Contact Information

Conservation Biology Graduate Program
University of Minnesota
187 MCNeal Hall
1985 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108

Phone: (612) 624-7751
Fax: (612) 625-5299
Email: consbio@umn.edu
Web: www.consbio.umn.edu

Conservation Biology Program Office and Coordinator:

The Program Office is located at 187 McNeal Hall.

Anup Joshi is the CB Program coordinator and will be in the office during these hours:

Monday - Thursday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Anup is available to answer questions and help current students, incoming students and faculty, so please use his expertise. The most important role he will play for current students is to review programs before they are submitted to the grad school.

Director of Graduate Study (DGS): On Sabbatical untill Fall 2013

Karen S. Oberhauser
Email: oberh001@umn.edu
Phone: (612) 624-8706

The DGS helps students solve problems with their graduate program and interactions with the Graduate School, their advisor, committee, etc. (However, students should first attempt to solve problems through their advisor and the CB Program Coordinator.)

Director of Graduate Study (DGS) and Admissions:

Robert Blair
Email: BlairRB@umn.edu
Phone: (612) 624-2198

This year Rob Blair is both the Director of Graduate Study and Director of Admissions.

The DGS helps students solve problems with their graduate program and interactions with the Graduate School, their advisor, committee, etc. (However, students should first attempt to solve problems through their advisor and the CB Program Coordinator.)

The Director of Graduate Admissions interacts with prospective students and helps them get into the program.

Fisheries and Aquatic Biology (FAB) Track Coordinator:

Raymond Newman

Email: rnewman@umn.edu

Phone: (612) 625-5704

FAB Track Coordinator interacts with prospective students interested in the fisheries and acquatic biology and helps them get into the program.