Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology


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Jennifer Schweitzer, Head
Elizabeth Schussler, Associate Head
Stephanie Kivlin, Director of Graduate Studies
Chrisanne Romeo, Graduate Program Coordinator

Xingli Giam, Director of Graduate Admissions

Professors
Armsworth, P.R., PhD – Stanford
Auerbach, B.M., PhD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bailey, J.K., PhD – Northern Arizona
Blum, M.J., PhD – Duke
Derryberry, E.P., PhD – Duke
Fitzpatrick, B.M., PhD – California (Davis)
Fordyce, J.A., PhD – California (Davis)
Gaoue, O., PhD – Hawaii (Manoa)
Gavrilets, S. (Distinguished Professor), PhD – Moscow State
Kwit, C., PhD – Louisiana State
Matheny, P.B., PhD – Washington
O’Meara, B.C., PhD – California (Davis)
Papes, M., PhD – Kansas
Schilling, E., PhD – Indiana
Schussler, E., PhD – Louisiana State
Schweitzer, J.A., PhD – Northern Arizona
Simberloff, D. (Gore Hunger Chair of Excellence), PhD – Harvard
Small, R., PhD – Iowa State

Associate Professors
Budke, J.M. (Herbarium Director), PhD – Connecticut
Giam, X., PhD – Princeton
Gilchrist, M.A., PhD – Duke
Kivlin, S., PhD – California (Irvine)
Sheldon, K., PhD – Washington

Assistant Professor
Hemingway, C., PhD – Texas
Granatosky, M., PhD – Duke
Russo, L., PhD – Penn State
Stockmaier, S., PhD – Texas
Suissa, J., PhD – Harvard
Tanner, J., PhD – Minnesota

Adjunct Research Professor
Dale, V., PhD – Washington
Jager, H., PhD – Tennessee
Kalisz, S., PhD – Chicago
Murray, A., PhD – California (Berkeley)
Norby, R., PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Majors, Degrees
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Major, MS   
     Behavior Concentration
  Ecology Concentration (including Mathematical Ecology)
  Evolutionary Biology Concentration
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Major, PhD   
  Behavior Concentration
  Ecology Concentration (including Mathematical Ecology)
  Energy Science and Engineering Concentration
  Evolutionary Biology Concentration
Graduate Certificates
Bio-Mathematical and Statistical Analysis Graduate Certificate  
Field Biology Analytical Techniques Graduate Certificate  

Environmental Policy Minor 

The department participates in a program designed to give graduate students an opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary specialization in the environmental policy. See Environmental Policy Minor  offered by the Department of Political Science.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science (IGMCS)

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology participates in the interdisciplinary graduate minor in computational science (IGMCS) program. Any student pursuing a master’s or PhD with a major in ecology and evolutionary biology can receive a minor in computational science by completing the appropriate IGMCS requirements. For additional information, see the description of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Computational Science  listed under Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science or visit the IGMCS website. The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology also contributes courses to the IGMCS program curriculum.

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