Laboratories & Facilities

Faculty Laboratories

• David Culver's Lab :: study of nutrient input and lower trophic levels and how these contribute to upper trophic level dynamics
• Peter Curtis' Lab :: adaptations to the abiotic and biotic environment via physiological processes
• Meg Daly's Lab :: anatomical, taxonomic, and geographic diversity of actiniarian sea anemones
• John Freudenstein's Lab :: plant systematics, phylogenetic theory
• Paul Fuerst's Lab :: molecular techniques to charactize population structure in natural populations
• H. Lisle Gibbs' Lab :: evolution, conservation and behaviour in wild birds and snakes using DNA-based genetic techniques
• John Harder's Lab :: diversity, ecology, and reproductive biology of mammals
• Norman Johnson's Lab :: parasitoid wasp superfamily Proctotrupoidea
• Robert Klips' Lab :: flowering plant reproductive ecology and prairie restoration ecology
• Maria Miriti's Lab :: theoretical, experimental and demographic methods to address factors that regulate plant populations and communities.
• Allison Snow's Lab :: plant populations and ecological interactions
• Joe Williams' Lab :: physiological adaptation of animals, especially birds and mammals
• Andrea Wolfe's Lab :: plant systematics, molecular evolution, and pollen presentation theory

Facilities

• Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (AEL) :: population & community structure and dynamics in aquatic systems
• Museum of Biological Diversity :: houses research and teaching collections; comprised of the Acarology Lab, Borror Lab, Herbarium, Museum of Zoology, and the Insect Collection
  • Acarology Laboratory :: one of the largest mite collections in North America
  • Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics :: center of active research on animal sounds
  • Fish Division, MBD :: houses collection of North American freshwater fishes with secondary strengths in fishes of Mexico and Central America
  • Herbarium :: major collection of plant and fungal specimens that supports research and teaching at OSU, other academic institutions, and governmental agencies
  • Mollusc Division :: houses gastropod and bivalve collections used in teaching, research, and service
  • Triplehorn Insect Collection :: contains approximately 3.5 million specimens from all parts of the world with historical emphasis in the orders Coleoptera and Homoptera and current interests in the Hymenoptera