Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program

Degrees Offered:

Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Science

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
College of Natural Sciences
203 French Hall

Contact:

Duncan Irschick, OEB Graduate Program Director
Duncan@cns.umass.edu

Amanda Leigh-Hawkins, IDGP/OEB Graduate Program Coordinator
aleigh@umass.edu

Zander Crowley, IDGP/OEB Graduate Program Coordinator
zcrowley@umass.edu

The interdepartmental Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology trains students in four broad areas:

  • Animal Behavior: Behavioral ecology, communication, learning
  • Ecology: Conservation biology, community, population and landscape ecology
  • Evolutionary Biology: Evolution, phylogenetics, population genetics, molecular evolution
  • Organismal Biology: Physiology, morphology, paleontology
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