Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology

What is EEOB?

Our department conducts research, teaching, and service in many areas of the life sciences, including animal behavior, behavioral endocrinology, biomechanics, cell biology, conservation biology, ecology, ecomorphology, evolution, genetics, physiology, population biology, systematics, and theoretical ecology. Our graduate program is also named EEOB and offers Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, with an emphasis on the latter. We are also part of the Evolutionary Biology Joint-Doctoral Program with San Diego State University. In addition, our faculty and graduate students are affiliated with several interdepartmental graduate programs, including: Biophysics; Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology; Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics; Biomedical Sciences; and Neuroscience. We also offer many opportunities for undergraduate research.

Weekly Seminars

Department of Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology Colloquium
see schedule at BIOL 252 Seminars
Thursdays at 4:10, Genomics Auditorium

Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Graduate Program Seminar
see schedule at EEOB 265 Lunch Bunch
Fridays at noon, normally in 2200 Spieth Hall

Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics (GGB) Graduate Program Seminar
see schedule at BIOL/GGB 261
Wednesdays at 12:10

Neuroscience Seminar Series
see schedule at NRSC 287
Tuesdays at 4pm Genomics Auditorium

Message from the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB), at the Univeristy of California, Riverside!

Graduate Program

The EEOB Graduate Program, part of the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, offers graduate study leading to both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. As a member of the program, you will have a unique and diverse set of educational experiences, including: a broad background in evolution, ecology, and organismal biology; exposure to exciting and modern research; training in pedagogy and the opportunity to teach undergraduate laboratories and discussion sections; and immersion in your specific area of concentration. These experiences will serve you well while in graduate school and also prepare you for a successful career in biology.

EEOB News

25 Mar

Award enables ecology PhD student to connect with policy makers

UC Riverside’s William Ota is one of the few graduate students nationwide to be honored this year with a policy award from the Ecological Society of America.

10 Mar

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the MS Thesis Defense of Anna Cassady

Title: A Foundation for Integrated Water and Species Policy: Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Overlaps with Wildlife in California Watersheds

03 Feb

Study finds childhood diet has lifelong impact

Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for life, even if you later learn to eat healthier, a new study in mice suggests.

23 Nov

Sniffing your way to the gym

Exercise motivation could be linked to certain smells, UC Riverside mouse study finds

25 Aug

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Krista Le Piane

Title: The evolution and function of quiet flight in owls (Strigiformes) and Lesser Nighthawks (Chordeiles acutipennis)

06 Aug

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the EEOB PhD Dissertation Defense of Sean Wilcox

Title: Sexual selection, flight performance, and signaling in black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri)

01 Jul

Congratulations to Nicole Rafferty on being awarded a Hellman Fellowship

Congratulations to Nicole on being awarded a Hellman Fellowship! More about the UCR Hellman Fellows and describes the program More about the Hellman Fellows Fund

26 Jun