Welcome

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is committed to excellence in teaching, research, and service. We pursue our scientific and educational missions in integrative biology by discovering new knowledge and by providing a rich learning and mentoring environment for undergraduate and graduate students. We provide our students with analytical and technological skills for a wide range of disciplines, from biology, environmental science, and conservation to law, medicine, and public health. We study organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems as we focus our efforts on ecology, evolution, conservation, and global change. We emphasize academic inquiry in tropical and river/coastal biology. Undergraduate and graduate students collaborate in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about organisms and their environments.

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Wetlands Research

The Louisiana wetlands provide vast opportunities for researchers. Here students Jennifer Janowsky and Mae Berlow of Dr. Van Bael’s lab are collecting marsh grass specimens.

Louisiana as a Classroom

Undergraduate students explore Southeastern Louisiana from the beaches of Grand Isle to the longleaf pine forests of the North Shore in Dr. Henry’s Natural History of Louisiana class.

Conservation Biology

Erik Enbody, a student in Dr. Karubian’s lab, promotes the conservation of the white-shouldered fairy wren by sharing his research with locals who share the bird’s habitat.

Urban Ecology

Jenny Phillips, with Dr. Derryberry’s lab, records the birdsong of the white crowned sparrow in San Francisco to study how its affected by urban noise.

Microbiology

Dr. McLean’s Aquatic Autotrophs class allows students take a microscopic look at the world.