Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program

(Updated September 2026)

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

Rafael D'Andrea
Sheila Kitchen
Jackie Lee "JL" Ahn Weissman
Elizabeth Watson, ex-officio

 

M.A. Revision Committee

Stephen Baines
Jordanna Sprayberry
Krishna Veeramah
Joshua Rest, ex-officio

Prelim Exam Committee

Rafael D'Andrea
Sheila Kitchen
Yun Tao
Pascal Title

Colloquium Organizer

Anna Thonis
Joshua Rest, ex-officio

Retreat Committee

Daniel Griffith

Student Awards

Daniel Griffith
Heather Lynch

Giving Day/Philanthropy

Liliana Davalos
Joshua Rest

Community (Darwin Day/Earthstock)

Marin Beaupre
Pascal Title

Graduate Program Executive Committee

Joshua S. Rest
Krishna Veeramah
Liliana Davalos
Elizabeth Watson
Jackie Collier

Department Executive Committee

Resit Akcakaya
Liliana Davalos
Joshua Rest
Natasha Vitek


Undergraduate Curriculum/UG BIO Executive/E&E Concentration

Natasha Vitek
Robert Thacker
John True
Joshua Rest, ex-officio

Graduate Program Curriculum, Development and Assessment

Aki Ohdera
Tara Smiley
John True
Natasha Vitek
Elizabeth Watson, ex-officio

DEI Committee

Aki Ohdera
Yun Tao
Robert Thacker

Senate Representative

John R. True

IACS Service

Heather J. Lynch
Jackie Lee "JL" Ahn Weissman

Mentoring

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

Podcast and Newsletter

Luis Santiago-Rosario
Sarah Zohdy
Joshua Rest, ex-officio

Department History

Dianna Padilla

 

E&E Major Exploratory and Planning Committee

Resit Akcakaya
Dino Martins
Joshua Rest

 

Field Safety Committee

Tara Smiley
Elizabeth Watson

 

Grant Support Group

Jordanna Sprayberry
Jackie Lee "JL" Ahn Weissman

 

Research Forest Development Committee

Resit Akcakaya
Rafael D'Andrea
Daniel Griffith
Luis Santiago-Rosario
Anna Thonis
Joshua Rest, ex-officio

 

Natural History Collection Development Committee

Dino Martins