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

Bill Fagan

Professor

Dr. Fagan's research meshes field biology with theoretical models to address critical questions related to conservation. Current projects include:   

  • Monitoring longterm changes in the biodiversity of penguins and seabirds in the Antarctic peninsula
  • Using a database approach to study how conservation knowledge about well-studied species can be used to inform conservation efforts for lesser-known species
  • Monitoring the ecological recovery of the volcano Mount St. Helens and the impact that insects have had on the ability of plant life to recover
  • Leading an NSF-funded program to increase the exposure that undergraduate biology students get to mathematics

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