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James P. Collins is an evolutionary ecologist whose research group studies the role of host-pathogen interactions in species decline and extinction. They use amphibians, along with viral and fungal pathogens, as models for studying factors that control population dynamics. His other research is focused on intellectual factors that have shaped the development of ecology as a discipline, and on ecological ethics.
Professor Collins's expertise in population dynamics led him to serve as director of the Population Biology and Physiological Ecology program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 1985 to 1986. He also served as NSF’s assistant director for Biological Sciences from 2005 to 2009. From 1989 to 2002 he was chair of ASU’s Zoology, and then Biology Department, where he used interdisciplinary programs to foster innovation in research, education, and institutional change. He is also an adjunct senior scientist with the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, MA.
Professor Collin's research group studies the role of host-pathogen interactions in species decline and extinction. They use amphibians, along with viral and fungal pathogens, as models for studying factors that control population dynamics. His other research is focused on intellectual factors that have shaped the development of ecology as a discipline, and on ecological ethics.
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 322 | Conservation of Biodiversity |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIO 522 | Populations: Evolutionary Ecol |
EVO 601 | Principles of Evolution |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 189 | Life Sciences Career Paths |
BIO 320 | Fundamentals of Ecology |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
BIO 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 492 | Honors Directed Study |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 498 | Pro-Seminar |
BIO 522 | Populations: Evolutionary Ecol |
EVO 601 | Principles of Evolution |
Spring 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 493 | Honors Thesis |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Fall 2015 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
BIO 189 | Life Sciences Career Paths |
BIO 320 | Fundamentals of Ecology |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Spring 2015 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
MIC 495 | Undergraduate Research |
BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
Honors include: the Pettingill Lecture in Natural History at The University of Michigan Biological Station; the Thomas Hall Lecture at Washington University, St. Louis; Distinguished Lecturer in Life Science, Penn State University; President's Science Symposium Address, Bowdoin College; Phi Beta Kappa Lifto Amundson Lecture at The University of South Dakota; and serving as Kaeser Visiting Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He became the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment in 2000. He was also awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award and Gary KrahenBuhl Difference Maker Award by ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the Association for Women in Science, and Past President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Professor Collins is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Association of Colleges and Universities, the National Ecological Observatory Network, and is on the Board of Delegates for Oxford University Press.