Ecology and Evolution

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research University

International Study Compares Genomes to Better Understand Biodiversity

The Zoonomia Project Carries Out Comparative Genomics Analyses of 240 Living Species An international scientific project that compares the genomes of 240 living species of mammals has identified transposable elements...

May 1, 2023

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Research Student Spotlight Sustainability University

Grad Student Fanny Cornejo Wins Inaugural Indianapolis Award

Stony Brook University graduate student Fanny Cornejo has won the newly-created “Emerging Conservationist Award" presented by the Indianapolis Prize

April 19, 2023

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Events On Campus University

Darwin Day Living World Lecture February 10 Features Martha Muñoz

The College of Arts and Sciences Department of Ecology and Evolution presents “Behavior is a motor and a brake for evolution,” featuring evolutionary biologist Martha Muñoz in celebration of Darwin Day.

February 1, 2023

2 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff School of Medicine University

John Fleagle to Receive Charles Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award

John Fleagle, distinguished professor of anatomical sciences at Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine, has won the Charles Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award. Granted by the American Association of...

January 11, 2023

3 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Stony Brook Matters

Heather Lynch Awarded Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship in Marine Conservation

Her work addresses pressing issues and questions related to wildlife in Antarctica in the face of climate change and human activity.

March 23, 2022

3 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research STEM Stony Brook Matters University

Four SBU Faculty Mentored Three Regeneron Science Competition Scholars

The three students are among 40 finalists who were selected from a group of 300 semifinalists, 11 of whom were mentored by 10 different SBU faculty.

February 11, 2022

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Featured Story Research Stony Brook Matters University

SBU Scientist Discovering How Much Climate Change Has Affected Penguins in Antarctica

Scientists from Stony Brook University on Greenpeace’s Antarctic expedition are discovering the significant effects that global climate change has had on penguin colonies in the Antarctic. Heather Lynch, professor...

February 2, 2022

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences

Rohlf Medal for Excellence to Be Presented to Joan Richtsmeier, Oct. 25

She is the first female recipient of the medal, which is presented every two years to distinguished members of the morphometrics community for their outstanding work.

October 20, 2021

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences COVID-19 Research STEM University

Liliana Dávalos Featured in NOVA Documentary on ‘Bat Superpowers’

The episode explores whether bats, suspected reservoirs of some of the world's deadliest viruses, hold the secret to a healthier and longer life.

September 23, 2021

2 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability University

SBU Professor Helps Establish New Global Conservation Standards

Resit Akçakaya, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, is a member of the IUCN SSC task force that developed the Green Status of Species method.

July 28, 2021

4 min read

Jessica Gurevitch, co-leader of the Climate Interventional Biology working group. Credit: Julia Postol

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research Stony Brook Matters

Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Ecologist Jessica Gurevitch leads a team that is examining the consequences of using stratospheric aerosol intervention to help cool the Earth as fossil fuel emissions are reduced.

April 6, 2021

5 min read

Sloths, rodents and primates — some of the largest and smallest mammals on Caribbean islands — are among those most vulnerable to extinction. Credit: David Rini, Johns Hopkins University

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

Information from historical, archaeological and recent fossil records must inform current-day conservation, or else we risk losing these remarkable species forever.

March 10, 2021

4 min read

Various bones at a Bronze Age battle excavation site, some of which were genetically tested to determine the presence of the lactase-persistent gene. Credit: Stefan Sauer / Tollense Valley Project

College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Research Stony Brook Matters

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Genetic material from the bones of people who died around 1,200 BC suggests that lactase persistence spread in only a few thousand years.

September 3, 2020

4 min read

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff On Campus

Heather Lynch Named First IACS Endowed Chair

The Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) has appointed its first endowed chair position by naming Professor Heather Lynch as Endowed Chair in Ecology and Evolution. She was recognized for the scale and...

November 27, 2019

1 min read

Events On Campus

October 24 Provost’s Lecture with Dean Adams and Presentation of Rohlf Medal

Morphometrics, Macroevolution, and an Effect Size Measure for Multivariate Data Dean Adams is Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Iowa State University, where he is the Director of Graduate Education in Ecology and...

October 11, 2019

3 min read

Stony Brook Matters

For Phil Dustan ’75, Stony Brook Was the Gateway to the World

On Sunday, September 22, the television industry celebrated its greatest achievers at the Emmy Awards. One year ago, Phil Dustan ’75 was among them. Dustan, a professor of biology at the College of Charleston, was a...

October 1, 2019

11 min read

Tag: Ecology and Evolution

International Study Compares Genomes to Better Understand Biodiversity

Grad Student Fanny Cornejo Wins Inaugural Indianapolis Award

Darwin Day Living World Lecture February 10 Features Martha Muñoz

John Fleagle to Receive Charles Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award

Heather Lynch Awarded Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship in Marine Conservation

Four SBU Faculty Mentored Three Regeneron Science Competition Scholars

SBU Scientist Discovering How Much Climate Change Has Affected Penguins in Antarctica

Rohlf Medal for Excellence to Be Presented to Joan Richtsmeier, Oct. 25

Liliana Dávalos Featured in NOVA Documentary on ‘Bat Superpowers’

SBU Professor Helps Establish New Global Conservation Standards

Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming?

Study on Caribbean Mammal Extinctions Helps Guide Conservation Strategies

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Heather Lynch Named First IACS Endowed Chair

October 24 Provost’s Lecture with Dean Adams and Presentation of Rohlf Medal

For Phil Dustan ’75, Stony Brook Was the Gateway to the World

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