Department News
John Vandermeer
- Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Alfred T. Thurnau Professor
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
- Vandermeer Lab
- VandermeersBlog
Contact information
- University of Michigan
2029 / 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
David Allen, Paul Glaum, Doug Jackson, Aaron Iverson, Leslie McGinnis, Mariana Valencia-Mestre, Senay Yitbarek, Theresa Wei Ying Ong, William Webb
UM affiliation
- 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
Since Frontiers' inception in 2008, four EEB Frontiers Master’s Program students have moved on to EEB’s doctoral program: Cindy Bick, Serge Farinas, Theresa Wei Ying Ong, and Senay Yitbarek.
EEB graduate students Alison Gould, David Marvin and Beatriz Otero Jimenez received Rackham International Research Awards.
The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is involved in an ongoing junior-faculty cluster hire called Sustainable Food Systems.
ED-QUE2ST is a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program especially for first and second year college students from backgrounds underrepresented in ecology and evolutionary biology.
