Undergraduate Highlight

  • Hannah expressing herself in font of the grand canyon
    I chose to major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology because I’ve always had a passion for learning about the environment. I especially love learning about the ecology of arid and semi-arid lands. I’ve always been fond of warmer weather and hold a
  • Zach enjoying a moment of shade during a day of research
    While I studied abroad in Australia, I had the opportunity to develop and implement my own original research project, which lead me to backpack across the world’s largest sand island, Frasier Island. While studying the habits and interactions of
  • Abigail running analysis on samples in the lab - photo credit: Melanie Adams
    I am an undergraduate student in Dr. Valerie McKenzie’s laboratory studying amphibian skin microbiomes and the emerging amphibian infectious disease Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Specifically, my research aims to observe the shift in bacterial
  • Photo of EBIO honors studemt
    The EBIO department's honors program offers select dedicated students the opportunity to peruse research interests, compile and defend a thesis paper. Several papers are accepted and published in respected scientific journals. the department's
  • Thumbnail of Oren Rabinowitz
    The Mystery of Aspen Powder-Oren Rabinowitz            I was born in Israel, raised in New Jersey, and graduated with a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Colorado-Boulder in 2014. In the late
  • Erin Tripp's students sit at a picnic table, examining plants.
    Between 2-4 October 2015, students enrolled in Plant Systematics (EBIO 4520/5520) traveled to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park for a botany camping trip. Participatory were: Reese Beeler, Ryan Byrne, Keric Lamb, Mandy Malone, Kelsey McCoy
  • Thumbnail of Erin Polka working in the woods.
    I had always enjoyed biology growing up, but it wasn't until I took marine biology and zoology in high school that I realized it was the field I wanted to pursue for my future.  CU's strong science program provided me with the theoretical and
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    I am a Boulder native and a recent graduate of CU-Boulder. In the Tripp Lab, I began my work on a project in collaboration with the COLO Herbarium (co-advised by Collections Manager Dina Clark) regarding variation in a perennial shrub known as
  • Elizabeth in water fishing for zooplankton
    After spending a few years working in a business career after graduating from Texas Tech University, I decided to take a leap and follow my passion for nature. Becoming an EBIO student meant that I could gain the experience I needed to follow my
  • EBIO students posing in front of ocean backdrop wog wog forest, Australia
    Trekking through the Australian tropical rainforest, three EBIO students and one Boulder County local (Alyson Cheney, Meghan Wiebe, Kayla Carey and Chelsea Walls pictured left to right) scan the ground for a tiny hopping marsupial, the Musky
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