Grad students Lauren Lyon and Sebastian Espinoza have both been selected to take part in the US Fish & Wildlife […]
Fungi have come to the cultural forefront with the new popular series, “The Last of Us” on HBO. The series, […]
https://research.utk.edu/oried/2023/03/02/rapid-plant-evolution-may-make-coastal-wetlands-more-susceptible-to-sea-level-rise/
Three of EEB’s own faculty members, Nina Fefferman, Orou Gaoue, and Xingli Giam, were honored with awards at the recent […]
EEB Graduate Student Wieteke Holthuijzen received the best PhD poster award at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird […]
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In the years since social media became part of our daily lives, an increased number of individuals are self-organizing online […]
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq0595
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Elisabeth Schussler
Printmaking Students Create Herbarium Specimens Portfolio
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Stephanie Kivlin, assistant professor in the UT Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), and co-principal investigators, Susan Kalisz and […]
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In Their Own Words: Daniel Simberloff https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/10/945/6612801#no-access-message
A road sign in Bursa, Turkey, warns drivers of the presence of dung beetles, stating ‘Attention! It may come out, […]
Assistant Professor Kimberly Sheldon published results from a recent study in Biology Letters that suggest adult dung beetles may be […]
Assistant Professor Laura Russo is part of a research team that published findings from an experiment to provide evidenced-based recommendations […]
As you walk on the UT campus, you may see the large glass greenhouses overlooking Neyland Stadium. The University of […]
This year, graduate students hosted Darwin Day UT, a series of events on campus to promote awareness of the importance […]
Louis Gross, Chancellor’s Professor in the UT Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, recently co-authored an article, “Determinants of Emissions […]
Millions of years ago, Red Pandas used to roam the hills of East Tennessee. Now, Zoo Knoxville leads one of […]
For centuries, scientists have explored and documented the natural world, collecting the billions of specimens housed in museums, universities, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jessica Budke, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of UT’s Herbarium, published a paper titled “Evolution […]
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 […]
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 Jayne Lampley (Schilling Lab), who has received a Hollaender Fellowship from the Division of Biology! This Fellowship recognizes […]
There were some amazing entries from EEB for the April 16-20 EUReCA (Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement) event! […]
Congratulations to Miranda Chen (Schussler Lab) for winning the 2018 Extraordinary Community Service Chancellor Award!
The EEB Greenhouses will be having a plant sale on Tuesday & Wednesday, April 24 & 25, from 11:00 – […]
Thirty volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants from Deans Woodlot (near Alcoa Highway, south of UT’s main campus) […]
EEB undergraduate Justin Baldwin and EEB graduate student Maggie Mamantov (Sheldon Lab) both received honorable mentions in the prestigious National […]
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 […]
The Graduate Student Senate Awards were held on April 4. Check out all the winners from EEB! Graduate Research Mentor […]
The 19th Annual Knoxville EarthFest will be held on Saturday, April 28 from 10am-5pm at the Knoxville Botanical Garden. There will be talks and […]
Professor Louis Gross was honored with the 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award this week. The award recognizes professors from the […]
At the heart of a liberal arts education is the intersection of science and art. In his new book, Elements […]
In addition to the regular course offerings this fall, the following new courses may be of interest! Course Number […]
EEB Department Head Susan Kalisz has been elected as President 2020 of the American Society of Naturalists. Congratulations! Alumnus Tadashi […]
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 […]
A paper describing the discovery of a new plant species, the Leatherleaf Tassel Rue (Trautvetteria fonticalcarea), was just published by […]
Two EEB grad students are competing in the 3-minute thesis competition next week: Jordan Bush (Simberloff Lab) and Sara Lipshutz […]
Josh Tewksbury, of Future Earth, is the EEB seminar speaker this Friday (Feb. 16), at 3:30 PM in 307 SERF. This […]
Darwin Day at UT is hosting 2 events coming up this weekend and early next week! We have Darwin’s Birthday Party at […]
Professor Daniel Simberloff is one of two UT faculty members who have earned the distinction of being among the most […]
UT is home to a new Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity (DySoC), led by Director Sergey Gavrilets. Other […]
The Armsworth Lab has a new open-access publication out in Nature Communications: “Factoring economic costs into conservation planning may not […]
The list of seminar speakers for the Spring 2018 Baker Center Energy and Environment Forums has been released! Download the […]
Graduate Student Chad Stachowiak (Armsworth Lab), is a finalist for a 2018 Presidential Management Fellowship. “The PMF Program is a […]
Graduate Student Todd Pierson (Fitzpatrick Lab) has some of his beautiful photography on display (and for sale) at Trailhead Beer […]
Representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency announced the establishment of the Etnier Ichthyology Endowment […]
In addition to the regular course offerings this spring, the following new courses may be of interest! Course Number […]
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the seminal Simberloff and Wilson island biogeography studies, the Bulletin for the Ecological […]
Assistant Professor Charles Kwit was featured in the November 4 podcast of Tennessee Farm Table, entitled “The Wild Persimmon of […]
The Fall 2017 issue of Explorations, the EEB Newsletter, is now available! You can view the newsletter as a printable […]
Adjunct Assistant Professor Ben Keck just published two articles, each describing a new species of fish that relied on specimens […]
The EEB Collections Committee is pleased to announce the following three awards from the Hesler Fund to support and enhance herbarium-based research […]
Tyler Poppenwimer (Gross & Bailey Labs) won an award to develop online teaching resources to enhance the teaching of Math […]
Professor Gordon Burghardt has a new article out in Journal of Comparative Psychology with Akira Mori called, “Do tiger keelback […]
Austin Milt (PhD 2015, now a postdoc at the University of Wisconsin) won third place in Conservation Biology’s ‘Rising Star’ […]
Associate Professor Mike Blum has a new paper out in the journal Ecosphere this month, called “Socioecological disparities in New […]
There is an August 23, 2017 article in New Scientist about hallucinogenic mushrooms and their insect-repellent properties. The article mentions […]
EEB’s Brandon Matheny, together with Neale Bougher from the Western Australian Herbarium, authored a book that came out in June […]
Associate Professor Michael Blum joined EEB on August 1. He has been researching rats in New Orleans, in the aftermath […]
The Fall 2017 EEB Seminar Calendar can now be viewed at http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/news-events/current-seminars/. It may take a week for the seminars […]
EEB Volunteers get Dirty Digging Roots to Help with Invasive Species Research In July, a group of EEB faculty, staff, […]
A distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and mathematics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT), Gross is also […]
Professor Gordon Burghardt appears in the June 23 Knoxville News-Sentinel, in an article by Philip Kronk called, “Fear of snakes […]
Shannon Bayliss (Bailey Lab) has received a Penley Fellowship from the Graduate School at UT. This award is quite new […]
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