Welcome to the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Our faculty is a mix of internationally known senior researchers and an energetic group of junior faculty at the cutting edges of their fields.
We train graduate and undergraduate students with research interests in ecology, evolutionary biology, animal behavior, conservation biology, behavioral and population genetics, computational, theoretical and ecology and evolution, ecosystem and community ecology, global change biology, and diverse areas of organismal biology.
Department News
- Ben Fitzpatrick, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, is the QUEST Scholar of the Week
- Congratulations to Darrin Hulsey for being awarded an NSF grant to continue his work on cichlid jaws.
- Congratulations to Jim Fordyce and Joe Williams for being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
- Booklet from Science (AAAS) on how to prepare for careers in science
UT Resources
- Division of Biology
- Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology Department (BCMB)
- Core Biology
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Genome Science and Technology
- National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Office of Research
- Department of Psychology
- University of Tennessee Herbarium
- Wildflower Pilgrimage
- Darwin Days
- Biology in A Box
Contact Information
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
569 Dabney Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
37996-1610
Tel: 865-974-3065
Fax: 865-974-3067
Email: cjlynn@utk.edu