Becky Barak, PhD, Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Restoration Ecology, Seed Biology, Plant Community Ecology, Human dimensions of conservation and restoration
rbarak@chicagobotanic.org
Faculty
Paul CaraDonna, PhD, Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Community ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, phenology, climate change
pcaradonna@chicagobotanic.org
Louise Egerton-Warburton, PhD, Professor (Adjunct)
Not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2025
Research: Soil and fungal ecology
lwarburton@chicagobotanic.org
Jeremie Fant, PhD, Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Plant population and conservation genetics
jfant@chicagobotanic.org
Alicia Foxx, PhD, Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Population and community ecology, Plant interactions, Restoration practice, Syntheses and meta-analyses, Meta-science and research practices, Inclusive science practices, Microbiome-plant trait relationships
afoxx@chicagobotanic.org
Kayri Havens, PhD, Professor (Adjunct)
Not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2025
Research: Rare species conservation, invasive biology, reproductive ecology
khavens@chicagobotanic.org
Patrick Herendeen, PhD, Professor (Adjunct)
Not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2025
Research: Plant evolution and systematics, paleobotany
pherendeen@chicagobotanic.org
Amy Iler, PhD, Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS students but not new PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Population & community ecology, climate change, invasive species, and plant-pollinator interactions
ailer@chicagobotanic.org
Andrea Kramer, PhD, Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2025
Research: Ecological genetics and restoration, rare plant conservation
akramer@chicagobotanic.org
Natalie Love, PhD, Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Urban ecology, urban forestry, remote sensing, GIS
nlove@chicagobotanic.org
Hector Ortiz, PhD, Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Ecology and conservation of endangered, ecological, culturally, and economically important plant species.
Gordon Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor of Instruction
Not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2025
Research: Intraspecific variation, plant-pollinator interactions, pollinator behavior, interaction change
gordon.smith@northwestern.edu
Susan R. Strickler, PhD, Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: My research investigates genomic aspects of plant evolution and adaptation, leveraging the knowledge of plant biodiversity at population and ecosystem levels.
Stuart Wagenius, PhD, Professor (Adjunct)
Accepting new MS and PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Population ecology, fire ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, evolution, conservation genetics, prairie conservation, prairie restoration.
swagenius@chicagobotanic.org
Nyree Zerega, PhD, Professor of Instruction, Director of Program in Plant Biology and Conservation
Accepting new MS students but not new PhD students for Fall 2025
Research: Evolution, systematics, biogeography, and reproductive ecology of plants (especially Moraceae); conservation of plant genetic resources (especially underutilized crops and their wild relatives), perennial crops
Phone number: (847) 467-1266
n-zerega@northwestern.edu