Great Plains Fellows: Biology

Royce Ballinger (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences

UNL

Evolutionary ecology, lizards, demography

Thomas Bragg (F)
Professor

UNO

Grasslands, fire

Charles Brown (AF)
Professor

University of Tulsa

Social behavior in vertebrates, cliff swallow

Timothy Dickson (F)
Assistant Professor, Biology

UNO

Prairie restoration, grasslands, diversity biology, ecology

James Estes (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences

UNL

Em. Director of UNL State Museum

Keith Geluso (F)
Associate Professor

UNK

Field biology, bats, rats

Mary Harner (F)
Associate Professor, Biology & Communications

UNK

River ecosystems, migratory corridors, watersheds, science education and outreach

W. Wyatt Hoback (F)
Professor

UNK

Entomology, limnology

Mary Liz Jameson (AF)
Associate Professor

Wichita State University

Entomology, biodiversity, conservation, zoology

John Janovy, Jr. (EF)
Varner Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences

UNL

Protozoology, parasitology

Anthony Joern (AF)
Professor

Kansas State University

Insect community ecology, insect/ plant interactions, grasslands

Paul Johnsgard (EF)
Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences

UNL

Ornithology, art, waterfowl, cranes

Robert Kaul (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences

UNL

Plant taxonomy, Great Plains flora

Kathy Keeler (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences

UNL

Anthropology, zoology, genetics, plant adaptation

Pamela Steele Kellar (F)
Assistant Professor

UNO

Plant Systematics, Plains flora

Alan Kolok (F)
Professor

UNO

Animal physiology, toxicology

John La Duke (F)
Professor, Dean

UNK

Natural and social sciences, botany

Svata Louda (EF)
Prof. Emeritus, Biological Sciences

UNL

Ecology, plant-insect herbivore interactions

John McCarty (F)
Professor, Director

UNO

Grassland birds in agricultural ecosystems

Alicia Mullarkey (F)
Preserve Manager

UNO

Nature preserves

Harold Nagel (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Biology

UNK

Entomology, soils, botany, ecology

Dustin Ranglack (F)
Assistant Professor, Biology

UNK

Large mammal ecology, conservation, and management

Letitia Reichart (F)
Assistant Professor

UNK

Avian biology, molecular ecology, behavioral ecology

Travis Robbins (F)
Instructor, Biology

UNO

biology

Steven Rothenberger (F)
Professor

UNK

Plant ecology, taxonomy

Leland Russell (AF)
Associate Prof., Biological Sciences

Wichita State University

plant population ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, savanna dynamics and restoration

Sabrina Russo (F)
Associate Professor, Biology

UNL

Plant ecology and diversity

Julie Savidge (AF)
Prof., Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology

Colorado State University

Forestry, fisheries, wildlife zoology and ecology, wildland resources

Julie Shaffer (F)
Professor, Biology

UNK

Invertebrate microbial interactions

Linda Spessard-Schueth (F)
Professor

UNK

Botany bryology-evaluation of moss species of Nebraska counties

Timothy Seastedt (AF)
Prof., Ecology and Evolutionary Bio

University of Colorado at Boulder

Terrestrial ecosystems, soil biology, nutrient dynamics, ecosystems, invasive species

Brigitte Tenhumberg (F)
Professor

UNL

Consumer-resource interaction

Mary Ann Vinton (AF)
Associate Professor

Creighton University

Plant, ecosystem and grassland ecology, invasive plants

James A. Wilson (F)
Assistant Professor

UNO

Zoology, mammalogy, physiological ecology

LaReesa Wolfenbarger (F)
Associate Professor

UNO

Effects of agriculture on grassland ecosystems

Melissa Wuellner (F)
Associate Professor, Biology

UNK

Fisheries Ecology and Fisheries Management

(F) = Fellow, (AF) = Affiliate Fellow, (EF) = Emeritus Fellow, (AEF) = Associate Emeritus Fellow, (GF) = Graduate Fellow