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Graduate studies in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology emphasize education and research toward a PhD. All doctoral students pursue a common set of requirements, while focusing their research in one of our specializations. We encourage prospective students to contact faculty with complementary research interests before applying to our program.

Areas of specialization:

behavior Blumstein, Gowaty, Grether, Narins, Nonacs,Schlinger
conservation biology Alfaro,Barber,Blumstein,Fong, Grether, Hubbell, Rundel, Sack, Smith, Sork, Wayne
ecology Amarasekare, Fong, Hespenheide,Lloyd-Smith, MacDonald, Rundel, Sack, Shipe, Smith, Sork, Vance, VanValkenburgh, R. Zimmer, C.A. Zimmer
evolutionary biology Alfaro,Barber,Brunk, Buth, Gowaty, Jacobs,Lloyd-Smith, Novembre, Smith, Sork, Taylor, VanValkenburgh, Wayne
marine biology Alfaro,Barber, Buth, Fong, Gonzalez, Gordon, Jacobs, Shipe, Vance, Zimmer, Zimmer
paleobiology Jacobs, MacDonald, VanValkenburgh, Wayne
plant biology Fong, Gibson, Hubbell, Rundel, Sack, Shipe, Sork
physiological ecology Gibson, Gordon, Rundel, Sack
theory Alfaro,Amarasekare, Hubbell,Lloyd-Smith, Nonacs, Novembre
tropical biology Gibson, Hespenheide, Hubbell, Rundel, Sack, Smith, Sork


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