10 faculty and 0 courses in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
- Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 85
Physiological and evolutionary dimensions of plant ecology influencing community assembly and ecosystem function; genetic and evolutionary basis of ecological traits.
Notable: “The worldwide leaf economics spectrum” (2004) · 8,827 citations
- Naomi E. Pierce, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 73
Behavioral ecology of insects; molecular systematics, field ecology, laboratory experiments and museum surveys to analyze ecology and evolution of symbiotic relationships.
Notable: “Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences” (2013) · 2,894 citations
- Peter Ashton, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 70
Taxonomy and systematics of Dipterocarpaceae.
Notable: “Spatial Patterns in the Distribution of Tropical Tree Species” (2000) · 1,272 citations
- Andrew Davies, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 34
How animals interact with the environment and each other to affect ecosystem processes at landscape scales; community and ecosystem ecology, animal behavior, and remote sensing.
Notable: “Advances in animal ecology from 3D-LiDAR ecosystem mapping” (2014) · 382 citations
- Javier Ortega-Hernández, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 30
Extinct biodiversity of invertebrate metazoans that first appeared and rapidly diversified during the Paleozoic Era.
Notable: “Biomineralization: Integrating mechanism and evolutionary history” (2022) · 305 citations
- Robert M. Woollacott, Professor of Biology, Emeritus; Founding Chairman of OEB h-index 26
Human impacts on life in the sea.
Notable: “Effect of microbial films on settlement of bryozoan larvae (Bugula simplex, B. stolonifera and B. turrita)” (1982) · 101 citations
- Kathleen Pritchett-Corning, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 25
Notable: “FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of mouse, rat, hamster, guinea pig and rabbit colonies in breeding and experimental units” (2014) · 657 citations
- Mandë Holford, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 25
Venoms and venomous animals as agents of molecular change and medicinal innovations; how venoms direct evolution of organisms and improve human lives.
Notable: “Large‐scale species delimitation method for hyperdiverse groups” (2012) · 332 citations
- Benton Taylor, Faculty, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology h-index 21
Terrestrial ecosystem capacity to capture carbon; plant and soil carbon pools; plant below-ground interactions under global change.
Notable: “Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2” (2020) · 659 citations
- Carrie Albertin, Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Malacology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Evolutionary and developmental bases of biological novelty using soft-bodied cephalopods (squid and octopus) as model systems.
Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.