Principal investigator

Jessie Ebie, PhD

she/her

• Associate Teaching Professor
• Assistant Director of Masters Programs
• School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

I’m a biologist with a passion for both research and teaching. My research interests span behavior and sensory ecology, focusing on the use of arthropods to study communication, navigation, and perception. My lab currently studies reproductive regulation in three polydomous ant species: the Australian weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) and the desert harvester ants (Novomessor cockerelli and Novomessor albisetosus).

I’m a faculty member in the School of Life Sciences (SOLS) at Arizona State University, where I serve as Assistant Director of Masters Programs. From 2024 to 2026, I directed the SOLS Biology MS program.

As an educator, I’m dedicated to teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in biology, both inside and outside the classroom, and I work to improve my teaching through evidence-based practices. To give undergraduates opportunities to deepen their knowledge of biology and develop leadership skills, I developed the undergraduate teaching assistant program, PETALS. I also founded BioBanter, which created opportunities for students and faculty in the School of Life Sciences to talk casually about science.

Beyond SOLS, I advocate for career-track faculty across ASU. I’m past president of the ASU Career Faculty Association, where I founded its Outstanding Career Faculty Awards, and I serve as presiding officer of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senate.