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Fast Facts (top)

• Students can earn a Ph.D. degree in any of 4 specialties:
  

  Animal Behavior
  Ecology
  Evolution
  Plant Biology

• Ranked #6 most productive Evolution research faculty and #8 most productive Ecology research faculty in the nation by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2007)
• Number of graduate faculty mentors:  33
• Current number of graduate students in the program:  80
• Percent of Ph.D. graduates who have pursued a biology-related career:  92% 

Research Strengths (top)

Students in our program have access to key research areas within broad disciplines.  Faculty in our program are actively engaged in a wide variety of research problems including:

• animal behavior
  • Demas, Goodson, Hurley, Ketterson, Martins, Moczek, Smith, Suthers, Timberlake, Velicer, Wade, West
• behavioral endocrinology
  • Demas, Goodson, Hurley, Ketterson, Moczek, Sengelaub, Smith
• bioinformatics and statistical genetics
  • Hahn, Housworth, Lynch, Martins, Palmer, Wade
• co-evolution
  • Bever, Clay, Lively, Palmer, Velicer, Wade
• ecosystems & community ecology
  • Bever, Clay, Hall, Phillips, Reynolds, Watson
• ecology & evolution of disease and symbiosis
  • Bever, Clay, Demas, Hall, Lively, Wade
• evolution and development
  • Kaufman, Moczek, Montooth, Moyle, Raff, Watson, Wade
• evolutionary ecology
  • Bever, Clay, Delph, Hall, Ketterson, Lively, Lynch, Martins, Moczek, Moyle, Velicer, Wade, Watson
• evolutionary genetics
  • Delph, Hahn, Ketterson, Lively, Lynch, Martins, Montooth, Moyle, Palmer, Velicer, Wade
• genomics
  • Hahn, Lynch, Kaufman, Knox, Moczek, Montooth, Moyle, Palmer
• microbial ecology
  • Bever, Clay, Fuqua, Phillips, Reynolds, Velicer, Watson
• molecular evolution
  • Hahn, Knox, Lynch, Montooth, Moyle, Palmer, Raff, Wade
• neuroethology
  • Demas, Goodson, Hurley, Sengelaub, Smith, Suthers
• population biology
  • Bever, Ketterson, Hall, Martins, Moczek, Watson
• population genetics
  • Delph, Hahn, Lively, Lynch, Montooth, Moyle, Wade
• physiological ecology
  • Delph, Demas, Goodson, Hangarter, Ketterson, Montooth, Phillips, Reynolds, Smith, Watson
• phylogenetics and systematics
  • Knox, Martins, Palmer
• restoration ecology
  • Bever, Reynolds, Schultz

Our interdisciplinary program provides a large number of potential research advisors, including adjunct faculty in Medical Sciences, Psychology, and SPEA.  New students are encouraged to participate in "lab rotations" to sample the interests, approaches, and styles of different laboratories.  This allows informed decisions about what area of research to pursue and which laboratory to join.

Why Come to Indiana University's EEB Program? (top)

• Long and illustrious history of evolutionary research at the university.
• Widely recognized as one of the top EEB graduate programs anywhere.
• Individually tailored training programs allow students to develop their own interests and excel creatively.
• Exceptionally collegial, cooperative, and rigorous research environment.
• Our large and active faculty provide unrivaled opportunities for training in a range of specializations within EEB.
• Our outstanding graduate students provide an unparalleled set of colleagues that greatly enhance our training mission.
• Generous financial support that is guaranteed for five years.
• Bloomington is a beautiful, easy-to-commute, affordable community that is often ranked in "most-desirable places to live" lists.
• Bloomington's musical and other arts offerings are world-class.
• Bloomington offers a wealth of outdoor recreation opportunities in beautiful surroundings. We are located in one of the largest hardwood forest areas in the United States with hills, hollows, lakes, rivers, and many "blue highways."