Emeritus Faculty | Zoology | SIU

Education MD., 1968; PhD, 1975, University of Chicago. Areas of interest Animal Behavior, Ethology, Neuroscience

Education PhD, 1962, University of Illinois Areas of interest Herpetology  

I am interested in testing how multiple human stressors affect aquatic communities, and how we can alleviate those stressors so organisms and ecosystems can adapt to climate change. I also investigate the some fundamental aspects of the biogeochemistry of microbial communities meaning that I study a ...read full profile >>

Education Ph.D.,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Areas of interest Ichthyology

Education PhD, 1964, Purdue University Areas of interest Genetics, General Biology  

Education Ph.D., Oregon State University Areas of interest Mammalogy, Wildlife Ecology

Education Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Areas of interest Wildlife Toxicology, Population Dynamics  

Education PhD, 1970, Southern Illinois University Areas of interest Fisheries

How do complex behaviors and other adaptations emerge from the molecular organization of cells and genomes?  I am especially interested in the genetic "protocols" and mutational mechanisms that support adaptive evolution.  Education Ph.D.,University of California, San ...read full profile >>

Education Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Areas of interest Fish Population Ecology, Aquaculture, Fisheries Management

I work on reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships at the species level within two major clades, the Australasian marsupial order Dasyuromorphia and the avian superfamily Gruoidea.  Dasyuromorphians are some 70 species of carnivorous marsupials including the numbat, thylacines, the ...read full profile >>

Education Bachelor's (1952), Master's (1958), and Ph.D. (1962) degrees from the University of Minnesota Areas of interest Physiological vertebrate ecology with special interest in bioenergetics of birds in relation to ecologic and behavioral adaptations, flight, and migration.  

My group seeks to understand linkages between mobile top predators (birds) and aquatic food webs. We use simulation models to link field and laboratory studies of the foraging energetics of birds with the quality and dispersion of prey, and to predict prey availability as a function of food web ...read full profile >>

Research interests are (1) taxonomy and biology of North American Pentatomoidea, including effects of photoperiod on various species, (2) biology of aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera, and (3) taxonomy and biology of Illinois Reduviidae. Education Ph.D., Michigan State University Course taught ZOOL 115 ...read full profile >>

Education Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago Areas of interest Developmental Biology, Neurobiology  

My research has focused on predator-prey systems, including the origin of cycles in these systems and how dispersal affects their dynamics. I also have interests in population ecology, genetics, and quantitative ecology. Education Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara Courses taught ZOOL 557 ...read full profile >>

Education Ph.D., 1970, Kansas State University Area of Interest Reproductive Biology of Mammals

Research interests in wildlife ecology include (1) contaminant ecology, specifically the effects of contaminants on amphibians, reptiles, and birds and (2) wetland ecology including stormwater wetlands and the development of an index of biological integrity for assessing wetland ...read full profile >>

Education PhD, 1958, Indiana University Areas of interest Limnology

I am interested in the evolution of genetic systems and in the evolution and maintenance of sexual reproduction. We are characterizing the genome of a species of a putatively asexual higher taxon of mites to better understand the factors maintaining sexual reproduction in the vast majority of metazoan ...read full profile >>

Dr. Waring's research spans the following: (1) ethology and vertebrate natural history; (2) applied animal behavior of wild, domesticated, and zoo animals; (3) behavioral development and ecological interactions; (4) computer modeling behavior of animals in groups using adaptive fuzzy systems; (5) ...read full profile >>