The Bagchi Lab studies the processes that maintain biodiversity in natural ecosystems (particularly in the tropics), how human activity might affect this biodiversity, and the role of biodiversity in the provision of ecosystem functions/services.

The Diggle lab studies the effects of genotype, environment, and ontogenetic history on the development and evolutionary diversification of plant phenotypes.

The Garcia-Robledo lab studies the evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions, adaptation to novel environments (e.g., novel hosts, climate change), molecular biology, insect physiology, and demography.

The Goffinet Lab studies bryophytes and lichenized fungi, the evolution of spore dispersal mechanisms and breeding systems in mosses, and the evolution of multiple symbioses and photomorphism in lichens.

The Heyduk Lab studies the evolution of plant adaptations to abiotic stress, the evolution of CAM photosynthesis, plant ecophysiology, and comparative genomics.

The Kremer Lab studies interactions between ecology, evolution, and physiology in variable and changing environments, using math, statistics, and experiments involving phytoplankton.

The L. Lewis Lab studies the systematics and evolution of green algae, especially terrestrial forms, the phylogeny of basal green plants, and the diversity of desert algae.

The P. Lewis Lab develops statistical methods for Bayesian phylogenetic inference and model selection. Paul teaches Phylogenetics (EEB 5349), Introduction to Botany (BIOL 1110), and Evolutionary Biology (EEB 2245).

The Seemann Lab studies plant responses to the environment from the level of genes to ecosystems, with a focus on photosynthesis, the global carbon cycle, and the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to rising atmospheric CO₂.

The Wegrzyn Lab specializes in scientific databasing and visualization, machine learning, semantic web, ontologies, computational biology, plant genomics, and comparative genomics.

The Yuan Lab studies the genetics, development, and evolution of phenotypic diversity, the genetics of adaptation and speciation, plant-pollinator interactions, transposable elements and plant genomics, and plant molecular systematics.