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The Environmental Biology major provides students with a strong foundation in areas of organismal biology, as well as an exposure to social sciences (such as economics and government).
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The Postbaccalaureate Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology is designed for college graduates who did not major in environmental biology (or a related field) but who wish to pursue graduate training in the field.
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The M.A. in Conservation Biology focuses on biological sciences with the addition of a basic foundation in economics and environmental policy.
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The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) program is designed to provide the broad education needed to describe, understand and conserve the Earth's biological diversity in all its forms.
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This program is designed to provide candidates in the biological sciences with a strong foundation in those social sciences that ...
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Columbia University invites applications for a Lecturer in Discipline position in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology (E3B).
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The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B) at Columbia University was established in 2001. In creating E3B, the university recognized that the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, and environmental biology constitute a distinct subdivision of the biological sciences with its own set of intellectual foci, theoretical foundations, scales of analysis, and methodologies.
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  • Sarracina Littlebird, one of our EB juniors, has been named a Truman Scholar. read more...
  • Eli Dueker (DEES), Maria Uriarte (E3B), Ajit Subramanian (Lamont/DEES), Chris Small (Lamont/DEES), and Andy Juhl (Lamont/DEES) received $200K through the Initiatives in Science and Engineering program administered through David Hirsh’s office. read more...
  • In collaboration with Tom Rudel (sociology, Rutgers U) and Laura Schneider (Geography, Rutgers University), Maria Uriarte (E3B, Columbia University), organized a workshop March 26-28 on Land Use Transition in the Tropics. read more...
  • Interview with Shahid Naeem on MircrobeWorld radio
  • Shahid Naeem named Distinguished Columbia Faculty
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  • Video of Chair on E3B, Nature, and CU


Mendez, M., Gómez, A., Bynum, N., Medellín, R.A., Porzecanski, A.L., and Sterling, E. 2007. Conservation Education in Latin America: availability of formal academic programs in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 21(6): 1399-1403

Ho SYW, Kolokotronis SO, Allaby RG. (2007) Elevated substitution rates estimated from ancient DNA sequences.  Biology Letters 3(6), 702-705.

Mendoza, E., S. Perz, C. Aguilar, G. Alarcón, F. Brown, J. Carballo, A. Chavez, J. Chavez, G. Cullman, M. de los Rios, A. Duchelle, H. Dueñas, C. Ehringhaus, J. Luzar, M. Marsik, J. Mayna, A. Muñante, V. Reiz, C. van Oosten. 2007. The ‘Knowledge Exchange Train’: a model for capacity building for participatory governance. Development in Practice 17(6):791-799.


Department Phone:
(212) 854-9987
Department Fax:
(212) 854-8188
Email:
e3b@columbia.edu
Address:
Columbia University
Department of Ecology, Evolution,
and Environmental Biology
10th Floor Schermerhorn Ext.
1200 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027



Department Chair:

Shahid Naeem

Academic Department Administrator:
Lourdes A. Gautier

Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Matthew Palmer

Director of Graduate Studies:
Eleanor Sterling

M.A. Program Advisor:
Fabio Corsi

Administrative Assistant:
Lisa Beigh