular Member
B.A., New York University,1950; M.S., University of Florida, 1953; Ph.D., 1956.
- Professor Emeritus, Biology
- Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
- Professor Emeritus, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Hines, Anson Adjunct Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Holtz, Thomas R., Jr. Adjunct Member
B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1987. Ph.D., Yale University, 1992.
- Senior Lecturer, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Senior Lecturer, Geology
   website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/pages/faculty/HOLTZ/holtz.html

Hunt, Gene Adjunct Member
B.S., Duke University, 1995; M.S., University of Chicago-Illinois, 2000; Ph.D., University of Chicago-Illinois, 2003.
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Inouye, David W. Regular Member
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1971; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1976.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Director, Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Jackson, Fatimah L.C. Regular Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1972; M.A., 1978; Ph.D., 1981.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Nutrition
   website: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nfsc/
- Professor, Anthropology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

James, Bruce R. Regular Member
B.A., Williams College, 1973; M.S., University of Vermont, 1979; Ph.D., 1981.
- Professor, Enviromental Science and Technology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Professor, Geology

Jeffery, William Richard Regular Member
B.S., University of Illinois-Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1971.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Kleiman, Devra Adjunct Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Kocher, Thomas D. Regular Member
B.A., Yale University, 1981; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1986.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Labandeira, Conrad Non-Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Lamp, William O. Regular Member
B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1972; M.S., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1976; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1980.
- Associate Professor, Entomology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Leimgruber, Peter Non-Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Leisnham, Paul Regular Member

- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Lips, Karen Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Miami, 1995
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Machado, Carlos Regular Member
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1998
- Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Marra, Peter Adjunct Member
B.S., Southern Connecticut State University, 1985; M.S., Louisiana State University, 1989; Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 1998
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Mitter, Charles Regular Member
B.S., Stanford University, 1970; Ph.D.,State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1977.
- Professor, Entomology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Chair, Entomology

Moss, Cynthia F. Regular Member
B.S., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1979; Ph.D., Brown University, 1985.
- Professor, Psychology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Affiliate Professor, Biology
- Professor, Engineering: Systems Engineering

Mount, Stephen M. Regular Member
B.A., Rice University, 1978; Ph.D., Yale University, 1983.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Neel, Maile Regular Member
B.A., Humboldt State University, 1985; M.S., University of California Santa Barbara, 1994; Ph.D. University of California Riverside, 2000
- Assistant Professor, Entomology
- Associate Professor, Plant Science
   website: http://alyxia.umd.edu/
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

O'Brien, Stephen Adjunct Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Ottinger, Mary A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; M.S., 1974; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/maryann.html
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Palmer, Margaret A. Regular Member
B.S.,Emory University, 1977; M.S., University of South Carolina-Columbia, 1979; Ph.D., 1983.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Biological Sciences Program
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences
- Professor, Entomology
- Director, Biological Sciences Program

Parr, Cynthia Adjunct Member
B.A., Cornell University, 1987; M.S., University of Michigan, 1991; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1997
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Pick, Leslie Regular Member
B.S., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1977 Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1986
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Popper, Arthur N. Regular Member
B.A., New York University-Bronx, 1964; Ph.D.,City University of New York-Graduate School & Univ. Center, 1969.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Prestegaard, Karen L. Regular Member
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1979; Ph.D., 1982.
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Geology
   website: http://www.geol.umd.edu/pages/faculty/PRESTEGAARD/prestegaard.html

Raupp, Michael J. Regular Member
B.S., Cook College, Rutgers University, 1975; M.S.,Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1977; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1981.
- Professor, College of Life Sciences
- Professor, Entomology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Acting Dean, College of Life Sciences

Reaka, Marjorie L. Regular Member
B.A., University of Kansas, 1965; M.S., 1969; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1975.
- Professor, Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Reggia, James A. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1971; M.D., University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1975; Ph.D.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1981.
- Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Affiliate Professor, Engineering: Bioengineering
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Computer Science

Rosenthal, Benjamin M. Adjunct Member
B.A., Oberlin College, 1990; Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health, 1999
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Sauer, John R. Adjunct Member
B.A., Rutgers College, 1977; M.S., University of Wyoming, 1980; M.A., University of Kansas, 1984; M.Phil., University of Kansas, 1984; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1985
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Shrewsbury, Paula M. Regular Member
B.S., University of Rhode Island, 1985; M.S., University of California-Riverside, 1991; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1996.
- Associate Professor, Entomology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Shultz, Jeffrey W. Regular Member
B.S., Michigan State University, 1982; M.S.,Ohio University-Athens, 1985; Ph.D., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1990.
- Associate Professor, Entomology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Siewerdt, Frank Regular Member
M.Sc., Universidade Federal de Pelotas (Brazil), 1991; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1998
- Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/siewerdt/
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Soares, Daphne Regular Member
B.S., UMBC, 1996; Ph.D., UMCP, 2002.
- Assistant Professor, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Song, Jiuzhou Regular Member
Ph.D.; China Agr. University, 1996 M.Sc.; Northwestern Agri. Univ, 1986 B.A.; Northwestern Agr.Univ, 1983
- Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Stoltzfus, Arlin Adjunct Member
B.A., Grinnell College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1991.
- Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Stricklin, William R. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1968; M.S., 1972; Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1975.
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/ray.html
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Sues, Hans Non-Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Thompson, Katerina Adjunct Member
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1992
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Thorne, Barbara L. Regular Member
B.A., Brown University, 1976; M.A., Harvard University, 1978; Ph.D., 1983.
- Professor, Entomology
- Director, Biological Sciences
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Via, Sara Regular Member
B.A., Duke University, 1974; M.S.,Australian National University-Canberra, 1976; Ph.D., Duke University, 1983.
- Professor, Entomology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Biology

Weiner, Ronald M. Regular Member
B.S.,City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1964; M.S.,Long Island University-Brooklyn, 1967; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1970.
- Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Wilkinson, Gerald S. Regular Member
B.S., University of California-Davis, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-San Diego, 1984.
- Professor, Distinguished Faculty
- Chair, Biology
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Wing, Scott Adjunct Member
B.S., Yale College, 1976: Ph.D., Yale University, 1981
- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Yager, David D. Regular Member
B.A., Wesleyan University, 1972; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989.
- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Biology
- Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

Zimmer, Elizabeth Adjunct Member

- Adjunct Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics