©2009 KBS

A diverse community of scientists uses KUFS for research and teaching. "Resident" here refers to faculty or staff based at the University of Kansas, Baker University, Haskell Indian Nations University, and Johnson County Community College who currently work, or have recently worked, on KUFS projects. In addition to those listed here, many current and former faculty, staff, and students have used KUFS facilities as part of their research or teaching activities.
Resident Faculty & Staff Investigators:
(Listed in alphabetical order)
Helen M. Alexander
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
KU
Plant population biology:
* Ecological and genetic interactions between plants and fungal pathogens
* Potential ecological consequences of crop-wild hybridization, using wild
sunflowers as a model system
* Population dynamics of long-lived prairie plants
Kenneth
B. Armitage
Emeritus Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, KU
Behavioral ecology:
* Life history strategies of ground-dwelling sciurids, including marmots
and woodchucks
Sharon
Ashworth
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Washburn University
Restoration ecology:
* Wetlands and prairie restoration
Sharon
A. Billings
Associate Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU
Global change biology and biogeochemistry:
* Impact of climate change on ecosystem fluxes of nitrogen and carbon
Brendan
Bohannon
Associate Professor, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University
of Oregon
Microbial ecology:
* Spatial scaling of bacterial biodiversity
Geoffrey C. Bohling
Associate Scientists, Kansas Geological Survey
Geohydrology:
* Identification of preferential flow paths at sites of groundwater
contamination
Roger
L. Boyd
Professor, Biology Department, Baker University
Adjunct Curator, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center
Ecology:
* Avian ecology
* W etland restoration
* Conservation biology
Nathaniel
Brunsell
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, KU
Land-atmosphere interactions:
* Nutrient cycling in ecoforecasting
Robert
Buddemeier
Senior Scientist, Kansas Geological Survey
Landscape hydrology:
* Effects of small ponds on watershed function
Gregory
Burg
Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
KU
Medical and veterinary entomology:
* Population ecology of ixodid ticks
* Insect ecology
James
J. Butler, Jr.
Senior Scientist, Kansas Geological Survey
Hydrogeology:
* Experimental analysis of groundwater flow patterns and development of field
methods for aquifer characterization
* Director of the Geohydrologic Experimental and Monitoring Site (GEMS) facility
at KUFS
Scott
W. Campbell
Associate Director, KUFS
Applied aquatic ecology:
* Field management of aquatic studies at the Kansas Aquatic Mesocosm Program
facility at KUFS
* Reservoir water quality studies
* Development of new technologies for control and management of aquatic plants
Calvin
L. Cink
Professor, Biology Department, Baker University
Avian ecology:
* Population biology of Chuck-wills-widow, Whip-poor-will, and Kentucky Warbler
Frank
deNoyelles, Jr.
Deputy Director, Kansas Biological Survey
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental
Studies Program
Director of the Kansas Aquatic Mesocosm Program (KAMP) at KUFS
Aquatic ecology:
* Effects of pesticides on aquatic communities
* Variation in rates of contaminant biotransformation using experimental ecosystems
* Ecology of subepilimnetic phytoplankton in thermally stratified water bodies
*Reservoir water quality studies
Bryan
L. Foster
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Plant community ecology:
* Processes that regulate plant species distribution and biodiversity in tallgrass
prairies and successional grasslands
* Spatial processes in communities
* Habitat restoration
* Linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem function
Craig
C. Freeman
Curator, Division of Botany, Natural History Museum and
Biodiversity Research Center
Associate Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey;
Courtesy Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant systematics:
* Floristics of the grassland biome of central North America
* Prairie conservation
* Collection-based informatics
* Systematics and evolution of Asteraceae
Robert
H. Hagen
Program Associate, KUFS, Kansas Biological Survey
Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Population genetics and ecology:
* Insect-plant interactions and arthropod population structure
Christopher
H. Haufler
Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
Plant systematics:
* Evolution and systematics of the fern family Polypodiaceae, including patterns
and processes of speciation in ferns
John
M. Healey
Research Assistant, Kansas Geological Survey
Hydrogeology:
* Development and improvement of field methodologies used in hydrogeology
and aquifer characterization
Robert
D. Holt
Professor and Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecology, University
of Florida
Theoretical and community ecology:
* Predator-prey interactions, patch dynamics, and the interface between ecology
and evolutionary biology
Donald
G. Huggins
Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey
Courtesy Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Aquatic ecology and entomology:
* Quantification of human disturbances on aquatic ecosystems
Bruce
A. Johanning
Operations Manager, KUFS, Kansas Biological Survey
Management of experimental facilities:
* Design, construction, and maintenance of field facilities and equipment
at KUFS
W.
Dean Kettle
Associate Director, KUFSKansas Biological Survey
Ecology and conservation biology:
* Natural resource management and planning
* Long-term biological monitoring
* Historical analysis of vegetation change and land use
Kelly
Kindscher
Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey
Professor, Environmental Studies Program
Courtesy Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conservation
biology:
* Studies of prairie plant communities, including plant species richness and
diversity
* Wetland and prairie restoration
* Ethnobotany, including uses and conservation of native medicinal plants
Dennis
D. Lane
N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
Air quality research:
Studies on airborne particulates
* Acid rain
* Atmospheric deposition
Glen
A. Marotz
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Air quality research:
* Air quality modeling
* Statistical analysis
* Experimental design
Craig
E. Martin
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant physiological ecology:
* Crassulacean acid metabolism
* Environmental and biochemical limitations on photosynthesis
* Anatomical and morphological influences on ecophysiology
* Photosynthesis in rock outcrop succulents
* Adaptations to irradiance in C4 grasses, mosses, and epiphytes
Edward
A. Martinko
Director, Kansas Biological Survey
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental
Studies Program
Community ecology:
* Remote sensing of natural resources
* Insect community ecology
* Landscape analysis and characterization
Carl
D. McElwee
Professor, Department of Geology
Senior Scientist, Kansas Geological Survey
Hydrogeology:
* Theoretical description of flow systems
* Model studies of availability of groundwater in Kansas
* Modeling of chemical quality
* Evaluation of groundwater resources
Raymond
J. Pierotti
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Vertebrate ecology:
* Evolutionary biology of vertebrates in relation to breeding system and parental
care
* Field ecology of coyotes and deer mice
* Development of programs for training Native American students in environmental
research
Galen
L. Pittman
Station Manager/Biologist, KUFS, Kansas Biological Survey
Field biology:
* Monitoring bird populations and field ornithology
* On-site facilities management, weather station operation, and assistance
in long-term monitoring studies at KUFS
Stephen
J. Randtke
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water quality and treatment:
* Strategies for control of naturally occurring and synthetic chemical contaminants
in public water supplies
* Sources and transformations of chemical contaminants in water supplies
Stanley
D. Roth
Adjunct Naturalist, Kansas Biological Survey
Ecology:
* Field research and environmental education
Vaughn
Salisbury
Research Associate, KUFS, Kansas Biological Survey
Natural resource management:
* Forestry and forest entomology
* Long-term forest monitoring
Norman
A. Slade
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Senior Curator, Division of Mammals, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity
Research Center
Mammalian population ecology:
* Impact of environmental stochasticity on population growth and projection
matrices
* Applications of capture-recapture techniques to nontraditional types of
data
* Long-term studies of small mammal populations
Val
H. Smith
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
and Environmental Studies Program
Ecosystem and community ecology:
* Relationships between resource supplies and the structure and function of
biological systems including studies of the mechanisms that generate and maintain
biodiversity in lakes and in old fields
* Ecology of invasions by non-indigenous organisms
* Mechanisms that regulate biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and
phosphorus
* Effects of multiple stressors on aquatic systems
Orley
R. Taylor, Jr.
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Insect ecology and behavior:
* Studies of reproductive and life history patterns in butterflies and plants
* Comparative biology of European and Neotropical African honey bees
* Migratory behavior of monarch butterflies
* Director of Monarch Watch
James
H. Thorp
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Senior Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey
Ecology of large rivers:
* Carbon cycling through food webs
* Roles of biotic interactions in shaping benthic and pelagic communities
in rivers