Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology

Welcome

Welcome to the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology (EEOB) at Iowa State University.

EEOB has many active research programs and opportunities for student interest in conservation biology, ecological and evolutionary genomics, population, community, and ecosystem ecology, quantitative genetics, and other traditional organismal disciplines such as taxonomy. 

Faculty in EEOB are linked through students and research programs to many other departments within the life sciences, as well as to supporting disciplines in the physical and computational sciences.  The diverse knowledge of the EEOB faculty provides unique opportunities for undergraduate students majoring in Biology, Genetics, and Environmental Science, to whom we offer a rich and cutting-edge curriculum.

If you have any questions about programs or opportunities in EEOB, please contact us at 515-294-0133.  We look forward to serving you.

Downing elected to the board of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents

Dr. John Downing was recently elected to the board of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, and organization of presidents, presidents-elect, and recent past presidents of approximately sixty scientific organizations. Downing will begin his 2 year term on January 1, 2012.

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Graduate Student Spotlight

Tonia Schwartz Receiving Ph.D. in Genetics in 2012

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News & Updates

Ask the Tribune features grad studen prairie project

Recent questions regarding the pvc piping on Ontario Street and Schnoll Road prompted an Ask the Tribune artilce regarding a prairie reconstruction project by three EEOB graduate students.

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Pleasants featured in StarTribune

Dr. John Pleasants discusses his recent paper on the effects of GMO corn on butterfly populations with Minneapolis paper the StarTribune.

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Wendel named winner of the International Cotton Genomics Initiative'saward “for outstanding contributions to cotton genomics”

Faculty receive honors from College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Dr. Diane Debinski was awarded the Faculty Award for Diversity Enhancement in recognition, while Dr. John Pleasants was awarded the Distance Education Teaching Award.

Graduate student, Sullivan, featured in Green Together

Lauren Sullivan discusses her project to restore local land to a native prairie in the Winter 2011 Ames Tribune supplement Green Together. The 4-acre plot on Ontario will be converted from a cornfield to a prairie beginning this spring.

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The iPlant Collaborative features ISU course Applications of NGS data processing software in genomics

Lead by ISU professors, Amy Toth and volker Brendel, BCB 660 a creates a projet-based learning environment.

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Vleck featured in The Scientist

Dr. Carol Vleck was interviewed by The Scientist regardingstress during fetal development.

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Becoming part of global, shoestring team requires researchers only to play fair, share

Asking a scientist to take part in research that has little budget, less infrastructure and almost no central bureaucracy would appear a lost cause.

However, one group that was founded in part by an Iowa State University researcher operates with almost no budget, and has grown to a substantial worldwide research force in just six years. And potential collaborators are still banging on the door to get in.

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