Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Encyclopedia
The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is an academic department in the College of Arts and Sciences at the . The department conducts research in numerous aspects of biology ranging from ecosystems to genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....

.http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/ The department seeks to maintain an environment that encourages the exploration of "ecological and evolutionary relationships that define the world around us."http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/about/

Ecology and evolutionary biology
Ecology and evolutionary biology
Some U.S. universities are home to degree programs titled Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, offering integrated studies in the disciplines of ecology and evolutionary biology. The wording is intended as representing the alternative approach from the frequently used pairing of Cell and Molecular...

 (EEB) is an approach to university level biology that seeks to integrate the disciplines of ecology and evolutionary biology. The EEB department at the University of Colorado employs approximately 35 tenured or tenure track faculty and currently has 80 graduate students.

Notable Faculty and Staff

  • Francis Ramaley (1870-1942), a well known botanist
    Botany
    Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

    , who served as chair of the department as well as dean of the graduate school. The building which houses the department, Ramaley Biology, is named in his honor.
  • Hobart Muir Smith, most published herpetologist of all time.

See also

  • University of Colorado at Boulder
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...

  • University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
    University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
    The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History is a museum of natural history in Boulder, Colorado. With more than four million artifacts and specimens in the areas of anthropology, botany, entomology, paleontology and zoology, the museum houses one of the most extensive and respected...


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