Faculty

Hartmut G. Doebel
Assistant Professor of Biology
Population Ecology and General Entomology
Lisner Hall 350 (Office)
Bell Hall 202, 203, & 205 (Labs)

Tel. Office: (202) 994-1045
Fax: (202) 994-6100
E-Mail: hdoebel@gwu.edu

Education

M.S., Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1987
M.S., University of Maryland, 1987
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1996

Research Interest

My principal areas of interest include: population ecology, predator-prey interactions, wetland ecology. Currently I am exploring systems to study insect-immune responses to parasitoids. I am also interested in pedagogical research, especially on the use of technology in large classes.

Courses

• BISC 005 - The Biology of Nutrition and Health.

• BISC 006 - The Ecology and Evolution of Organisms.

• BISC 011 - Cells and Biology. An in-depth introductory biology course for majors studying using the interdependence of form and function as the unifying thread: e.g. macromolecules; cell structure and function; development and genetics; biotechnology.

• BISC 012 - The Biology of Organisms. An in-depth introductory biology course for majors using evolutionary relationships as the unifying thread: e.g. the diversity and complexity of different life forms; systematics; ecological systems.

Selected Publications

Döbel, H.G., and S. Frey. 2006. Walking the talk: A Forest Transect Study. In: Living Science: Humane, Student-Inquiry Science Projects for Middle and High School. ASPC, New York.

Denno, R.F., C. Gratton, H.G. Döbel, D.L. Finke. 2003. Predation risk affects relative strength of top-down and bottom-up impacts on insect herbivores. Ecology 84: 1032-1044.

Döbel, H.G., and R.F. Denno. 1994. Predator - planthopper interactions. Pages 325-399. In The planthoppers. R. F. Denno and J. Perfect (eds.). Chapman and Hall, New York.

Döbel, H.G., R.F. Denno, and J.A. Coddington. 1990. Spider (Araneae) community structure in an intertidal salt marsh: effects of vegetation structure and tidal flooding. Environ. Entomol. 19: 1356-1370.