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Department of Biology faculty members advise students in many interdisciplinary graduate programs, including:

Biological Sciences
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences
Biophysics
Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation

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The Department of Biology offers three interdisciplinary Bachelor of Science programs:

Biological Sciences
Neuroscience
Environmental Science and Policy

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Ask a Fish: How Well Can Cichlids See Color?

UMD biologists have trained African cichlids, originally from Lake Malawi, to perform behavioral experiments to find the answer to this and other questions.

Nicholas Fletcher Named Director of College Park Scholars–Life Sciences Program

He is the fourth director in the living-learning program’s 30-year history. Read more

Sara Lombardi Named Director of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Program

A faculty member since 2014, Lombardi will lead the program that includes 1,500 students and ranks second on campus for the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded annually. Read more

Robert "Bob" Infantino Awarded 2024 President's Medal

From elevating UMD on the global stage to supporting more than 20% of the undergraduate majors on campus, Infantino has been an energetic and innovative campus leader at the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) for three decades. Read more