College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

We live in a world of unprecedented advances in the biological sciences. Biologists now have the molecular tools and the theoretical models required to answer long-standing questions in genetics, neuroscience, evolution, cell biology, and many other disciplines.

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Chair's Welcome

Welcome! We aim to be one of the best integrative biology departments in the country. Our faculty, students, and postdoctoral scholars are engaged in research and teaching at the crest of modern biology using a diversity of organisms and modern approaches to gain the widest possible perspectives on biological organization and function. Evolution provides a unifying theme for the department, with research foci in biophysics, sensory neuroscience, developmental biology, evolutionary genetics, behavioral ecology, conservation biology, and ecology.

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Featured Faculty

Dr. Karen LipsKaren Lips

Associate Professor

Karen Lips has been studying the decline of amphibian populations for more than 15 years. She was one of the first to discover that an unusual fungus is causing massive frog die-offs around the world. Lips documented how the fungus rapidly spread through Central America, causing extinctions and declines of the frog populations of Costa Rica and Panama. Her research focuses on tracking the disease and documenting the resulting impact on ecosystems. She works actively with academics, governments, and NGOs to research disease ecology and search for solutions to this problem.

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