| Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

A student taking a soil sample in the forest

Chasing carbon from trees to soils

7/25/2022

A group of students, including some in the Nexus Scholars Program, completed field work and analysis this summer on soil coming from a long-term forest fertilization experiment.

Olivia Graham, eelgrass researcher in the field with her collecting supplies

AI reveals scale of eelgrass vulnerability to warming, disease

6/15/2022

EEB faculty and grad students part of Cornell research team using a combination of ecological field methods and cutting-edge AI to help detect eelgrass wasting disease.

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.4 million to new sustainability projects

6/30/2022

This year’s Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research support equitable and sustainable development, offshore wind energy, and improved indoor air quality.

A pond with kayak in the foreground and partly cloudy sky, green trees and shrubs

Study to focus on climate impact of NYS ponds, wetlands

6/09/2022

EEB assistant prof Meredith Holgerson receives 3-year grant from the NY State Department of Environmental Conservation to examine greenhouse gas dynamics related to ponds and wetlands.

Fish catch diversity from the Amazon River

Amazon River freshwater fish show signs of overexploitation

6/08/2022

Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow and EEB grad student Sebastian Heilpern leads Cornell/multi-national research team: overexploitation of freshwater fish in the Amazon River.

A Scarlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) by Leslie Babonis

Jellyfish’s stinging cells hold clues to biodiversity

5/12/2022

Biologist Leslie Babonis studied sea anemones to understand how a neuron could be reprogrammed to make a new cell.

Academics

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Academics

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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Ecology and evolutionary biology is the study of the patterns and processes that structure ecological systems and drive evolutionary change. Understanding the interactions between organisms and their environments is both fascinating and critical for solving environmental problems.

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Agrawal, Hanson elected to National Academy of Sciences

5/03/2022

Anurag Agrawal, the James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Maureen Hanson, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (CALS, Arts and Sciences), have been elected to the National Academy of S...

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