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Ecology Graduate Program

Penn State's Ecology Intercollege Graduate Degree Program covers basic and applied aspects of ecology. Research and teaching range from the molecular to the biosphere level.

Program overview

Butterfly on thistleEcologists study how organisms interact with each other and with their environments.

Penn State's Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology:

  • Provides students with a sound understanding of ecological theory and hypothesis testing
  • Complements other Penn State environmental programs that emphasize the role of humans in ecosystems
  • Offers options to take courses and undertake research in a variety of ecological areas, from the molecular to the biosphere level

Program faculty

The program involves more than 60 faculty working in a range of disciplines, including:

People-related Landscape-related Organism-related

Study systems include

Effects of processes Other research areas Systems

Biodiversity

A Henslow's sparrow

Disease organisms

Aedes aegypti mosquito

Agroecosystems

Ecologist standing in a field

Climate change

A musk ox. Image courtesy of Dr Eric Post

Restoration

Digging up a field

Marine/freshwater ecosystems

Scuba diver and coral

Invasive species

Thistle heads

Root and soil ecology

A soil profile

Forest ecosystems

Trees on the edge of a PA lake in the fall

Wetland ecosystems

Turtle sliding into pool

Upcoming ecology events
Wed Dec 02 at 12:20PM in 10 Tyson : Jennifer Tennessen (Penn State) Potential factors driving mother-calf right whale collisions with vessels » details…
Mon Dec 07 at 01:00PM in 118 ASI: Paul Bartell (Penn State) The role of biological clocks in avian reproduction » details…
Wed Dec 09 at 12:20PM in 10 Tyson : Matt Ryan (Penn State University ) Weed community assembly in a long-term organic and conventional cropping systems trial: linking management-related filters and weed species traits » details…
Mon Dec 14 at 01:00PM in 118 ASI: Tyler Wagner (Penn State) Linking lakes and landscapes: applying principles of landscape limnology to the management of inland lakes » details…