Coming soon: the NSF REU site, Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Rapid Environmental Change, will bring eight undergraduate researchers to UC Davis for summer research, mentoring, and professional development. The EERREC REU focuses on two major research themes:

• ecological and evolutionary effects of changing environmental regimes  
• the biology of organisms in human-dominated ecosystems.

These areas (1) encompass important challenges that organisms and ecosystems face as a result of rapid environmental change, (2) reflect shared interests of UC Davis and partner-institution faculty, and (3) include specific research questions in urban, rural, agricultural, and natural systems and thus span the spectrum of effects of rapid environmental change that must be addressed by a diverse society.

Check back in the fall for more information about research and the program.