Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program

(Updated June 2025)

Ph.D. Program Director

Elizabeth Watson

M.A. Program Director

Krishna R. Veeramah

Graduate Program Coordinator
Academic Program Coordinator
Undergraduate major in Human Evolutionary Biology

Melissa J. Cohen

Ph.D. Admissions Committee Stephen Baines

Natasha Vitek

M.A. Admissions Committee

Krishna Veeramah
John True

Prelim Exam Committee

Resit Akcakaya
Rafael D'Andrea
Tara Smiley

Colloquium Organizer

Joshua Rest

Retreat Committee

Tara Smiley

Annual Awards, Nominations Development and Retreat Committee

Tara Smiley
Daniel Griffith

Giving Day/Philanthropy & Social Media Liliana Davalos

Joshua Rest

Community (Living World/DD/Earthstock)

Marin Beaupre
Heather Lynch
Pascal Title

Graduate Program Executive Committee Joshua S. Rest

Krishna Veeramah
Natasha Vitek
Elizabeth Watson
Jackie Collier

Department Executive Committee

Resit Akcakaya
Liliana Davalos
Joshua Rest
Jackie Weissman

Undergraduate Biology Committee

Ross H. Nehm
Robert Thacker
Marin Beaupre

Graduate Program Curriculum

Ross H. Nehm
Krishna Veeramah

Elizabeth Watson
Jackie Weissman

Curriculum/Undergrad Bio Committee/Concentration/E&E Major

Liliana Davalos
Joshua Rest
Ross H. Nehm
Robert Thacker
Natasha Vitek

DEI Committee

Robert Thacker

Senate Representative

John R. True
Resit Akcakaya

IACS Service

Heather J. Lynch

Mentoring

Resit Akcakaya
Stephen Baines
Liliana Davalos
Heather Lynch
Robert Thacker
Krishna Veeramah
Elizabeth Watson

Dianna Padilla
Joshua Rest