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The Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology proudly congratulates four exceptional members of our department who were honored at the 2025 LAS Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony.

Iowa State University’s summer research program gives K-12 educators hands-on lab experience, helping them bring real science into classrooms. The result? More engaging STEM lessons and students who see themselves in science.

Lynn Clark was awarded the José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

Amy Toth was named in the newest class of AAAS Fellows “For distinguished contributions to the field of evolutionary biology, particularly for advancing insect sociogenomics and the understanding of the social biology of organisms.”

By Erika Ibarra-Garibay, EEB Graduate Student

Fobes Ronald Lecture in Environmental Conservation

The Good and the Bad of Altering the Global Nitrogen Cycle

Sigournie Brock is a Bioinformatics and Computational Biology graduate student working in Tracy Heath's lab.

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An Iowa State University professor is helping make immersive animal behavior research more accessible for students.

he Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellows Program selected two Iowa State graduate students for its 2023 cohort.

The Bridging the Divide program aims to holistically address societal problems by fostering collaboration among researchers in design, arts, humanities, and social sciences and researchers in STEM disciplines.

The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 23 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.