Department of Biology
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
The department offers programs leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biology. The research interests of our faculty range from the origins of molecular functions through the evolution of disease and the interaction between global climate change and biotic diversity. The graduate courses taught in the department reflect that breadth. Specific research fields include population, fungal, and microbial genetics, plant and animal physiology, metabolism, plant and animal ecology, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, urban ecology, and community and ecosystem ecology.
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