Kristen Ruegg is an associate professor of biology at Colorado State University. Her research involves using genomic tools to track migratory birds across space and time and to understand how these animals may fare with environmental change. In addition, she …
Arjun Khakhar is an assistant professor of biology at Colorado State University. His research focuses on plants, which he says are amazing because they make most of the things we need: delicious food, fabrics, building materials, hosts of molecules that …
N. LeRoy Poff’s research focuses on how the structure and function of aquatic communities (invertebrates and fish) depend on habitat stability. He is interested in integrating ecological response across all levels of habitat constraint, from local patches to whole watersheds. …
June Medford researches using synthetic biology to develop new types of plants with specialized functions, such as for bioenergy or detecting the presence of dangerous chemicals. To speed up the development of plants with enhanced bioenergy traits, Medford’s lab is …
Don Mykles, director of the University Honors Program, teaches students how to evaluate claims and make science-informed decisions in a seminar called “Myth busters: science, pseudoscience, and just plain nonsense.” Mykles, a former associate dean for the College of Natural …
A University Distinguished Professor, Alan Knapp studies ecological processes, such as leaf-level gas exchange, plant water relations and energy balance, that drive evolutionary change in plants. Knapp works with the Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research program in the grasslands of …
A professor of science education in the Department of Biology, Meena Balgopal focuses her research on understanding how students learn through writing and how teachers develop both their base of knowledge and ability to effectively communicate with students. Balgopal began …
