| Francisca C. Almeida | Molecular evolution | | 2007 | 2009 | Nancy B. Simmons (post-doc) |
| George Amato | conservation genetics, endangered species | | | | |
| Michael J Andersen | Systematics and biogeography of birds | | | | Brian Tilston Smith (post-doc) |
| Bonnie Bain | | | | | |
| Richard H. Baker | molecular phylogenetics, evolutionary genomics, stalk-eyed flies | | 2007 | | Gerald S. Wilkinson (collaborator), Rob DeSalle (research scientist) |
| Amy M. Balanoff | | | | | |
| F. Keith Barker | Phylogenetics, Biogeography, Speciation, Ornithology | Ornithology | 1999 | 2002 | George F. Barrowclough (post-doc) |
| George F. Barrowclough | | | | | |
| Daniel R. Brumbaugh | evolutionary ecology, coral reef ecology, conservation science, coupled human and natural systems, MPAs, EBM, spatial management | | | | Jennifer K. O'Leary (collaborator) |
| Frank T. Burbrink | Evolution, herpetology, phylogenetics | | | | |
| James M. Carpenter | systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetics, Vespidae | | | | |
| Marcelo R Carvalho | | | | | |
| Kevyn M. Catley | | | | | |
| Megan E. Cevasco | Systematics | | | | Ward C. Wheeler (post-doc) |
| Prosanta Chakrabarty | Zoology Biology, Genetics | Ichthyology | 1999 | 1999 | Melanie Lisa Jane Stiassny (research assistant) |
| Ronald M Clouse | | | | | Ward C. Wheeler (post-doc) |
| Edwin H. Colbert | Vertebrate paleontology | | | | |
| Selina R Cole | paleontology, macroevolution, phylogenetics, crinoids | Paleontology | | | Melanie J. Hopkins (post-doc) |
| Joel L. Cracraft | | | | | |
| Bashford Dean | | | | | |
| Rob DeSalle | evolutionary biology | | 1998 | | John Gatesy (collaborator) |
| Torsten Dikow | Entomology Biology | | | | Ward C. Wheeler (post-doc) |
| Elizabeth A. Ferrer | Vertebrate Paleontology | | 2005 | 2009 | Margaret M. Yacobucci (research assistant) |
| Clive Forster-Cooper | | | | | Henry Fairfield Osborn (research assistant) |
| Gonzalo Giribet | Systematic Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | | 1997 | 1999 | Ward C. Wheeler (post-doc) |
| Taran Grant | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Ward C. Wheeler (post-doc) |
| William King Gregory | Vertebrate paleontology | | | | |
| David Grimaldi | | | | | |
| Charles E. Griswold | | | 1987 | 1988 | Norman Platnick (post-doc) |
| John Edward Harris | | | 1933 | 1935 | William King Gregory (post-doc) |
| Cheryl Hayashi | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Ward C. Wheeler (grad student) |
| Aaron A. Heiss | evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, electron microscopy, protistology | Invertebrate Zoology | 2014 | | Eunsoo Kim (post-doc) |
| Bernhard Huber | | | 1998 | 2000 | Norman Platnick (post-doc) |
| Melissa Ingala | | | 2016 | 2020 | Nancy B. Simmons (grad student) |
| Isabella Kappner | Zoology Biology, Oceanography Biology | | | | Ward C. Wheeler (post-doc) |
| Roberto A. Keller | Systematics, morphology, EvoDevo, Formicidae | | 2001 | 2007 | James M. Carpenter (grad student) |
| Eunsoo Kim | | | | | |
| Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis | molecular evolution, evolutionary genomics, conservation genetics, endangered species, disease vectors, pathogens | | 2010 | 2011 | George Amato (post-doc), Rob DeSalle (post-doc) |
| James C. Lamsdell | Palaeontology, Paleontology, Palaeobiology, Paleobiology, Macroevolution, Macroecology, Evolution, Arthropods | Division of Paleontology | 2015 | 2016 | Melanie J. Hopkins (post-doc) |
| Bruce S. Lieberman | Paleontology, Evolution and Development Biology | | | | Niles Eldredge (grad student) |
| Bailey D. McKay | evolutionary Biology, Speciation, Ornithology, Biodiversity | | | | |
| Martin Mendez | Population genetics, molecular ecology, conservation, cetaceans, | | 2004 | 2010 | Rob DeSalle (grad student), George Amato (grad student), Eleanor Sterling (grad student) |
| Shaena Montanari | dinosaurs, paleontology, geochemistry | | | | Mark A. Norell (grad student) |
| Lukas J Musher | Historical Biogeography, Systematics, Phylogeography, Macroevolution, Ornithology | Ornithology | 2016 | 2020 | Joel L. Cracraft (research scientist) |
| James G. Napoli | Vertebrate paleontology, evolution, morphology | | | | |
| Sterling J. Nesbitt | | | | | |
| Gladwyn Kingsley Noble | | | | | |
| Mark A. Norell | Theropoda, Dinosauria, dinosaurs, Mongolia, Gobi, Squamata, Lepidosauria, Archosauria, Crocodylia, crocodiles | | | | Richard D. Estes (grad student) |
| Patrick O'Grady | Drosophila evolution | | 1998 | 2003 | Rob DeSalle (post-doc) |
| Sara Jane Oppenheim | Evolutionary biology, genomics | | | | Rob DeSalle (post-doc) |
| Henry Fairfield Osborn | Vertebrate paleontology | | | | |
| Vladimir Ovtsharenko | | | 1993 | 2000 | Norman Platnick (post-doc) |
| Susan L. Perkins | Evolution, parasitology | | 2000 | 2001 | Joseph Julian Schall (grad student), Mark E. Siddall (post-doc) |
| Norman Platnick | | | | | |
| Diego Pol | Vertebrate paleontology, archosaurs, evolution, phylogeny | | 1999 | 2005 | Mark A. Norell (grad student) |
| Albert Prieto-Marquez | hadrosaurs | | | | Mark A. Norell (post-doc) |
| Kaiya Provost | ornithology, evolutionary biology, genomics, phylogeography | | | | |
| Martin Ramirez | | | 1999 | 2001 | Norman Platnick (post-doc) |
| Robert J. Raven | | | | 1983 | Norman Platnick (post-doc) |
| Donn Eric Rosen | | | | | |
| Jerome G. Rozen, Jr. | Systematics, Entomology | | | | |
| Sara Ruane | | Herpetology | | 2013 | Frank T. Burbrink (grad student) |
| Kimberly N. Russell | | | 2002 | 2005 | Norman Platnick (post-doc) |
| Karl Patterson Schmidt | herpetology | | 1916 | 1922 | Gladwyn Kingsley Noble (research assistant) |
| Glenn Seeholzer | | | 2017 | 2019 | Brian Tilston Smith (post-doc) |
| Prashant P. Sharma | Systematic Biology, Evolution and Development Biology | Invertebrate zoology | | | Ward C. Wheeler (post-doc) |
| Mark E. Siddall | Systematics | | | | |
| Nancy B. Simmons | Mammalogy | | | | |
| Brian Tilston Smith | | | | | John Klicka (grad student) |
| W. Leo Smith | | Ichthyology | | | John Stephen Sparks (post-doc) |
| J. Angel A. Soto-Centeno | Biogeography, Ecological Niche Modeling, Mammalogy, Phylogenetics, Phylogeography, Population Genetics | | 2013 | 2015 | Nancy B. Simmons (post-doc) |
| Eleanor Sterling | | | | | |
| Melanie Lisa Jane Stiassny | | | | | |
| Kevin L. Tang | | Ichthyology | | | Melanie Lisa Jane Stiassny (post-doc) |
| Richard H. Tedford | | | | | |
| Vinton Thompson | Systematics of the Cercopoidea (spittlebugs), Insect-plant-microbe interactions in relationshiop to host plant patterns, warning coloration | | | | |
| Joseph W. Thornton | protein evolution | | | | Rob DeSalle (grad student) |
| Alan H. Turner | Vertebrate Paleontology | | | | Mark A. Norell (grad student) |
| Isabelle M Vea | genetic systems, phylogenetics, metamorphosis, sex determination, sexual dimorphism, fossils, scale insects, entomology | Division of Invertebrate Zoology | 2009 | 2013 | David Grimaldi (grad student) |
| Paul M. Velazco | Mammalogy | | 2009 | | Nancy B. Simmons (post-doc) |
| James D. Witts | Palaeontology, geochemistry, paleobiology | | | | |
| Joanna M. Wolfe | Phylogenetics, Paleontology, Evo-Devo, Phylogenomics | | 2012 | 2015 | Mark E. Siddall (post-doc) |
| David F. Wright | Macroevolution, Paleontology, Phylogenetics, Echinoderm paleobiology, Crinoidea | Division of Paleontology | 2018 | 2020 | Melanie J. Hopkins (post-doc) |
| Hongyu Yi | | | | | Mark A. Norell (grad student) |
| Andrew V. Z. Brower | Entomology Biology, Molecular Biology | Entomology Entomology | 1993 | 1997 | Rob DeSalle (post-doc), James S. Miller (post-doc) |