E3B

Our Faculty in the News:

Jill Shapiro, E3B lecturer, is the 2011 recipient of the Presidential Teaching Award, the highest honor for teaching excellence at Columbia.

Prof. Shahid Naeem is interviewed in The Atlantic this month, in an article titled, "A Conversation with Shahid Naeem, Biosustainability Scientist." Read Shahid's interview here.

Our Students in the News:

Recent PhD graduate Steffen Foerster's and Professor Marina Cords' paper was selected as a featured article by the American Journal of Primatology. See abstract here.

Ph.D. student Meha Jain was awarded the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant for her fieldwork in India.

Ph.D. student Francine Kershaw will present her work at the 19th Bienniel Conference on Biology of Marine Mammals in late November.

First year Ph.D. students Case Prager, Maressa Takahashi and Brian Weeks have been awarded 3-year NSF grants to fund their graduate reseach.

Ph.D. student Meghna Agarwala has been asked to write a blog about her experiences at Columbia. Read her blog here.

E3B undergraduate Julia Pilowsky has been featured in the Columbia Spectator for her work on birdsongs in Kenya.

Interested in where our alumni PhD students are now?

The Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (E3B) at Columbia University was established in 2001. Although we are a relatively new department, we have grown rapidly in the past decade. We now have an internationally diverse student body and a broad network of supporters at Columbia and throughout New York City. Our affiliated faculty members come from departments at Columbia as well as from, the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Botanical Garden, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the EcoHealth Alliance. Together we provide an unparalleled breadth and depth of research opportunities for our students. Read more.

E3B Seminar Series!

Please join us for our weekly Seminar Series on the 10th floor of Schermerhorn Extension building at 4PM, Tuesday. The spring series will resume again on January 24th. For details, please see the speaker schedule here.

Department Phone:
(212) 854-9987

Department Fax:
(212) 854-8188

Email: e3b@columbia.edu

Address:

Columbia University
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology (E3B)
10th Fl. Schermerhorn Ext.
1200 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027

Department Chair:
Ruth DeFries

Academic Department Administrator:
Lourdes Gautier

Directors of Graduate Studies:
Eleanor Sterling & Maria Uriarte

Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Matthew Palmer

M.A. Program Adviser:
Andres Gomez

Administrative Assistant:
Maria Estrada-Werst