Our Program
Since its inception in 1992, GDPE has grown to become a principal organization that catalyzes cutting-edge and world-renowned ecological research performed at Colorado State University.
Our primary goal is to provide outstanding training for graduate students in the ecological sciences, and our students consistently earn recognition for their scholarship and academic achievement.
read moreHuman/Environment Interactions
Increasing rates of poverty, landlessness, and declining health are co-occurring with rapid shifts in land use, land cover, loss of biodiversity and global warming.
These interconnected human/environmental changes represent a clear risk to the well being of individuals, communities and societies now and in the future.
read moreOur Curriculum
GDPE's degree programs are rigorous and comprehensive offering both M.S. and Ph.D. tracks in addition to the Human/Environment Interactions specialization.
The GDPE curriculum is designed to provide a breadth and depth of training to MS and PhD students, who will emerge from the program as highly competent and skilled graduates.
read moreOur Research
The Graduate Degree Program in Ecology is 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.
read moreFront Range Student Ecology Symposium
FRSES is a student-run symposium that provides an opportunity for Front Range students doing research in ecology to showcase their work and network in a friendly and supportive peer environment. Highlights include a keynote address by an invited speaker, a full day of poster and oral presentation sessions, an awards banquet to recognize exceptional student work, and a social gathering to celebrate student success.
read moreGDPE Essentials
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Our Program
GDPE ranks among the nation's top Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Programs. We have an an ongoing tradition of research excellence, publication and post-graduate placement.
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Our Curriculum & Courses
GDPE's degree programs are rigorous and comprehensive--our students emerge from the program as highly competent and skilled graduates.
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Our Research
GDPE is recognized as a Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence at Colorado State University. Our students and faculty are engaged in research across all levels of ecology.
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Front Range Student Ecology Symposium
The FRSES offers students in environmental science, conservation biology, ecology, and related fields an opportunity to present work, share ideas and meet other participants from across the front range.
Spring 2013 Visiting Distinguished Ecologists
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Peter & Rosemary Grant are both British evolutionary biologists at Princeton University; each holds the position of Emeritus Professor. They are noted for their work concerning Darwin's finches on the Galápagos Island named Daphne Major.
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Taylor Ricketts integrates natural and social sciences to address both fundamental scientific issues and real-world conservation problems. His recent work focuses on the economic benefits provided to people by forests, wetlands, reefs, and other natural areas.
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Ray Callaway's lab is a horizontally organized group of postdoctoral, graduate student, and undergraduate collaborators. The primary focus of the research in the lab is on how organisms interact with each other, but the collaborators are interested in all aspects of ecology.
