# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gecl
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/departments-programs-degrees/ecology/ecology-phd/

# Ecology

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](http://ecology.ucdavis.edu/)

[Email the Program](mailto:htgnguyen@ucdavis.edu)

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.

Degree Type

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group

Degrees Offered

M.S. Plan I \
M.S. Plan II \
Ph.D. Plan B

Lead Dean

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Degree Requirements

[2023](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4254)

[2020](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3780)

[2011](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2926)

[2007](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/2927)

Administrative ByLaws

[2024](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4392)

Major Code

GECL

Exceptions

QE Exception: No outside member needed

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## Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

[UC Davis General Admission Requirements](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/applying-uc-davis)
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[Program Admissions Requirements](https://ecology.ucdavis.edu/admissions)

Admission Deadlines

General: Dec 1, 2025\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2025\
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2026

### Admissions Actions

[Request Admissions Info](https://apply.grad.ucdavis.edu/register/?id=9c9a7154-1f83-4dfa-a1c8-e60f719b1b81)

[Apply for Admission](https://grad.ucdavis.edu/node/841)

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## Program Contact Information

### Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

**Program Coordinator**\
 Angie Nguyen
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[htgnguyen@ucdavis.edu](mailto:htgnguyen@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Group Chair**\
 Robert Hijmans
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[rhijmans@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rhijmans@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: General**\
 Anya Brown
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Ecology \
[anybrown@ucdavis.edu](mailto:anybrown@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Elizabeth Crone
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Ecology \
[ecrone@ucdavis.edu](mailto:ecrone@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Valerie Eviner
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Ecology \
(530) 752-8538 | [veviner@ucdavis.edu](mailto:veviner@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Nann Fangue
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Ecology \
[nafangue@ucdavis.edu](mailto:nafangue@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Jennifer Funk
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Ecology \
[funk@ucdavis.edu](mailto:funk@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Primary Contact**\
 Robert Hijmans
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Ecology \
[rhijmans@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rhijmans@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Richard Karban
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Ecology \
(530) 752-2800 | [rkarban@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rkarban@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Robert Lusardi
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Ecology \
(510) 847-2713 | [ralusardi@ucdavis.edu](mailto:ralusardi@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Tyler Scott
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Ecology \
[tascott@ucdavis.edu](mailto:tascott@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Admissions Only**\
 Brian Todd
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Ecology \
(530) 752-1140 | [btodd@ucdavis.edu](mailto:btodd@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Anne Todgham
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Ecology \
(530) 752-1897 | [todgham@ucdavis.edu](mailto:todgham@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Dirk Van Vuren
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Ecology \
(530) 752-4181 | [dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu](mailto:dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Andrew Whitehead
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Ecology \
(530) 754-8982 | [awhitehead@ucdavis.edu](mailto:awhitehead@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Neal Williams
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Ecology \
[nmwilliams@ucdavis.edu](mailto:nmwilliams@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Louie Yang
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Ecology \
(530) 754-3261 | [lhyang@ucdavis.edu](mailto:lhyang@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Senior Academic Advisor**\
 Brittney Solar
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[bsolar@ucdavis.edu](mailto:bsolar@ucdavis.edu)