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
Kudos to doctoral students Mariana Valencia- Mestre and Senay Yitbarek who have won Rackham International Research Awards.
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.