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Partnerships

The Department of Biology collaborates closely with institutions in St. Louis as well as national and international organizations. The E. Desmond Lee and Family Professor of Botanical Studies (Dr. Elizabeth Kellogg) links the Department to the Missouri Botanical Garden, the E. Desmond Lee and Family Professor of Zoological Studies (Dr. Patricia Parker) links the Department to the Saint Louis Zoo, and the E. Desmond Lee and Family Professor in Plant Sciences (Dr. Xuemin Wang) links the Department to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

The Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, a unit within the Department of Biology, was formed in 1990 through a collaborative agreement between UM-St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Center also has a formal partnership with the Saint Louis Zoo through a memorandum of understanding signed by UM-St. Louis and the Zoo in 1995. The Center has formal partnerships with the Faculté des Sciences, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar; Laboratorio de Investigaciones Ecológicas de las Yungas at Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, Laboratorio ECOTONO at Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, Brazil, and with CEIBA Biological Center, Inc., Guyana.

In collaboration with the International Center for Tropical Ecology, the Department of Biology is a member of the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). Dr. Bette Loiselle represents UM-St. Louis on the OTS Assembly of Delegates. Dr. David Clark serves on the OTS Board of Directors and chairs the Research Committee. Dr. Bette Loiselle chairs the Cocha Cashu Advisory Committee.

The Department of Biology collaborates through a cooperative consortium with the Departments of Biology at Washington University, Saint Louis University and the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The University is a member of the St. Louis University Research Consortium that operates Lay and Reis Field Stations in Missouri.