For centuries, scientists have explored and documented the natural world, collecting the billions of specimens housed in museums, universities, and […]
Being a 25+ year employee at UT has allowed me to experience several academic units. In all of the departments, […]
It’s got the largest cluster of flowers—sometimes more than eight feet tall—of any plant in the world. It doesn’t flower […]
Tomato Production At Risk Due to Decrease in Buzz Pollinators Tomatoes are the heart of many backyard gardens. Tomato crops […]
Katherine Whitaker graduated magna cum laude in May 2021 as a biology major, concentrating in ecology and evolutionary biology. Katie […]
Alumni Spotlight: Vernon C. (Tom) Gilbert Members of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology recognize and are proud of […]
Message from EEB Head and Associate Heads In 2020, EEB underwent a ten-year Academic Program Review to evaluate the entire […]
Laura Russo, assistant professor of ecology, conducts research revolving around win-win scenarios, from the level of mutualistic interactions between microbial […]
The legacy of Biology in a Box lives on after Susan Reichert’s retirement with new Director Elizabeth Derryberry and former […]
Kimberly Sheldon, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), was awarded a highly-competitive Faculty Early […]
Jessica Budke, an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) and director of the UT Herbarium, […]
Poisonous or edible? Ekaterina Morozova/iStock via Getty Images Plus Karen Hughes, University of Tennessee Curious Kids is a series for […]
Tomatoes are the heart of many backyard gardens. Tomato crops are also an important economic revenue in North America. The […]
Protected areas are critical to mitigating extinction of species; however, they may also be in conflict with efforts to feed […]
Each year, Dean Theresa Lee and members of her cabinet, with help from department heads, recognize faculty in the College […]
For decades, scientists have worked to understand the intricacies of biological diversity – from genetic and species diversity to ecological […]
She has been one of the leading scientists in the field of animal behavior for decades, and a role model […]
Undergrads, if you missed the Grad School workshop earlier in the fall, you can catch it here and hear great […]
Birds respond to a half-century soundscape reversion during the COVID-19 shutdown When the novel coronavirus swept across the country, forcing […]
Across the planet’s terrestrial surface lives a layer of organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Lichens and […]
Charles Kwit, assistant professor of ecology, and his graduate students Chloe Lash and Chelsea Miller studied the microbial communities of […]
Dear EEB community, The horrific issues of racism and police misconduct grabbing our attention lately are not news to the black members […]
Susan Kalisz, professor and head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and former post-doctoral fellow Mason Heberling, now […]
Kenneth McFarland, emeritus greenhouse manager and lecturer in the UT Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, recently co-authored a paper […]
We are grateful for our donors whose gifts help us provide support for undergraduate and graduate students in the department. […]
Jessica Budke, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of UT’s Herbarium, published a paper titled “Evolution […]
What kind of careers am I qualified for with a concentration in EEB? Do I need to go to graduate […]
Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (GREBE) is the graduate student association in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary […]
How did they do it?! Many people are asking how we managed the changes in teaching, research, and administration required […]
Students in the Ben Fitzpatrick Lab are encouraged to pose big questions about the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. Over […]
Alix Pfennigwerth, a vegetation ecologist and UT EEB alumna (’11, ’17), has spent the past several years working in land […]
Jacob Moutouama was born and raised in the Atacora Mountain chain, a biodiversity hotspot of Benin in West Africa. Several […]
Morgan Fleming is a senior working in the Sheldon Lab. She has always loved the sciences and the outdoors, and […]
The University of Tennessee is nestled in an important global biodiversity hotspot. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) is […]
Susan Kalisz, the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor and head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, […]
Sergey Gavrilets, a distinguished professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has received more than $1.1 million in […]
Stephanie Kivlin, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, coauthored a paper titled “Fungal aerobiota are not affected by […]
As snow blanketed the Smokies, Edward (Ed) Ernst Cooper Clebsch (June 6, 1929 – December 14, 2019) passed away in […]
The 2019 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Awards banquet took place Thursday, December 5 at the Holiday Inn Downtown. […]
Mike Harvey, a postdoctoral fellow in the UT Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, published an article titled “Beyond Reproductive […]
Ourou Gaoue, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, coauthored a paper titled “Non-random medicinal plants selection in the […]
For a plant to thrive, it needs the help of a friendly fungus–preferably one that will dig its way deep […]
Elizabeth Derryberry, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, received recognition in a timeline of important female ornithologists in a […]
Please join an EEB Undergraduate Brownbag Workshop aimed at answering your most pressing questions about graduate school! A panel of […]
ISLAND CONSERVATION STUDY- GUAM KINGFISHER AND THE BROWN TREE SNAKE 1-2 Student Research Assistants will be hired ($15/hour) to work […]
4th Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium We’re excited to announce the 4th Annual EEB Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. Any undergrad […]
Paid Smithsonian Internship, Washington DC Researchers with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are seeking a skilled intern to help with […]
4th Annual EEB Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium We’re excited to announce the 4th Annual EEB Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. Any […]
The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) is an annual event that showcases research and creative activities by […]
Research Internships in Plant Ecology, Archbold Biological Station, Florida Beginning April, May, or June 2019; running about 8 months. Applications […]
Summer REU Program in Global Change Ecology The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, Maryland offers undergraduate students a […]
Summer Undergraduate Research Internships Applications are due February 12, 2019. Multiple internships of up to $1,900 each will be awarded […]
Jonathan Dickey, a graduate student in the Fordyce lab, investigates the mediation of pollinator network assembly by rhizospheric soil microbiota […]
In spring 2018, Daniel Malagon won the EEB Undergraduate Research Poster Contest as a junior. He has been conducting out-of-class […]
Anna Killeen Cameron is an undergraduate researcher who has worked in the Simberloff and Leppanen lab for the past year […]
Although it is likely most people have experienced ants at a picnic, they may not realize ants are important seed […]
Pursuing his DDS at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, John Patrick (J.P.) Carney (’13) begins his fourth and final […]
Understanding the distributions and functions of microscopic fungi and bacteria is what drives new Assistant Professor Stephanie Kivlin’s research. “Microbes […]
What’s the difference? How is it that a pest or pathogen can kill its host in one place but not […]
The UT Etnier Ichthyology Collection (UTEIC) was established in 1965 when Professor David A. Etnier started collecting fish specimens from […]
Over the past two years, the UT Herbarium has proudly supported student botanical research through awards from the L. R. […]
Want to take a field course immersed in the natural beauty and ecological complexity of one the world’s biodiversity hotspots? […]
A new study published in Ecology Letters suggests there is more to plant competition than ecologists initially thought. Plants interact […]
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department had their annual awards ceremony on Friday, May 11, 2018. Congratulations to: o 2018 EEB […]
Congratulations to EEB graduate student Miranda Chen. Miranda was selected as a recipient of the 2018–2019 Shipley-Swann Graduate Fellowship. By […]
We are pleased to offer three mini-term courses this year. We are confident that you will love each of these […]
At the heart of a liberal arts education is the intersection of science and art. In his new book, Elements […]
EEB Assitant Professor Mona Papes will give a seminar in the Geography department on Thursday, March 29. Click here to […]
Pre-eminent entomologist Carl Huffaker (’38, ’39) never forgot the kindness of a UT president. By Brooks Clark (’16) Among the […]
Representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency announced the establishment of the Etnier Ichthyology Endowment […]
In late November of 2016, a single spark started a fire on a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National […]
Graduate Student Spotlights One of the most important metrics when measuring the success of a department is external funding. Usually, […]
A songbird belting out its song – whether from the top of a tree in a forest or on a […]
By her senior year Hannah Anderson, an EEB major, had already been involved in several projects. She started in the […]
A simple, but intriguing question led Orou Gaoue to embrace a career in academia: how do we know if a […]
One of the greatest honors a faculty member can receive is for peers to recognize their contributions to the field. […]
After spending nearly six years at Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor Monica Papeş has traded the Cross-Timbers and Great Plains […]
Buried in their Work! EEB volunteers get dirty digging roots to help with invasive species research. EEB Departmental Awards 2017 […]
This fall, students and faculty in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology will be able to conduct plant research […]
Rats. Fish. Mud. Though not readily apparent, water is the thread that ties all three together. “Too much water. Not […]
Alannie-Grace Grant is modeling the climatic differences between closely related self-fertilizing and cross-fertilizing angiosperm plants. Her results show that self-fertilizing […]
Increasing demand for food, energy, and raw materials is driving rapid environmental change with profound impacts on biodiversity around the […]
Sam Borstein is studying how dietary specialization may affect evolutionary patterns using ray-finned fishes as a study system. Ray-finned fishes […]
When Thomas Brooks (’98) graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in geography, he wanted to focus his […]
Chandler Brown, an undergraduate working in the Williams Lab, entered his first plants-focused class already intrigued by the evolution of […]
From publishing books to winning national awards, our faculty have made their mark on the field of ecology and evolutionary […]
A distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), Gross is also […]
Congratulations to students, faculty, and staff in EEB who have won grants, awards, and recognitions since our last newsletter. We […]
The halls of Hesler look more like an art museum than the plant biology section of a science building thanks […]
In 1972, UT was one of two universities offering a PhD in ecology. Curt Richardson (PhD ’72) was the second […]
Earlier this year, Jeff Martin began as the new greenhouse and garden facility manager for EEB. A native of South […]
Every day, biologists face the challenge of interpreting the patterns and processes of highly complex systems such as genomes, trait […]
“Plants are my passion,” says Assistant Professor Jessica Budke, whose research focus is on the development and evolution of mosses. […]
A desire to understand the patterns and processes that determine the distribution of species and to use this information to […]
Fascinated with the idea that huge and complicated tasks can be accomplished by groups that could not individually observe or […]
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