About the Program
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Students gain advanced knowledge in one of the following areas: agricultural ecology; conservation ecology; ecological genomics and genetics; ecosystems and landscape ecology; ecotoxicology; environmental policy & human ecology; integrative ecology; marine ecology; physiological ecology; or restoration ecology. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in ecological theory and its applications.
M.S. Plan II
Ph.D. Plan B
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Admissions and Fellowship Information
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2023
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
Program Coordinator
Angie Nguyen
htgnguyen@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Group Chair
Brian Gaylord
bpgaylord@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Advisor: General
Mary Cadenasso
Plant Sciences
(530) 754-6151 | mlcadenasso@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Richard Connon
Vm: Anat Physio & Cell Biology
(530) 752-3141 | reconnon@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Valerie Eviner
Plant Sciences
(530) 752-8538 | veviner@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Nann Fangue
Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
nafangue@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: Primary Contact
Brian Gaylord
Evolution & Ecology
bpgaylord@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Edwin Grosholz
Environmental Science & Policy
(530) 752-9151 | tedgrosholz@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Yufang Jin
Land Air & Water Resources
yujin@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Richard Karban
Entomology/Nematology
(530) 752-2800 | rkarban@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Daniel Karp
Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
dkarp@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Robert Lusardi
Center for Watershed Sciences
(510) 847-2713 | ralusardi@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Gregory Pasternack
Land Air & Water Resources
(530) 302-5658 | gpast@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: Admissions Only
Steven Sadro
Environmental Science & Policy
ssadro@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Anne Todgham
Animal Science
(530) 752-1897 | todgham@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Dirk Van Vuren
Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
(530) 752-4181 | dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Andrew Whitehead
Environmental Toxicology
(530) 754-8982 | awhitehead@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Neal Williams
Entomology/Nematology
nmwilliams@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Louie Yang
Entomology/Nematology
(530) 754-3261 | lhyang@ucdavis.edu