Graduate student Paul Brewer measures trace gas fluxes during a precipitation experiment on the Shortgrass Steppe LTER, just 45 miles northeast of CSU
Current News & Events
Mark your calendars for the 2010 Distinguished Ecologists!
Gretchen Daily, March 10-11
Brad Cardinale, March 31 & April 1
Ray Hilborn, April 21-22
Our Program
The Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (GDPE) at Colorado State University is one of the leading programs in graduate ecology education in the U.S. and the world. We have an internationally-recognized faculty, outstanding students and an ongoing tradition of research excellence, publication and post-graduate placement. Our faculty are among the most published in the field of ecology, ranking in the top five in research productivity among federally funded U.S. Universities in Ecology and Environment, and our students consistently earn recognition for their scholarship and academic achievement. [More]
Winner of the Best Landscape Photo in the FRSES 2009 Photo Contest – Namtso Lake and the Nyainqentanglha Mountains on the Tibetan Plateau, where GDPE student Kelly Hopping and Professor Julia Klein are investigating issues of climate change and natural resource management.
Showcasing Student Research
The Front Range Student Ecology Symposium (FRSES) is an annual two day, student-run symposium that provides an opportunity for students from the Front Range and nearby regions to showcase their ecology research in a friendly and supportive peer environment. In 2009 we had over 300 attendees and more than 60 poster and oral presentations.
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Professor Gene Kelly elected as a 2009 Fellow in the Soil Science Society of America.
The Best in Ecology
Dr. Gene Kelly (pictured right) is a Professor in Soil and Crop Sciences and Associate Director for research in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Congratulations to Gene for this prestigious SSSA recognition by his academic and professional peers!
The Distinguished Ecologist Series, now in its 30th year, brings internationally known scientists to CSU for 2-3 days to present their cutting-edge research and to interact with students and faculty in a variety of formal and informal settings.
Students working on a tracer experiment as part of the MCM LTER in Taylor Valley, Antarctica
GDPE Recognized as a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence
In 2009 the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology was recognized by Colorado State University as a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence (PRSE). Programs are awarded this designation because they have achieved great distinction and set a standard for excellence that may serve as a model for programs throughout the institution. [More...]
Our students and faculty are engaged in research across all levels of ecology, from the physiology of individuals to the dynamics of species populations to the interacting species in communities to energy and material flux in ecosystems to landscape determinants of ecological organization. Strong threads cut across these traditional ecological levels, evidenced by the growth in evolutionary (molecular and genetic) and behavioral approaches to ecology and integrating ecological principles in human-dominated ecosystems. [More...]