EEB is harnessing the power of ecology and evolutionary biology to develop solutions to global challenges.

EEB is harnessing the power of ecology and evolutionary power to develop solutions to global challenges.

EEB is harnessing the power of ecology and evolutionary power to develop solutions to global challenges.

EEB is educating the next generation of scholars, professionals and citizens for the biological, environmental and biotechnological challenges of the future.

EEB is educating the next generation of scholars, professionals and citizens for the biological, environmental and biotechnological challenges of the future.

EEB is educating the next generation of scholars, professionals and citizens for the biological, environmental and biotechnological challenges of the future.

EEB is an intellectual hub that bridges fundamental and applied life sciences.

EEB is an intellectual hub that bridges fundamental and applied life sciences.

EEB is an intellectual hub that bridges fundamental and applied life sciences.

EEB is answering fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology.

EEB is answering fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology.

EEB is answering fundamental questions in ecology and evolutionary biology.

UNDERGRAD

opportunities beyond the classroom

students can choose to do field research in our Field or Marine Biology Quarter, take part in our annual Biology Research Symposium or get involved with research with our amazing faculty!

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GRADUATE

creative and highly interactive, intellectual environment

students are prepared to excel in positions in academia, industry, and governmental / non-governmental organizations.

 

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FACULTY

diverse faculty interests

world class faculty study a wide spectrum of research areas including, Behavior, Conservation Biology, Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Marine Biology, Paleobiology, Plant Biology, Physiological Ecology, Theory, and Tropical Biology.

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Peggy Fong

Caulerpa is a common tropical green large alga (macroalga) that has been dubbed the killer alga by the media, not because it kills humans, but because of massive blooms of this species that blanket and smother coral, killing whole sections of reefs.

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News

In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor, Bob Wayne

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Professor Tom Smith's recent co-authored publication is featured in the UCLA Newsroom

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EEB PhD Student, Hayden Speck, Featured in the UCLA Newsroom, "Disney mermaids aren’t the only wondrous creatures ‘under the sea’"

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Seminars

June 7, 2023
EEB Graduate Students
EEB Graduate Student Exit Seminar Symposium 2023
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Related Events

June 5, 2023
BEC
Laurel Fogarty
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm https://bec.ucla.edu/event/laurel-fogarty-cultural-rescue-avoiding-extinction-with-gene-culture-coevolution/
Cultural rescue: avoiding extinction with gene-culture coevolution

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June 26, 2023
UCLA Luskin Symposium

All day UCLA Luskin Conference Center
Pushing the Boundaries: Neuroscience, Cognition, and Life

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