Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
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Congratulations to Graduating Seniors Recieving DEENR Awards
Congratulations to the five graduating EENR seniors receiving 2012 departmental awards: Alayna Karp, Nicole Guido, Rafael Valentin, Jason Sadowski, and Selina Ruzi! They were each honored at the Cook Baccalaureate ceremony on May 10th.
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Debashish Bhattacharya wins SEBS Research Excellence Award
Congratulations Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya for winning the 2012 SEBS Research Excellence Award! Dr. Bhattacharya is an international leader in algal comparative geonomics. He addresses fundamentally important questions about the diversification of life, particularly the origin of intracellular organelles (e.g., chloroplasts) in eukaryotes. He attacks the whole problem from how the plastid was first taken into the host cell, to how most of the choloroplast genes were bulk transferred to the host nucleus, to how the cytoplasmically synthesized chloroplast proteins get targeted back into the plastid to allow photosynthesis to occur. Dr. Bhattahcarya also leads the field in applying genomic technologies to study the evolutionary tree of life. His recent path-breaking paper on single-cell genomics will change the way biologists interrogate the microbial biosphere. Dr. Bhattacharya also works on applied topics including algal biofuels, harmful algal blooms, and dinoflagellate toxins.
Our interdisciplinary department specializes in ecology, evolution, and natural resource conservation. We study the evolutionary origins and maintenance of biodiversity, conserving and restoring native ecosystems, and issues of global change such as managing natural resources within urban ecosystems.
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