# UC Davis Graduate Studies

**Source**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gpop
**Parent**: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs

# Population Biology

## About the Program

### Learn More About the Program

[Visit the Program](https://pbg.ucdavis.edu/)

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

Students gain advanced knowledge of population growth; structure and dynamics; population interactions; community ecology; food webs; biogeography; behavioral and physiological ecology; life history strategies; systematics; evolution; population and quantitative genetics; and genomics. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in ecology, evolution, population genetics and systematics.

Degree Type

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group

Degrees Offered

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

Lead Dean

College of Biological Sciences

Degree Requirements

[2025](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/4526)

[2020](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3766)

[2018](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3450)

[1999](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3223)

Administrative ByLaws

[1994](https://programs.gs.ucdavis.edu/api/doc/3224)

Major Code

GPOP

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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://pbg.ucdavis.edu/apply)

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**\
 Constance Suen
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[cysuen@ucdavis.edu](mailto:cysuen@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Program Chair

**Graduate Group Chair**\
 Sebastian Schreiber
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(530) 754-9229 | [sschreiber@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sschreiber@ucdavis.edu)

### Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

**Advisor: General**\
 Marissa Baskett
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Population Biology \
(530) 752-1579 | [mlbaskett@ucdavis.edu](mailto:mlbaskett@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: Admissions and General**\
 Rachael Bay
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Population Biology \
(530) 754-1439 | [rbay@ucdavis.edu](mailto:rbay@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Graham Coop
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Population Biology \
(530) 752-1622 | [gmcoop@ucdavis.edu](mailto:gmcoop@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Brian Moore
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Population Biology \
(530) 752-7104 | [brianmoore@ucdavis.edu](mailto:brianmoore@ucdavis.edu)

**Advisor: General**\
 Sebastian Schreiber
\
Population Biology \
(530) 754-9229 | [sschreiber@ucdavis.edu](mailto:sschreiber@ucdavis.edu)

Graduate Studies Contacts

**Internal Fellowship Analyst**\
 Heidi West
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(530) 754-9473 | [hewest@ucdavis.edu](mailto:hewest@ucdavis.edu)

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