Graduate Education

The doctoral program prepares students to excel in research, academia, industry, governmental, and non-governmental organizations.

The master’s program offers graduate students curricular flexibility and access to extensive resources at UCLA.

Students in the master’s program specializing in the Ecology & Evolution of Medicine study advanced topics in ecology and evolutionary biology in the context of current medical practice.

Faculty Research Areas

The graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology offers a creative and highly interactive, intellectual environment that prepares students to excel in positions in academia, industry, and governmental / non-governmental organizations. Our students regularly engage with students and faculty across academic disciplines at UCLA. All graduate students complete a common set of requirements, then focus their research in one of our specializations. Prospective students are encouraged to contact faculty with complementary research interests before applying to our program.

Conservation Biology

Alfaro   Baniaga   Barber   Blumstein   Fong   Grether   Ordway   Sack   Shaffer   Song   Sork   Tingley  

Developmental Biology

Jacobs   Sears  

Evolutionary Biology

Marine Biology

Paleobiology

Plant Biology

Baniaga   Fong   Kraft   Ordway   Sack   Savage   Sork   Zapata  

Physiological Ecology

Baniaga   Knowles   Kraft   Sack   Savage  

Tropical Biology

Baniaga   Barber   Kraft   Ordway   Sack   Sears   Sork   Zapata