John Vandermeer
- Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Alfred T. Thurnau Professor
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
- Vandermeer Lab
- VandermeersBlog
- Sustainable Food Systems at U-M website
Contact information
- University of Michigan
2079 / 2081 Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048 - Phone: (734) 764-1446
- Fax: (734) 763-0544
- Email: jvander@umich.edu
Fields of study
Ecology, theoretical ecology, tropical ecology, agroecology
Academic background
Ph.D., University of Michigan; Post Doc, University of Chicago; Faculty member at U-M since 1971.
Graduate students
Omar Bonilla, Naim Edwards, Paul Glaum, Aaron Iverson, Beatriz Otero Jimeniz, Lizette Ramirez, Mariana Valencia-Mestre, Theresa Wei Ying Ong, Senay Yitbarek
UM affiliations
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Center for the Study of Complex Systems
- Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics
- School of Natural Resources and Environment
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- American Studies
Related news
Professor John Vandermeer was among a select group of faculty awarded the 2013 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award from the U-M Office of the Provost.
Professor John Vandermeer is coauthor of a paper titled “Inequality and Innovativeness” published March 1, 2013 in the journal, Social Science Research Network.
Soon, you might have to shell out more dough for your cuppa joe. Professor John Vandermeer discussed a coffee rust fungus that’s severely affecting crops on the BBC World Service program, “Science in Action,” Thursday, Feb. 7.