Students work with professors on specific research projects where they receive first-hand, active experience doing lab and fieldwork. Each student’s graduate program is tailored to their individual interests; the student’s graduate committee creates a unique plan of study based on the student’s specific research areas. The faculty in the Department of Biology are experts in a wide variety of topics in biology, such as animal behavior, biogeochemistry, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, insect biology and systematics, neurobiology, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, plant pathology, plant systematics, signaling, toxicology, vertebrate zoology, virology, and more.
Because biology is such a broad field of research, graduates have diverse career options in all aspects of biology. Some of the options include:
- Biomedical industry
- Forestry
- Researchers for government agencies
- Research biologists
- Conservationists
- Non-government organizations
- Most PhD graduates pursue positions in academia with universities. Many participate in prestigious post-doctoral programs around the world.
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