Teaching
Spring
ECOL 8990: Likelihood-Based Inference in Ecology (3 credits) *only offered some years*
The class covers the fundamentals of likelihood-based statistical inference, and will cover some specific applications in Ecology. We touch on some multivariate data analysis approaches, spend significant time on maximum likelihood parameter estimation and hypothesis testing, some aspects of bayesian analysis, some simulation techniques and a little stochastic modeling. We make use of R and students are encouraged to bring data sets for class projects. I provide some theoretical background but the emphasis will be on relating data to models in an applied fashion.
ECOL 8322: Ecosystem Concepts (4 credits) *offered alternating years*
This class, which is a requirement for the PhD program, provides a in depth survery of foundational concepts in ecosystem ecology.
Fall
ECOL 3500/BIOL 3500: Ecology (4 credits)
This class covers the fundamentals of Ecology, beginning with organisms and evolution through populations, communities, ecosystems and global change.
ECOL 3505/BIOL 3505: Honors Ecology (4 credits)
This honors version of ECOL 3500 covers the fundamentals of Ecology, beginning with organisms and evolution through populations, communities, ecosystems and global change, and explore some concepts in greater depth.
ECOL 8000: Topics in Modern Ecology (3 credits)
This is a required class of all incoming PhD students that serves as a broad introduction to multiple perspectives in Ecology, and introduces students to some specific content.
General Information
Registrar's Website | eLC | Academic Calendar | Undergraduate Ecology
Past Teaching
Likelihood Methods in Biology | Advanced Statistical Modeling for Biosciences | Principles of Organismal Biology | Systems Biology.