Great Plains Fellows: Biology

NameTitleInstitutionSpecialty
Royce BallingerProfessor Emeritus, Biological SciencesUNLEvolutionary ecology, lizards, demography
Thomas BraggProfessor, Biology & Preserves DirectorUNOGrasslands, plant and fire ecology
Charles BrownProfessor, Biological SciencesUniversity of TulsaSocial behavior in vertebrates, cliff swallow
John DeLongAssociate Professor, Biological Sciences, Director of the Cedar Point Biological StationUNLPredator-prey ecology, climate adaptation, and eco-evolutionary dynamics
Timothy DicksonAssociate Professor, Biology, Turkey Creek Preserve DirectorUNOPrairie restoration, grasslands, diversity biology, ecology
James EstesProfessor Emeritus, Biological SciencesUNLEmeritus Director of UNL State Museum
Keith GelusoProfessor, BiologyUNKField biology, bats, rats, mammalogy
Mary HarnerAssociate Professor, Biology & CommunicationsUNKRiver ecosystems, migratory corridors, watersheds, science education and outreach
Wyatt HobackProfessor, Entomology and Plant PathologyOklahoma State UniversityEntomology, limnology, biology, plants and animals, conservation
Mary Liz JamesonAssociate Professor, BiologyWichita State UniversityEntomology, biodiversity, conservation, zoology
John Janovy, Jr.Paula & D.B. Varner Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biological SciencesUNLProtozoology, parasitology
Anthony JoernUniversity Distinguished Professor Emeritus, BiologyKansas State UniversityInsect community ecology, insect/ plant interactions, grasslands
Robert KaulProfessor Emeritus, Biological SciencesUNLPlant taxonomy, Great Plains flora
Kathy KeelerProfessor Emeritus, Biological SciencesUNLGreat Plains plants and history, zoology, genetics, plant adaptation
Pamela Steele KellarAssociate Professor, BiologyUNOPlant systematics, Great Plains flora, tallgrass prairie, plant biodiversity
Alan KolokProfessor and DirectorIdaho Water Resources Research InstituteWater resources, citizen science, water, public health, environmental epidemiology
John La DukeProfessor Emeritus, Dean, Biology, Natural and Social SciencesUNKNatural and social sciences
Svata LoudaCharles Bessey Professor Emeritus, Biological SciencesUNLEcology, plant-insect herbivore interactions
Louise Lynch-O'BrienAssistant Professor, EntomologyUNLInsect biology, community/citizen science, One Health Extension, informal science education and literacy
John McCartyProfessor, Biology; Director, Environmental StudiesUNOGrassland birds in agricultural ecosystems
Alicia MullarkeyDirector and Education CoordinatorDriftless Area Wetlands CentreNature preserves
Harold NagelProfessor Emeritus, BiologyUNKEntomology, soils, botany, ecology
Dustin RanglackAssociate Professor, BiologyUNKLarge mammal ecology, conservation, and management
Letitia ReichartProfessor, BiologyUNKAvian biology, molecular ecology, behavioral ecology
Travis RobbinsAssistant Professor, BiologyUNOVertebrate adaptations to thermal environments, evolution of social intelligence, epigenetic inheritance
Steven RothenbergerProfessoe Emeritus, BiologyUNKPlant ecology, taxonomy
Leland RussellAssociate Professor, Biological SciencesWichita State UniversityPlant population ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, savanna dynamics and restoration
Sabrina RussoProfessor, BiologyUNLPlant ecology and diversity
Julie SavidgeProfessor, Fish, Wildlife and Conservation BiologyColorado State UniversityForestry, fisheries, wildlife zoology and ecology, wildland resources
Julie ShafferProfessor, Biology; Co-Chair of DepartmentUNKInvertebrate microbial iteractions
Linda Spessard-SchuethProfessor Emeritus, BiologyUNKBotany bryology-evaluation of moss species of Nebraska counties
Timothy SeastedtProfessor Emeritus, Ecology and Evolutionary BioUniversity of Colorado at BoulderTerrestrial ecosystems, soil biology, nutrient dynamics, ecosystems, invasive species
Brigitte TenhumbergProfessor, Biological SciencesUNLPlant and insect ecology, life history evolution
Simon TyeBiologyUniversity of ArkansasNatural history of Great Plains organisms, ecological catastrophes
Mary Ann VintonAssociate Professor, BiologyCreighton UniversityPlant, ecosystem and grassland ecology, invasive plants
James A. WilsonProfessor, BiologyUNOZoology, mammalogy, physiological ecology
LaReesa WolfenbargerProfessor & Chair, BiologyUNOEffects of agriculture on grassland ecosystems
Melissa WuellnerAssociate Professor, BiologyUNKFisheries ecology and management, human dimensions of wildlife and fisheries
Judy Wu-SmartExtension & Research EntomologistUNLBee Lab leader, pesticide exposure, landscapes, stressors on bee behavior