Mark A. Genung

Mark Genung
  • Faculty
  • James H. Harper South Louisiana Mid-Winter Fair Association/BORSF Professor of Biology

Education

Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2007
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

B.S. in Biology, 2007 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Community and theoretical ecology
  • Plant and pollinator ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystem services

Publications

  • Kooyers NJ, MA Genung, SG Innes, AK Turcu, DM Hinrichs, B LeBlanc, CM Patterson (2025) Heatwaves decrease fitness and alter maternal provisioning in natural populations of Mimulus guttatus. American Journal of Botany, in press.
  • Sweet J, S Casas S, J La Peyre, MA Genung, BA Stauffer (2025) Effects of the cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa on eastern oyster feeding. Ecosphere, in press.
  • Winfree R, J Reilly, MA Genung (2025) Abundance, not just diversity, needs to be part of biodiversity-ecosystem services research. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00040-1. 
  • Zhang A, S Chen, Z Liu, J Chen, H Song, J Wang, H Cui, Z Yang, S Xiao, A Lizhe, MA Genung (2024) After shrub encroachment, changes in plant biomass are driven by persisting plant species, but species gains drive nematode carbon dynamics. Ecology Letters, 28:e70070.
  • Genung MA, Winfree R (2024) Dominant species stabilize pollination services through response diversity, but not cross-scale redundancy. Ecology, Early View, e4481.