The Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology provides interdepartmental training for MS and PhD students in ecology, organismal and evolutionary biology. Graduate students, post-docs, and faculty study biological processes ranging from the molecular to the ecosystem level, often bridging the gap between basic and applied research. Our faculty and students conduct research in four broad areas:

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New Darwin Fellow Announced

Dr. Jaime Tanner will begin her position as OEB's 14th Darwin Fellow in mid-August. Tanner received her PhD from Michigan State University in 2007 where her dissertation research focused on ontogenetic changes in skull morphology and feeding behavior in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). She spent the past year as visiting faculty at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Tanner has arrived on campus and will be working with Dr. Betsy Dumont this summer until her fellowship begins.

Philip Bergmann Dissertation Defense

1:00 p.m., Friday, June 20, OEB Seminar Room
Dissertation Title: A phylogenetic and functional approach to the study of the evolution of body shape in lizards (Squamata)

Recent OEB Grads Land Positions

• Christine Buckley (PhD 2008) Communications Officer, The Ecological Society of America
• Sarah Huber (PhD 2007) Assistant Professor of Biology, Randolph-Macon College
• Leann Kanda (PhD 2005) Assistant Professor of Biology, Ithaca College
• Chad Hoeler (PhD 2005) Assistant Professor of Biology, Arcadia University
• Andrea Ward (PhD 2005) Assistant Professor of Biology, Adelphi University
• Eric Hilton (PhD 2002) Assistant Professor at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and College of William and Mary

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