University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Ronald Nussbaum

Ronald Nussbaum

  • Professor and Curator
  • Ph.D., Zoology, Oregon State University, 1972

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    2017 Museums Building
    1109 Geddes Ave
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
  • Phone: (734) 647-2201
  • Lab: (734) 764-0466
  • Fax: (734) 763-4080
  • Email: nuss@umich.edu

Teaching

BIO 120 First Year Seminar in Biology: This seminar will cover the broad topic of evolution, including:
- the history of evolutionary thought and the philosophy of evolution
- micro-evolution, or small adaptive changes within lineages
- macro-evolution, or speciation and phylogeny
- special topics such as rates of evolution, diversity of life, and human evolution