Ecology, University Program in (UPE)
Professor Morris, Chair; Professor Richter (environment), Director of Graduate Studies; Professors Baker (environment), Christensen (environment), Clark (biology), Crowder (environment), Glander (biological anthropology and anatomy), Jackson (biology), Katul (environment), Lavine (statistics), Livingstone (biology), Mitchell-Olds (biology), Morris (biology), Nowicki (biology), Oren (environment), Pimm (environment), Rausher (biology), Reynolds (biology), Richardson (environment), Schlesinger (environment), Terborgh (environment), van Schaik (biological anthropology and anatomy), Yoder (biology); Associate Professors Alberts (biology), Porporato (civil and environmental engineering), Reed (environment), Rittschof (environment), Urban (environment), Willis (biology), and Wilson (biology); Assistant Professor Bernhardt (biology); Adjunct Professor of the Practice Hartshorn (environment); Associate Professors of the Practice Halpin (environment) and Kirby-Smith (environment); Assistant Research Professor Wright (biology)
The University Program in Ecology (UPE) provides interdisciplinary training in all aspects of ecology, including physiological and behavioral ecology; population and evolutionary ecology; community and landscape ecology; biogeochemistry; and ecosystem and global change ecology. The program serves to integrate an exceptionally broad and diverse collection of faculty expertise found in various departments and schools at Duke. The UPE is a rigorous, research-oriented graduate program with an excellent record of scholarly publications by our students. All students participate in a two-semester, graduate-level core course that focuses on both historical and contemporary foundations of ecology (theory, principles, and research); any additional coursework is tailored to each student's specific interests and needs. Students organize and run a weekly seminar series and informally participate in various readings groups.
Special facilities for study and research include:
301. Population, Community, and Behavioral Ecology. 4 units.
302. Physiological Ecology and Ecosystem Analysis. 4 units.
303. Ecology Seminar. 1 unit.
309. Ecological Forecasting Workshop. 3 units. C-L: Biology 309
