Emphasis on ecology and evolutionary biology, as well as organismal biology and animal behavior, has long been a major focus in the Department of Biological Sciences. Faculty, graduate student, and postdoctoral fellow cross-disciplinary research addresses conceptual problems in many areas such as ecosystem function, evolutionary ecology, molecular systematics, physiological ecology, global change biology, and speciation genetics. Faculty and students work in different study systems around the world, yet local ecosystems have attracted researchers interested in Ozark and Ouachita mountain streams, cave ecology, vertebrate ecology, biogeography, and ecosystem processes. The Eumycetozoan Project has focused international attention on the taxonomy, systematics, and conservation of these organisms. The University of Arkansas is a sustaining member of the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) allowing qualified graduate students to study tropical ecosystems in Costa Rica.
Through the department's USGS, Biological Resources Division, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, we also emphasize applied ecology and natural resources management. Collaborative association with the university's Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) allows graduate opportunities in land management training, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The university's stable isotope facility, UASIL, is housed in Ferritor Hall, the Department of Biological Sciences' research building. The university's core DNA Resource Center provides a variety of automated sequencing and other molecular services.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program Faculty
Physiological ecology
Stream ecology
Population biology and evolution
Michelle Evans-White Limnology, stream ecosystem function Plant taxonomy, Director of the Herbarium Theoretical, food web, and landscape ecology
Ornithology and ecology
Wildlife ecology and management, biometrics
Fisheries and aquatic ecology, conservation biology
Evolutionary ecology, plant-insect interactions
Molecular evolution, systematics in single-celled eukaryotes
Community ecology, avian ecology
Mycology, systematics
Community ecology, biogeography, and mycology
Herpetology, ecology
We are engaged in 1 job search: Walton Endowed Chair in Global Change Biology (rank open).
Information concerning admission to graduate programs leading to advanced degrees (M.S., Ph.D.) may be obtained from any member of the faculty, the Department of Biological Sciences homepage, or by calling the main office (479-575-3251).
Financial assistance is available in the form of nine month Teaching Assistantships or Research Assistantships, available on a competitive basis. Doctoral Fellowships ($24-34,000/yr) are available for qualified applicants through the Graduate School. Deadlines for admission are January 15 for fall semester and November 1 for spring semester. More information on the graduate program is available by clicking here.
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