MEET SOME OF THE
EEB FACULTY
EEB faculty are a group of highly interdisciplinary researchers whose expertise cover the broad range of important research in ecology, evolution and behavior, and beyond. Faculty are quantitative and focus on big data and models, and their work is organismal based, including working on human-nature interactions. Faculty members’ research informs and enriches their teaching.
EEB in the News
- EEB Says Goodbye to Sandy EchternachtSandy came to the Zoology Department at UT Knoxville in 1975 and served Zoology and then EEB until his retirement. Sandy was the first head of the EEB Department (from 1996 – 1998) when it was formed and set the positive tone for growing EEB into what it is today. Sandy was a lovely human, and will be missed. This piece by EEB alum Stesha A. Pasachnik sheds a light on Sandy’s legacy.
- Scholar Spotlight: Chuck Price“I use physics to study how natural selection shapes the geometry of plants, in particular branching patterns in trees, and how communities of trees fit together.”
- Fern Scientist Uncovers How Limits Fuel EvolutionCombining curiosity about ferns with the high-tech imaging available at UT, Professor Jacob S. Suissa is adding new insight into evolution.



