University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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John Vandermeer

John Vandermeer

  • Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Alfred T. Thurnau Professor
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • Vandermeer Lab

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

Teaching

Field Ecology (Co-taught with Ivette Perfecto, undergrad/graduate field course,  offered every year,  1997 – 2003; 2006 - present).

Dynamics of neotropical rainforests (Co-taught with Ivette Perfecto, 2 week field course, taught in Spanish in Nicaragua, offered every year,  1989 - present).

Biology and Human Affairs (large,  200+  student undergraduate non-majors course dealing with sociopolitical issues in biology,  offered every year,  1980 - present).

The ecology of agricultural ecosystems (undergrad/graduate course offered every other year, 1990 - present).

Other recent teaching activities

Issues on Women in Science (co-taught with Abby Stewart) – 2006.

Biodiversity:  Principles and applications (Co-taught with Ivette Perfecto, offered in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 at the Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chiapas, Mexico;, University of Florence, 2003; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2004; University of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005).

Nonlinear dynamics in ecology (Undergrad/graduate course offered every other year, 1993-2004).

Elementary Biology (Bio 162) – Elementary course for Bio majors, 2001.

The ecology of populations (graduate course,  offered every year,  1997 - 2000)