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
- Jacob Suissa in ‘The Conversation’: “Ferns and flowers bribe helpful ant defenders with nectar, but ferns developed this ability much later – our study shows why”Ferns and flowers bribe helpful ant defenders with nectar, but ferns developed this ability much later – our study shows why Ants foraging for nectar on a Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum).… Read more: Jacob Suissa in ‘The Conversation’: “Ferns and flowers bribe helpful ant defenders with nectar, but ferns developed this ability much later – our study shows why”
- Gordon Burghardt Interviewed for Atlantic ArticleAnthropomorphism, long considered a cardinal sin among researchers, is making a slow comeback.
- Ecological Society of America Awards UT ResearchersEcological Society of America Awards UT Researchers by Randall Brown Two Vol researchers from the UT Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) earned honors in the 2024 Ecological Society… Read more: Ecological Society of America Awards UT Researchers