The Center and faculty in the Ecology and Evolution group involves an energetic and experienced group of faculty and investigators that are pushing the envelope of modern evolutionary genetics and ecology. The empirical and theoretical interests of CCG PIs include genomics, bioinformatics, population genetics, molecular, chromosome evolution, speciation, coevolution, conservation biology and other areas.

Principal investigators in the Center include Professors Debashish Bhattacharya, Jan Fassler, Steven Hendrix, Bob Malone, Ming-Che Shih and David Soll, Associate Professor John Logsdon and Assistant Professors Josep Comeron, Lilach Hadany, Bryant McAllister and Maurine Neiman.

Members of the Center and faculty in Ecology and Evolution are deeply involved in developing a core of courses that will prepare students on the most dynamic and active areas in the field including each faculty own research interests, granting first-hand and up-to-date knowledge and allowing students to be highly prepared and competitive in their scientific careers. Courses already accepted include Evolution, Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution, Systematics, Genome Evolution, etc.